Section Engineer (NZT)

Balfour Beatty plc; Redcar; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working options with remote days

25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)

Pension and share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is recruiting an experienced Section Engineer for the NZT project on Teesside. You will lead engineering activities, ensuring safety, quality and timely delivery of civil works within a large-scale decarbonisation programme.

You will mentor Site Engineers, review drawings and specs, and coordinate with subcontractors and stakeholders to resolve technical issues. Cardinal emphasis on buildability and compliance at every stage.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• CSCS card is essential.
• Experience leading site engineers on large civil projects.
• SMSTS and Temporary Works experience would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across your designated work area from planning through to completion.
• Manage engineering activities, ensuring safety, quality and contractual compliance.
• Lead and mentor Site Engineers and support the wider delivery team.
• Review drawings, specifications and technical information for buildability and compliance.
• Coordinate setting-out activities and ensure dimensional accuracy.
• Produce and review RAMS, ITPs and other engineering documentation.
• Coordinate subcontractors, designers and stakeholders to resolve technical issues.

Skills

Strong leadership

Setting out experience

Quality assurance

Effective communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

HNC/HND in Civil Engineering

Job description

About The Role

At Balfour Beatty, we're delivering some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, creating lasting value for communities while helping shape a more sustainable future. We are now looking for an experienced Section Engineer to join our team on the landmark Net Zero Teesside (NZT) project in Teesside. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role on one of the UK's flagship decarbonisation projects, supporting the delivery of major civil engineering works that will help transform the UK's energy infrastructure. Working alongside an experienced project team, you'll take ownership of engineering activities within your section, ensuring work is delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest quality standards.

Responsibilities

As a Section Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across your designated work area, supporting the successful delivery of the project from planning through to completion. Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing engineering activities across your allocated section of works.
• Leading and mentoring Site Engineers and supporting the wider delivery team.
• Ensuring works are carried out safely, in accordance with Balfour Beatty's Zero Harm principles.
• Reviewing drawings, specifications and technical information to ensure buildability and compliance.
• Managing setting out activities and ensuring dimensional accuracy.
• Producing and reviewing RAMS, ITPs and other engineering documentation.
• Managing quality assurance processes and ensuring works meet contractual requirements.
• Coordinating subcontractors, designers and stakeholders to resolve technical issues.

Who we're looking for

• Previous experience as a Section Engineer on large civil engineering or infrastructure projects.
• A degree or HNC/HND in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Strong setting out and engineering management experience.
• Excellent knowledge of quality assurance and construction methodologies.
• Experience coordinating subcontractors and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• A proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement.
• CSCS card (essential).
• SMSTS and Temporary Works experience would be advantageous.

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?

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

With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.

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 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/

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]