Site Engineer

at  Balfour Beatty

About the role
Shape the world of tomorrow as a Site Engineer with an infrastructure leader. Developing your engineering skills on inspiring projects with people who really know their stuff, you’ll get to explore career paths across the biggest organisation of our kind. We build landmarks. We build futures. And together, we build up our engineers to become the best at what they do.
This is an opportunity to work on the Thames Estuary Asset Management Framework based in London
What you’ll be doing

As a Site Engineer with us, you’ll discover a breadth of projects you won’t find elsewhere. Working on the largest scales, this is your chance to:

• Oversee complex works and instruct talented teams on how to build them
• Measure productivity on site and keep it all on track through engineering controls
• Grow your skills and network across our vast business – from rail and roads to power
• Develop your career, from surveying and design to senior engineering roles
• Build health and safety into everything – from checking safe systems on sites to producing H&S documentation
• Keep quality at the highest levels and meet design specs to the letter
• Create commercially-focused delivery plans for shorter sections of the master build
• Shape world-changing projects whether you choose to work nationally or regionally
• Learn on the job from engineering and other experts and through ongoing training.

Who we’re looking for

Making an impact every day as a Site Engineer, you’ll need:

• Engineering experience and a strong understanding of technical issues and trends
• Up-to-date knowledge of civil engineering and industry best practice
• A relevant engineering degree and professional qualifications, or equivalent
• The confidence to advise senior managers when action needs taking and follow up
• To build relationships across Balfour Beatty and with external partners
• A passion for what we could achieve together and pride in a job well done.

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.

• 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