Section Engineer - Penrith

Balfour Beatty plc; Penrith; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Balfour Beatty as a Section Engineer in Penrith, and play a crucial role in managing and maintaining UK highway networks. Your expertise in complex setting out, quality record maintenance, and collaboration with local authorities will help develop vital infrastructure. Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible work arrangements, and a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion within a supportive team.

Benefits

Smart working with flexibility and up to 40% remote working

25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)

Family-friendly policies including paid maternity and paternity leave

Pension and share incentive plan

Qualifications

• Able to carry out complex setting out and use the 13-week Stage Programme.
• Experience in producing Activity Control Plans (ACP).
• Awareness of Specification and Contract documents.

Responsibilities

• Carry out complex setting out and produce Method Statements.
• Maintain quality records and manage Non Conformance Reports.
• Prepare Temporary Works Briefs and measure KPI progress.

Skills

Complex Setting Out

Coaching

Understanding Construction Tolerances

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About The Role

Balfour Beatty Highways is seeking a Section Engineer to join our team on the A66 scheme. As part of our Highways business, you'll play a key role in maintaining, managing, and operating major highway networks across the UK. Our work supports local authorities and helps create communities where people want to live, work, and play.

About The Role

Balfour Beatty Highways is seeking a Section Engineer to join our team on the A66 scheme. As part of our Highways business, you'll play a key role in maintaining, managing, and operating major highway networks across the UK. Our work supports local authorities and helps create communities where people want to live, work, and play.

We are a leading provider of high-quality asset strategy, management, and planning consultancy services to both public and private sector clients. We are committed to delivering reliable, sustainable, and innovative solutions, always prioritising safety, efficiency, and the highest standards in every project we undertake. Join us in making a real impact in shaping the future of UK highways!

What you'll be doing

• Carry out complex setting out.
• Coaches subordinates in the use of setting out techniques.
• Produces Activity Control Plans.
• Actively uses the Specification as a reference document.
• Maintains a comprehensive filing system of quality records.
• Identifies, raises and actions Non Conformance Reports.
• Identifies and raises Technical Queries with possible solutions.
• Produces Method Statements and Risk Assessments.
• Prepares and raises Temporary Works Briefs.
• Carries out ‘short term’, Visitors Induction.
• Completes Accident Book and associated reports as required.
• Produces a weekly programme and measures progress against KPI’s.
  
  

Who we're looking for

• Able to carry out complex setting out and can use the information provided in the 13 week Stage Programme.
• Understands and has experience of producing ACP.
• Understanding of construction tolerances.
• Awareness of Specification and other Contract documents.
• Understands specific terms, conditions and outputs of relevant subcontractors and suppliers.
  
  

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

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 Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

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]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Construction

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