Project Engineer

Balfour Beatty plc; Dartford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working (up to 40% remote)

25 days annual leave

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Project Engineer to join the Power Transmission & Distribution team for London Power Tunnels Decommissioning. This role is field-based, with substantial on-site time, coordinating HV cable repair and decommissioning activities while collaborating with site teams, customers and stakeholders across London.

You’ll gain exposure to HV project delivery and develop leadership, technical and operational skills, with a clear path towards project management and senior

Qualifications

• Engineering qualification or relevant engineering background.
• Experience in engineering, construction, utilities, infrastructure or similar operational environment.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support HV cable repair and decommissioning activities across London.
• Provide day-to-day leadership to operational teams on site.
• Work with the Project Manager and stakeholders to ensure safe, on-time delivery.
• Respond to emergencies and support out-of-hours works as required.
• Maintain project documentation and reporting requirements.

Skills

Engineering

Project coordination

On-site delivery

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

RAMS

MS Office

Job description

About the role

Location: London and surrounding areas

At Balfour Beatty, we're delivering some of the UK's most critical power infrastructure projects, helping to connect communities, enable renewable energy and support the transition to a low-carbon future.

We're looking for a Project Engineer to join our Power Transmission & Distribution team, supporting the delivery of our London Power Tunnels Decommissioning Project.

This is not a traditional Project Engineer role and it certainly isn't a standard 9-to-5 position.

We're looking for someone who wants to be at the heart of operational delivery, working closely with site teams, customers and stakeholders across London to support planned and emergency works on critical power infrastructure. This is a role for someone who enjoys being out on site, solving problems, coordinating teams and taking ownership when it matters most.

While the demands of the role are significant, so is the opportunity.

You’ll join one of the UK's largest and busiest infrastructure contractors, working within a Power T&D business that delivers major transmission and distribution projects across the country. You’ll gain exposure to specialist HV cable repair and decommissioning works, develop your technical, operational and leadership skills, and build a career path that could lead into Project Management, Construction Management and senior operational leadership roles in the future.

This role would particularly suit someone in the early stages of their career. You may already be working as a Graduate Engineer, Assistant Project Engineer, Site Engineer or Engineer and be looking for a role that offers more exposure, responsibility and development than a traditional office-based position.

You’ll spend significant time on site, learn directly from experienced operational teams, and develop skills that will set you up for a successful long‑term career within one of the UK's leading infrastructure businesses.

What you’ll be doing

Working closely with the Project Manager and operational delivery teams, you’ll play a key role in coordinating and supporting HV cable repair and decommissioning activities across London.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the safe and successful delivery of fault response, repair and decommissioning works
• Coordinating labour, plant, materials and subcontractors across multiple locations
• Providing day-to-day leadership, guidance and support to operational teams on site
• Working closely with the client and acting as a key point of contact throughout project delivery
• Responding to emergency call-outs and supporting works outside normal working hours when required
• Monitoring progress, maintaining project documentation and supporting reporting requirements
• Ensuring all activities are delivered safely and in accordance with approved procedures and RAMS
• Building strong working relationships with site teams, stakeholders and customers
• Supporting planning and coordination activities to ensure works are delivered efficientlyDeveloping specialist knowledge of HV cable repair and power infrastructure works
• Maintaining a strong site presence and working closely alongside operational teams to understand the challenges of delivery first‑hand

Who we’re looking for

We’re more interested in attitude, flexibility and willingness to learn than extensive industry experience.

The successful candidate will have:

• An engineering qualification or relevant engineering background
• Experience within engineering, construction, utilities, infrastructure or a similar operational environment
• Strong organisational and communication skills
• Excellent relationship-building skills and confidence dealing with customers and stakeholders
• A proactive, hands‑on approach to problem solving
• The ability to coordinate teams and provide clear direction when required
• A willingness to learn specialist HV cable repair and decommissioning activities
• The ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced operational environment
• A genuine desire to build a long‑term career within the infrastructure sector

Previous power industry experience would be advantageous, but it is by no means essential.

Before you apply

This role comes with significant operational responsibilities and requires a high degree of flexibility.

You should be comfortable with:

• Extensive travel across London
• Spending significant time on site
• Participating in an on‑call rota
• Night‑time call‑outs and emergency fault response activities
• Weekend working when operationally required
• Overtime working on a flat‑rate basis
• Responding quickly when issues arise
• Working closely with site teams in challenging operational environments

If you’re looking for a traditional office‑based Project Engineer role with predictable hours and limited travel, this position is unlikely to be the right fit.

However, if you’re ambitious, eager to learn, willing to roll your sleeves up and want to build a long‑term career with one of the UK's leading infrastructure contractors, this is an excellent opportunity to gain invaluable experience on a nationally significant project while developing the skills needed to progress into Project Management, Construction Management and beyond.

Join us and play a key role in delivering critical infrastructure while building a career with real opportunities for growth and progression.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• - Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• - 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• - Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• - Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on‑going maintenance, our in‑house experts, flexible resources and industry‑leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reserves.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at [e-mail]