Section Engineer - Register your Interest!

Balfour Beatty plc; Penrith; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

Pension

25 days annual leave

Family friendly policies

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc on the A66 Penrith project seeks a Section Engineer to translate intricate engineering plans into on-site progress. You will oversee setting out, coordinate weekly activities and resolve technical queries to keep the section moving safely and to specification.

Join a team delivering major infrastructure with a strong emphasis on safety, quality and collaborative problem solving. This role focuses on on-site delivery with proactive planning and coordination across

Qualifications

• Ability to carry out complex setting out accurately and confidently.
• Experience producing Activity Control Plans and understanding specifications.
• Proactive hazard identification and permit-to-work usage.
• Ability to plan using a 13-week stage programme.
• Understanding of contract documents and supplier requirements.
• Collaborative problem solving and clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Deliver complex setting out and establish primary engineering control.
• Produce activity plans, maintain quality records and ensure specs.
• Coordinate weekly activities and track progress against targets.
• Prepare method statements, risk assessments and temporary works briefs.
• Resolve non-conformances and raise technical queries.
• Support on-site delivery with subcontractors and suppliers.

Skills

Complex setting out

Activity Control Plans

Hazard identification

Permit-to-work systems

13-week stage programme planning

Contract documents understanding

Job description

About The Role

Your next engineering challenge starts with a conversation.

About The Role

Your next engineering challenge starts with a conversation.

Enjoy turning complex engineering plans into progress on site?

Bring your technical expertise, problem-solving skills and commitment to quality to a future Section Engineer opportunity on the A66 project in Penrith.

You don’t need to be ready to move today to start thinking about what comes next. If the A66 project in Penrith sounds like your kind of challenge,

What you'll be doing

As a Section Engineer, you would help turn plans into safely delivered, high-quality work. From complex setting out to coordinating weekly activities and resolving technical queries, you would combine hands-on engineering with the planning and communication that keep your section moving.

What you could be doing

• Deliver complex setting out, establish primary engineering control and coach colleagues in setting-out techniques.
• Produce Activity Control Plans, maintain quality records and ensure work meets specifications.
• Resolve non-conformances and raise technical queries with practical solutions.
• Prepare method statements, risk assessments and temporary works briefs, putting safety and environmental requirements into practice.
• Develop and communicate weekly programmes and track progress against targets.
• Monitor quantities, wastage, labour and plant, identifying additional work and raising notifications.
• Work to relevant subcontractor and supplier requirements to support effective delivery.

Who we're looking for

• The ability to carry out complex setting out accurately and confidently.
• Experience producing Activity Control Plans and an understanding of specifications and construction tolerances.
• A proactive approach to identifying hazards, implementing controls and using permit-to-work systems.
• The ability to use a 13-week stage programme to plan short‑term activities.
• An understanding of key contract documents and subcontractor and supplier requirements.
• A practical, collaborative approach to solving problems, communicating priorities and supporting colleagues.

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 want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

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