About the role

Balfour Beatty Highways is seeking a Section Engineer to join our Technology Team on the M25, Junction 10 scheme. As part of our Highways business, you'll play a key role in maintaining, managing, and operating major highway networks across the UK. Our work supports local authorities and helps create communities where people want to live, work, and play.

We are a leading provider of high-quality asset strategy, management, and planning consultancy services to both public and private sector clients. We are committed to delivering reliable, sustainable, and innovative solutions, always prioritising safety, efficiency, and the highest standards in every project we undertake. Join us in making a real impact in shaping the future of UK highways!

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a strong background of experience in Highways Comms, Streetlighting, and Traffic Signalling

What you'll be doing

• Project Leadership: Take overall responsibility for the successful completion of designated sections or full projects, leading by example and ensuring the day-to-day delivery of construction work.
• Team Management: Manage a small team, ensuring all members are inducted and meeting role-specific requirements. Provide leadership, coaching, and training to motivate the team and enhance performance.
• Program Management: Draw up and monitor short-term programs, ensuring project milestones are achieved.
• Progress Monitoring: Maintain accurate progress records and deliver regular Toolbox Talks to keep the team aligned.
• Budget & Cost Control: Monitor and control project budgets, ensuring resources are utilized efficiently and within the specified contract budget.
• Safety & Compliance: Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm, implement safety policies, and ensure adherence to health and safety regulations, conducting safety tours and supporting accident/incident investigations.
• Subcontractor Management: Manage subcontractor attendance and progress, providing direct instruction and support to ensure contractual arrangements are met.
• Sustainability & Values: Support and drive the delivery of sustainability initiatives, living the company's values.

Who we're looking for

• Proven experience in site management, particularly within the construction industry.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• In-depth knowledge of health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Ability to manage budgets, schedules, and subcontractors effectively.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated commitment to achieving project objectives, focusing on safety, quality, and time.

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 believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). 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 Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com