5 Section Engineer - Register your Interest! roles in Penrith

What you'll be doing

As a Section Engineer, you would help turn plans into safely delivered, high-quality work. From complex setting out to coordinating weekly activities and resolving technical queries, you would combine hands-on engineering with the planning and communication that keep your section moving.

What you could be doing

• Deliver complex setting out, establish primary engineering control and coach colleagues in setting-out techniques.


• Produce Activity Control Plans, maintain quality records and ensure work meets specifications.


• Resolve non-conformances and raise technical queries with practical solutions.


• Prepare method statements, risk assessments and temporary works briefs, putting safety and environmental requirements into practice.


• Develop and communicate weekly programmes and track progress against targets.


• Monitor quantities, wastage, labour and plant, identifying additional work and raising notifications.


• Work to relevant subcontractor and supplier requirements to support effective delivery.

Who we're looking for

• The ability to carry out complex setting out accurately and confidently.


• Experience producing Activity Control Plans and an understanding of specifications and construction tolerances.


• A proactive approach to identifying hazards, implementing controls and using permit-to-work systems.


• The ability to use a 13-week stage programme to plan short-term activities.


• An understanding of key contract documents and subcontractor and supplier requirements.


• A practical, collaborative approach to solving problems, communicating priorities and supporting colleagues.

Why work for us

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.

Why join us?

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:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 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…

About us

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 orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do.  Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives. 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview. 

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments. 

We’re looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via candidaterecruitmentenquiries@balfourbeatty.com