Site Engineer

Balfour Beatty plc; Grays; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

25 days annual leave

Pension savings schemes

Refer a friend bonus scheme

Family friendly policies

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Site Engineer for its Lower Thames Crossing project in Grays, England. The role involves overseeing site works, ensuring safety measures and sustainability initiatives are adhered to. Candidates should possess a CSCS Card, a valid driving license, and strong communication and setting out skills. The position offers hybrid working, 25 days of annual leave, and other attractive benefits including a company car and pension schemes.

Qualifications

• Able to communicate the requirements of a safe system of work clearly.
• Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes.
• Strong flexibility to work unsociable hours or nights.
• Awareness of Specification and other Contract documents.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Zero Harm focus and contribute to sustainability activities.
• Produce Task Briefing Sheets and support Permit to Dig production.
• Carry out Safety Inspections and set out from primary control.
• Create as-built drawings and maintain weekly progress records.

Skills

Communication skills

Strong work ethic

Setting out techniques

Environmental awareness

Permit to Dig System understanding

Education

CSCS Card

Current driving license

Tools

GPS

Level & EDM

Job description

About the Role

Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for a Site Engineer to join our £1.2 billion Lower Thames Crossing project, consisting of 43 bridges, including viaducts, 17km of complex highways construction, complex utility diversions, and a scheme-wide, industry leading approach to carbon reduction.

Balfour Beatty Highways maintain, manage and operate major highway networks across the UK and support local authorities creating communities where people want to live work and play.

As a Site Engineer, you will be tasked with undertaking control and implementation of works on site, supporting the Design Engineering team in delivering projects related to our Lower Thames Crossing project.

What you'll be doing

• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm
• Support the delivery of CSUK’s Sustainability activities
• Production of Task Briefing Sheets
• Contribution to production of Permit to Dig, including briefing to the workforce
• Carries out Safety Inspections
• Setting out from primary control provided by others
• Provision of sketches detailing the setting out information installed
• Read and determine information from drawings, schedules and specification
• Using and navigating the design model using Navisworks
• Production of as-built drawings & records for every element of the works involved in
• Works to Weekly Programme (drafted by others) and marks up progress achieved weekly
• Production of accurate daily diary of resources, including labour, plant, materials, subcontractors and outputs

Who we're looking for

• Able to clearly communicate the requirements of a safe system of work to ensure that these are followed accurately
• Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes
• Strong work ethic with flexibility to work unsociable hours/nights
• Holds a current driving license and CSCS Card
• Understands Permit to Dig System
• Environmental awareness
• Setting out techniques – ability to use level & EDM, plus GPS
• Awareness and use of Specification and other Contract documents
• Able to take off and schedule material quantities accurately

Benefits

• An attractive / negotiated salary
• 42 core base hours per week
• Company car
• Hybrid working available
• 25 days annual leave
• Pension savings schemes
• A whole host of other BB staff employee benefits (discounts, exclusive offers etc)
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Scores of other Balfour Beatty opportunities available as well via our balfourbeattycareers.com portal.
• 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

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.

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.

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/.