Sub-Agent​/Assistant Package Manager

About the role

Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for a Sub-Agent to join our £1.2 billion Lower Thames Crossing project, consisting of 43 bridges, including viaducts, 17km of complex Highways construction, complex utility diversions, and a scheme-wide, industry leading approach to carbon reduction.

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.

As a Sub Agent/Assistant Package Manager, you will work closely with the Package Manager to finalise scope, manage procurement, coordinate delivery teams, and ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards.

• Health, Safety & Wellbeing:
  Develop a safe working culture compliant with health and safety regulations, best practice and the BB 4 Golden Rules. Conduct weekly safety tours and ensure corrective actions are closed out.
• Programme:
  Produce the fully resourced stage programmes. You will ensure the agreed resources are in place and trained, as necessary, before work commences.
• Engineering & Design Management:
  Oversee, advise and coach Section (Senior Production) Engineers in engineering and lean production best practices. Arrange training as needed for all engineers working on the package
• Quality Assurance:
  Lead the quality management process, establishing required standards, and ensuring the project team—including foremen, engineers, and subcontractors—understand specification and reporting requirements.
• Community:
  Liaising with the communications team to ensure stakeholders and the public are informed in line with the communications plan and DCO requirements.
• Environmental Sustainability & Carbon:
  Ensuring compliance with the project s Environmental Management Plan and carbon targets. Approve related documentation and integrate environmental and carbon considerations into site inspections.
• Procurement:
  Support Demonstration of Competencies, pre-award, and pre-start meetings for subcontract works. Train Site and Section Engineers on the requisition and logistics process and monitor their compliance
• Handover:
  Ensure handover deliverables—including construction certificates, redlines/as-builts, O&M manuals, and H&S files—are incorporated into the stage programme.
• Management/Leadership:
  Manage and mentor Section Engineers, Site Engineers, and Apprentices. Set individual targets, communicate performance expectations, and oversee onboarding/offboarding.

• Engineering or Construction Management qualification
• Proven experience in a similar role, preferably on large scale infrastructure projects
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Experience with NEC 3 / 4 contracts
• Knowledge of construction regulations and best practices
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Full UK drivers licence
• A fit for work medical
• CSCS
• BPSS Security Clearance

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.

• 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  portal.

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.

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:

• 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…