About the role
Balfour Beatty Highways is seeking a Section Engineer to join our team on the A57 Link Road 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
We are looking for a Section Engineer to lead and manage a section of works so you will be responsible for guiding a team of Site Engineers and Graduate/Apprentice Engineers, ensuring high standards of quality and performance are met.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and supervise the team in all aspects of site works.
• Perform complex setting out and coach team members on best practices.
• Develop and manage Activity Control Plans.
• Reference and implement specifications for all tasks.
• Maintain accurate quality records and filing systems.
• Identify, raise, and manage Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs).
• Address and resolve Technical Queries with proposed solutions.
• Produce Method Statements and Risk Assessments.
• Conduct short-term visitor inductions.
• Develop weekly programmes and track progress against KPIs.
• Communicate weekly targets and progress to the workforce.
• Track weekly measure information and monitor waste against budget/KPIs.
• Conduct labour and plant reconciliations.
• Ensure compliance with subcontractor and supplier terms and conditions.
• Contribute to shaping major projects with a focus on quality and design specifications.
• Share expertise to mentor and develop junior engineers.

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