What you'll be doing
As an Engineering Manager, your role will be to;
Work collaboratively with the engineering and design delivery managers to ensure that your portfolio of projects are delivered on time, budget and specification to the highest quality and safety standards.
Coordinating with all the functions within Balfour Beatty, with an emphasis on providing the right engineering solutions both from a technical and value engineering perspective.
Working with the technical team to ensure resource capability and availability for their project following successful handover and throughout the Project Delivery.Manage delivery of the Design & Engineering project scope of works.
Identify and manage D&E project risks, implementing the necessary mitigations.
Lead the Design Engineers and interfaces with other parties, through effective communication.
Ensure adherence to Governance processes, the Gated Lifecycle and Right First Time.
Who we're looking for
Degree level education in relevant discipline.
Experience Leading Engineering teams, in the delivery of design and build construction or installation projects.
Background in Design, Project, Programme or Construction Management.
Familiarity with the Power Industry is beneficial but not essential.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.
This is your chance to join a growing business with the opportunities to develop and further your career in a multi disciplined specialist environment that will challenge you on a daily basis.
About us
Our skilled and dedicated teams deliver a range of proactive and reactive services which support a reliable and safe supply of power flowing to millions of homes and businesses around the world. Our contracts range from 50,000 schemes to 100 million plus major projects.
Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions. With experience and expertise across the full spectrum of the electricity grid our teams have capability across overhead lines, cable tunnels, distribution networks and substations. From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support clients in the development of some of the world’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of