Solutions Engineer

About the Role

Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for a Section Engineer 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 Section Engineer, you will be tasked with supporting the Design Engineering team in delivering projects related to our Lower Thames Crossing project.

• Health, Safety & Wellbeing:
  Fully comply with our LTC ‘Beyond Zero Harm’ programme and the 4 BB Golden Rules, produce specific Works Package Plans, and conduct/record weekly safety tours.
• Programme and Production:
  Produce three‑week look‑ahead programmes aligned with the stage programme, monitor progress, record and report any variances to the weekly programme.
• Engineering & Design Management:
  Review permanent and temporary design drawings in advance of the works, resolve any questions with designers before preparing the programme.
• Quality Assurance:
  Obtain Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs) from the BB Highways library or other projects for self‑delivered works and refine them in line with LTC specifications and standards.
• Community:
  Consider community and stakeholder requirements in preparing look‑ahead programmes and consult with our Community and Communications team to understand and agree requirements.
• Environmental Sustainability & Carbon:
  Monitor compliance on site and report any breaches to your Package Manager and our Environmental team.
• Procurement:
  Delegate requisition responsibilities to the Site Engineer or Logistics team while ensuring plant and materials are in line with the cost plan and specification.
• Handover:
  Produce/approve redlines and compile construction certificates; provide input into the O&M manuals and H&S files for the assigned scope.
• Leadership:
  Lead and coach Site Engineers and Apprentices.

• Engineering or Construction Management qualification
• Proven experience in a similar role, preferably on large‑scale infrastructure projects
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• 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

• An attractive / negotiated salary
• 42 core base hours per week
• Company car
• Hybrid working available
• 25 days annual leave
• Pension savings schemes
• A whole host of other BB staff employee benefits (discounts, exclusive offers etc)
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Scores of other Balfour Beatty opportunities available 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.

• 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

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 order book and a positive pipeline of opportunities, putting the road user at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and add social value to the communities in which we work.

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