What you'll be doing
As a Section Engineer you will:
- Live the Balfour Beatty Values;
- Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm;
- Support the delivery of CSUK’s Sustainability activities.
Health Safety & Environmental
- Produce Method Statements and Risk Assessments and undertakes periodic reviews;
- Prepare and raise Temporary Works Briefs, following up to ensure timely implementation;
- Carry out Visitors Induction;
- Complete Accident Book and associated reports as required. Able to undertake incident investigations to required standard;
- Undertake and mentors less experienced staff in safety audits.
Engineering Control
- Carry out complex setting out;
- Provision of ‘primary’ setting out control and recognizes the optimum location for installation;
- Coach junior engineers in the use of setting out techniques.
Quality
- Produce Activity Control Plans / Inspection and Test Plans and obtains approval;
- Actively uses the Specification for reference and coaches junior team members in using the Spec;
- Maintain a comprehensive filing system of quality records aligned to the Project Quality Handover requirements;
- Ensure that Site Engineers complete the required quality checksheets on a timely basis for the works;
- Identifie, raises and actions Non Conformance Reports. Tracks close-out of NCRs within section;
- Identify and raise Technical Queries (RFIs) with possible solutions. Tracks closeout of RFIs within section.
Productivity
- Produce a weekly programme and measures progress against KPI’s;
- Communicate weekly programme and targets to the workforce;
- Monitors as-built programme and reports reasons for difference;
- Liaises with subcontractors to ensure works undertaken in line with weekly programme.
Commercial
- Maintain accurate diary, including dialogue with external organisations (subcontractors);
- Collate Weekly Measure information and monitors wastage against budget allowances / KPI’s;
- Carry out a labour and plant reconciliation and supervises less experienced team members;
- Identify items of additional work and raises the necessary notifications;
- Work to specific terms, conditions and outputs of relevant subcontractors and suppliers.
Who we're looking for
Personal Qualities and Experience:
Core
- Able to clearly communicate the requirements of a safe system of work to ensure that these are followed accurately. Suggests improvements to systems;
- Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes with clarity;
- Strong work ethic with flexibility to work unsociable hours/nights;
- Able to work on own initiative and seek out opportunities in line with level of responsibility;
- Holds a current driving license and CSCS Card. SSSTS or SMSTS qualified;
- Must be a strong team player, with developed communication skills.
Health Safety & Environmental
- Understands Permit System and actively raises Permits to Work;
- Is able to identify potential hazards and is proactive in implementing actions and controls;
- Good level of Environmental Awareness.
Engineering Control
- Able to carry out complex setting out;
- Able to resolve issues with control and information provided;
- Able to identify issues on drawings and suggest construction solutions.
Quality
- Understands and has experience of producing ACP;
- Actively drives the production of quality handover documentation and information;
- Strong understanding of construction tolerances;
- Awareness of Specification and other Contract documents.
Productivity
- Understands and can use the information provided in the Stage Programme, disseminating this to the team;
- Strong knowledge of construction process in one or more of the following areas: Earthworks/Drainage, Pavement, Comms, Structures, Roadworks.
Commercial
- Good understanding of key contract documentation and understands how to record additional work;
- Understands specific terms, conditions and outputs of relevant subcontractors and suppliers;
- Understands required records for commercial recovery and supervises production of these by junior team members.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.
About us
We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation.
Balfour Beatty is a corporate signatory to WISE (Women in Science & Engineering) and a member of Stonewall's Diversity Champions programme. Our aim is to attract more people from diverse backgrounds to help us build on our inclusive culture. We are a member of the workingmums.co.uk Top Employers' Charter through which we demonstrate our commitment to enabling parents to progress and enhance their careers whilst managing the challenges of family life.
Balfour Beatty is also Gold Award holders in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
