Balfour Beatty plc
Project Engineer
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About The Role
Balfour Beatty Power T&D is looking for a talented Project Engineer to join our team on the Pitsmoor 33kV project in Sheffield. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the successful delivery of a critical power infrastructure scheme, supporting the construction, commissioning and handover of essential electricity network upgrades.
Working alongside the Project Manager and wider project team, you'll help deliver a safe, efficient and high-quality engineering solution while ensuring programme, commercial and operational objectives are achieved.
What you'll be doing
As Project Engineer, you'll be responsible for coordinating and managing engineering activities throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring work is delivered safely, efficiently and in line with client expectations.
Key Responsibilities Will Include
- Supporting the planning, delivery, monitoring, commissioning and close-out of the project.
- Translating engineering designs and technical information into practical site delivery solutions.
- Managing subcontractors, suppliers and site teams to ensure works are completed safely and to programme.
- Leading project meetings, reviewing progress and maintaining accurate project documentation.
- Writing, reviewing and approving RAMS and ensuring compliance with safe systems of work.
- Championing a strong health, safety and environmental culture, with a relentless focus on Zero Harm.
- Monitoring progress, identifying risks and implementing effective mitigation measures.
- Supporting project controls, resource planning and short-interval planning activities.
- Ensuring quality standards, audits and assurance activities are completed and acted upon.
- Managing plant, materials and resource requirements to support successful delivery.
- Supporting commercial performance through change management, cost control and efficient resource utilisation.
- Developing and mentoring junior engineers and supporting the wider project team.
Who we're looking for
We're interested in hearing from organised and proactive engineers who thrive in a project environment and enjoy working closely with operational and commercial teams to deliver complex infrastructure projects.
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You'll Ideally Have
- Previous experience in a Project Engineer or Senior Site Engineer role within the power, utilities, energy or major infrastructure sectors.
- Experience delivering HV or power network projects, ideally within substation or distribution environments.
- A strong understanding of project delivery, construction methodologies and engineering principles.
- Experience implementing safe systems of work and managing health and safety responsibilities on site.
- The ability to identify, manage and mitigate project risks.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience managing subcontractors and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams.
- A solutions-focused approach to problem solving and decision making.
- The confidence to influence, challenge and collaborate with colleagues, clients and supply chain partners.
- A commitment to developing others and fostering an inclusive working environment.
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?
Benefits
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 Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.
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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
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