Site Engineer

Balfour Beatty plc; Motherwell; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension & share incentive

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is recruiting a Site Engineer for Maxim in the Power Transmission & Distribution sector in the UK. You will work with the Project Manager and project team to deliver projects on time and to budget, ensuring safety, quality, and compliance across all activities.

The role requires effective communication, strong teamwork, and the ability to manage risks and subcontractors while maintaining focus on cost and programme targets.

Qualifications

• Must have experience implementing safe systems of work.
• Must understand risk and change management processes.
• Good understanding of standard contract forms.
• Strong ability to communicate commercially in project management.
• Effective spoken and written communication across all organisational levels.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence.
• Capable working under pressure with flexibility.
• Demonstrated problem-solving with a solutions-based approach.
• Awareness and support of diversity and inclusion benefits.
• Proactive about personal development and growth.
• Proficient with Microsoft 365 tools.

Responsibilities

• Attend periodic project reviews and meetings.
• Maintain accurate project records (progress, diaries).
• Prepare internal/external reports and liaise with stakeholders.
• Help provide information for informed, cost-effective decisions.
• Support scope and package assignment for coordinated delivery.
• Translate technical information and drawings into delivery.
• Ensure Zero Harm and stay updated with legislation changes.
• Safeguard safety and welfare of the public, staff and supply chain.
• Support safety/environment tours and safety initiatives.
• Monitor H&S management system and suggest improvements.
• Write and understand RAMS.
• Identify and report risks and hazards.
• Support incident and H&S responses.
• Manage safety documentation.
• Complete audits and set work to teams.
• Delegate and escalate unresolved issues.
• Manage subcontractors and monitor attendance/progress.
• Assist procurement planning to meet deadlines.
• Track KPIs and project objectives.
• Ensure assurance activities (audits) occur.
• Contribute to continuous improvement workshops.
• Monitor cost awareness and commercial impact.
• Escalate commercial changes.
• Request plant and materials.

Skills

Safe systems of work

Risk & change management

Contracts knowledge

Commercial/project mgmt communications

Verbal & written communication

Interpersonal skills

Pressure handling

Solution-based problem solving

Diversity & inclusion awareness

Personal development mindset

Education

Formal qualification in construction/engineering or equivalent

CSCS and SSSTS or equivalent

Tools

O365

Job description

About The Role

Amazing infrastructure isn’t the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution team as a Site Engineer in Maxim and help deliver critical infrastructure that powers communities across the region.

Work alongside the Project Manager / Project Director and project team with accountability for successful project delivery including; planning, design, delivery, monitoring, commissioning and handover/close out. To understand specified Engineered solutions, brief to the working party and ensure it is followed to completion. Set people to work and supervise a right first time delivery to safely and sustainably develop and deliver to programme and cost. Effectively manage and care for the people delivering the works whilst monitoring compliance and to customer/project requirements, objectives and constraints; time, cost, quality and safety.

What you’ll be doing

• Attend periodic project reviews / project meetings
• Maintain accurate project records (progress, daily diaries etc.)
• Prepare both internal/external reports and liaise with stakeholders
• Helps to ensure reports provide relevant information to enable informed, cost-effective decisions in line with overall strategy
• Helps to ensure scope and package assignment supports the team in coordinated working
• Specify, understand and implement technical information and drawings into delivery
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm & keep up to date with changes in legislation
• Responsible for the safety and welfare of the general public, employees and supply chain
• Support periodic Safety & Environmental Tours/promote observation and safety initiatives
• Monitor effectiveness of the H&S Management System and suggest improvement solutions
• Write and understand RAMS
• Identifying, raising and reporting risks and hazards
• Support incident and H&S responses
• Understand, control and issue safety documentation
• Completion of audits
• Setting people to work
• Log and elevate any issues that cannot be resolved at delegated level of authority
• Management of subcontractors, including monitoring of contractor attendance and progress, providing direct instruction and support as necessary, such that contractual arrangements are achieved
• Help to ensure procurement plans are available in line with the overall project plans, such that material/resources/supply chain can be delivered to meet scheduled deadlines
• Follow targets/KPI’s in line with project objectives and monitor performance
• Help to ensure assurance activities (audits) are undertaken and take appropriate action on findings
• Contribute towards workshops that cover the principles of continuous improvement
• Awareness of cost / budget
• Awareness of commercial impact
• Escalation of commercial change
• Requestion of plant and materials

Who we’re looking for

The following qualities/experience are desirable

• Experience in implementing safe systems of work
• Experience in managing risks and change processes
• Good understanding of the standard forms of contracts
• Proficient in commercial/project management communications
• Able to communicate effectively both verbal and written with all levels of the organisation
• Good interpersonal skills that enable working relationships to be developed at all levels across the business and be able to negotiate and influence
• Able to undertake work in high pressure situations with a flexible attitude
• A record of a solutions-based approach to problem solving
• Demonstrate awareness and support of the benefits of diversity and inclusion
• Identify and drive personal development
• Proficient on O365

The candidate is likely to have the following

• Holds or working towards a formal qualification in construction/engineering or equivalent industry experience
• Holds CSCS and SSSTS or equivalent

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

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 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 an 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]