Site Engineer - Grays

BALFOUR BEATTY; Grays; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in the UK seeks a Site Engineer to oversee site engineering control and implementation. You will be responsible for safety inspections, production of task briefing sheets, and ensuring compliance with a safe system of work. The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in highways and hold a CSCS Card. The role offers a competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for professional development within a company dedicated to safety and sustainability.

Benefits

Negotiated salary

25 days annual leave

Pension savings schemes

Employee benefits and discounts

Refer a friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Ability to use level when setting out.
• Demonstrable prior experience in highways is required.
• Holds current driving license and CSCS Card.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm.
• Support the delivery of CSUK’s Sustainability activities.
• Production of Task Briefing Sheets.
• Carries out Safety Inspections.
• Setting out from primary control provided by others.
• Read and determine information from drawings.

Skills

Communication of safe system of work

Ownership of tasks

Flexibility to work unsociable hours

Understanding of Permit to Dig System

Environmental awareness

Setting out techniques

Demonstrable experience in Highways

Tools

EDM

GPS

Job description

About the role

Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for a Site Engineer to undertake Site Engineering control and implementation of works on site, including monitoring and reporting of progress.

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.

We provide high quality asset strategy, management and planning consultancy services to a wide range of public and private sector customers. We provide specialist, reliable, sustainable and creative advice for asset management planning and implementation in the UK. We put our customers first and prioritise completing schemes safely, efficiently and to a high standard.

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
• The provision of sketches detailing the setting out information installed
• Read and determine information from drawings, schedules and specification

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
• Demonstrable prior experience in Highways is required

Still interested? then come and become colleagues with 26,000 staff and join a business which recorded 8.6bn in revenues last year, achieved industry leading customer satisfaction scores and has unrivalled employee engagement statistics.

Benefits

• An attractive / negotiated salary
• 25 days annual leave
• Pension savings schemes
• A whole host of other BB staff employee bens (discounts, exclusive offers etc)
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Scores of other Balfour Beatty opportunities available as well via our balfourbeattycareers.com portal.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UKs most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasnt rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package thats right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• 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

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/

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]