Project Engineer - Aberdeen

BALFOUR BEATTY; Scotland; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction and engineering firm in the United Kingdom seeks a Project Engineer for its Power Transmission and Distribution team. In this role, you will oversee infrastructure projects, manage multi-skilled teams, and ensure safety and quality standards. Key qualifications include project management experience and strong people management skills. Competitive salary and benefits offered, including site allowances and a company car. This role provides an opportunity to contribute to sustainable energy solutions.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Site allowances

Company car

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting large infrastructure projects.
• Strong people management skills.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Formalise and specify a delivery solution.
• Manage and monitor a multi-skilled team.
• Develop and deliver the engineered solution.

Skills

Project Management methodology

People management

Commercial awareness

Relationship management

Job description

About the role

Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Power Transmission and Distribution team as a Site Based Project Engineer (Cabling) on our Operational Team and you’ll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you.

Responsibilities

As a Project Engineer your role will be to:

• Formalise and specify a delivery solution.
• Brief the solution to the working party and ensure it is followed and completed.

What you'll be doing

When it comes to developing our people, our project management team are award winning. Joining the team as a Project Engineer, you’ll get to:

• Secure a future in an industry that’s enjoying significant investment.
• Take pride in adding your talents to our focus on building sustainably power for the future.
• Manage, monitor and motivate a multi‑skilled team of engineers, subcontractors and other construction experts.
• Take responsibility for smaller projects or sections of larger projects.
• Set performance targets and carry out analysis to make sure your team are working to the highest standards of safety and quality.
• Be involved in the procurement of subcontractors.
• Benefit from our sheer scale and diversity by progressing quickly and exploring professional passions and established career paths.
• Develop and deliver the engineered solution and brief to the working party.
• Safely and sustainably deliver activity to programme, cost and quality.
• Monitor and record works to ensure compliance in a timely manner.
• Support and develop an environment where the working party can thrive and succeed.
• Effectively manage and care for the people delivering the work.

Who we're looking for

You will have the following:

• Experience of supporting large infrastructure projects within our industry.
• Knowledge and experience of Project Management methodology.
• Strong people management and commercial awareness with knowledge of both budgetary and financial control.
• Excellent relationship management skills.
• Full UK driving licence.

Benefits

Competitive salary, DOA plus excellent benefits including site allowances, company car and subsistence allowances (subject to T&C’s of role).

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times.
• 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 https://www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence "Employer Recognition Scheme" and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

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/