Project Engineer, Civil Engineering

About the role

🌟 We’re Hiring:
Project Engineer / Site Agent / Site Manager – Cabling (Power T&D) | Balfour Beatty 🌟

Location:

DNO North (Projects across the North East, Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire)

Join Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution team and help deliver critical infrastructure that powers communities across the region. We’re looking for a Project Engineer (Cabling) (often known as Site Agent or Site Manager
) to play a key role in the successful delivery of major energy projects.

In DNO North, we install and maintain EHV underground cabling systems (generally 33kV to 132kV) for clients such as Northern Powergrid, National Grid, as well as industrial clients. Our projects are situated across a wide patch, including Northumberland and the North East, Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.

As a Project Engineer (Cabling), you'll work closely with the Project Manager / Senior Project Manager and a wider multidisciplinary team to drive end-to-end project delivery. In a mainly site-based role, you’ll take ownership of planning, design coordination, delivery oversight, budget management, monitoring progress, commissioning activities, and ensuring smooth project close-out.

This is a pivotal role where you will formalise engineered solutions, brief and lead working parties, and ensure delivery aligns with technical, safety, and quality requirements.

• Working on site to deliver EHV Cabling projects (33kV - 132kV) and leading a multiskilled team of Civil Operatives, Jointers and Subcontractors
• Lead and attend project reviews / project meetings
• Interacting with our governance and management systems such as Digital Briefcase and Site Assist
• Maintain accurate project records (progress, daily diaries etc.)
• Prepare both internal/external reports and liaise with stakeholders
• Help to ensure reports provide relevant information to enable informed, cost-effective decisions in line with overall strategy
• Help to ensure scope and package assignment supports the team in coordinated working
• Specify, understand, develop and implement technical information and drawings into delivery
• Understanding and specify plant and equipment requirements
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm & keep up to date with changes in legislation
• Responsible for the safety and welfare of the general public, employees and supply chain who come into contact with our works
• Carry out Safety & Environmental Tours/promote observation and safety initiatives
• Conduct and support Accident/Incident Investigations
• Monitor effectiveness of the H&S Management System and implement improvement solutions
• Write and review RAMS and review/accept subcontractor RAMS
• Identifying, raising and reporting risks and hazards
• Ensure sufficiency and competency of workforce
• Understand, control and issue safety documentation
• Completion of audits
• Setting people to work
• Management of subcontractors, including monitoring of contractor attendance and progress, providing direct instruction and support as necessary, such that contractual arrangements are achieved
• Ensure procurement plans are available in line with the overall project plans, and material/resources/supply chain activities are delivered to meet scheduled deadlines
• Ensure that expenditure is in line with the budget and that resources are utilised efficiently to ensure cost control
• Able to identify elements for cost recovery from others
• Incorporate and balance both operational and commercial constraints into decision making
• Analyse, appraise and implement Compensation Events / Variations / Scope Changes with the Commercial Team
• Ownership of Budget
• Understanding of the contract and knowledge of commercial impact
• Manage commercial change at project level

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• An organised, innovative and creative Project Engineer with knowledge and experience of working on Projects who is proficient in commercial and project management communications
• Experience of working in the same or similar industry (and ideally with a knowledge of excavation and cable installation methods)
• Capable of effectively managing a multidisciplinary team
• Experience in…