About the role
Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a fantastic opportunity for a Section Engineer to join our team on the Highways A57 Link Road scheme, this role will be based at Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester.
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.
As a Section Engineer you will Lead and control a section of works, according to a specific discipline, managing a team of Site Engineers and Graduate/Apprentice Engineers.
What you’ll be doing

Some other key responsibilities will be:

• Carry out complex setting out.
• Coach subordinates in the use of setting out techniques.
• Produce Activity Control Plans.
• Actively use the Specification as a reference document.
• Maintain a comprehensive filing system of quality records.
• Identify, raise and action Non-Conformance Reports.
• Identify and raise Technical Queries with possible solutions.
• Produce Method Statements and Risk Assessments.
• Carry out ‘short term’, Visitors Induction.
• Produce a weekly programme and measure progress against KPI’s.
• Communicate weekly programme and targets to the workforce.
• Collate Weekly Measure information and monitor wastage against budget allowances/KPI’s.
• Carry out a labour and plant reconciliation.
• Work to specific terms, conditions and outputs of relevant subcontractors andsuppliers.
• Shaping society-changing projects whether you choose to work nationally orregionally.
• Keeping quality at the highest levels and meeting design specs to the letter.
• Sharing your expertise and experience to support and develop your engineer.

Who we’re looking for

You will have the following:

• A relevant engineering degree and professional qualifications, or equivalent.
• Up-to-date knowledge of engineering and industry best practice.
• Able to clearly communicate the requirements of a safe system of work.
• Holds a current driving license and CSCS Card.
• SSSTS or SMSTS qualified.
• Understands the principles of Accident / Incident Investigation, with a good working knowledge of the process.
• An understanding of technical requirements and techniques of setting out andcoaching of team members.
• Strong knowledge and management of construction process in one or more of the following areas: Earthworks/Drainage, Pavement, Comms, Structures, Roadworks
• Have a good working knowledge of current H&S Legislation.
• Have a full understanding of technical requirements and techniques of setting out and coaching of team members.
• Possess good working knowledge of Contracts such as the NEC.
• Be an excellent team player, able to work competently and independently withoutcontinuous supervision.
• Possess strong communication skills with good interpersonal and influencing skills.

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.

Some other key responsibilities will be:

• Carry out complex setting out.
• Coach subordinates in the use of setting out techniques.
• Produce Activity Control Plans.
• Actively use the Specification as a reference document.
• Maintain a comprehensive filing system of quality records.
• Identify, raise and action Non-Conformance Reports.
• Identify and raise Technical Queries with possible solutions.
• Produce Method Statements and Risk Assessments.
• Carry out ‘short term’, Visitors Induction.
• Produce a weekly programme and measure progress against KPI’s.
• Communicate weekly programme and targets to the workforce.
• Collate Weekly Measure information and monitor wastage against budget allowances/KPI’s.
• Carry out a labour and plant reconciliation.
• Work to specific terms, conditions and outputs of relevant subcontractors andsuppliers.
• Shaping society-changing projects whether you choose to work nationally orregionally.
• Keeping quality at the highest levels and meeting design specs to the letter.
• Sharing your expertise and experience to support and develop your engineer

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