Balfour Beatty plc
Project Engineer OHL
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About The Role
We’re Hiring: Project Engineer (OHL) – Power T&D
Join the Power Transmission & Distribution team at Balfour Beatty and help deliver critical energy infrastructure projects across the UK.
📍 Location: 4YB – Balfour Beatty (Willbox Ltd), Crescent Industrial Estate, Station Rd, Nursling, Southampton SO16 0YD
We are seeking an experienced Project Engineer (Overhead Lines – OHL) to support the successful delivery of power transmission and distribution projects. Working alongside the Project Manager / Project Director and wider project team, you will take accountability for end-to-end project delivery — from planning and design through to commissioning and handover.
This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in delivering complex OHL projects within a high-performing and safety-driven environment.
What you'll be doing
- Lead and attend project reviews / project meetings
- Have an awareness of the Digital Briefcase
- Maintain accurate project records (progress, daily diaries etc.)
- Prepare both internal/external reports and liaise with stakeholder
- Helps to ensure reports provide relevant information to enable informed, cost- effective decisions in line with overall strategy
- Helps to ensure scope and package assignment supports the team in coordinated working
- Specify, understand, develop and implement technical information and drawings into delivery
- Understanding and specify plant and equipment requirements
- Assist the Project Manager to lead risk/opportunity reviews, present the Risk Register and recommend/implement changes
- Log and escalate any issues that cannot be resolved at delegated level of authority
- Management of subcontractors, including monitoring of contractor attendance and progress, providing direct instruction and support as necessary, such that contractual arrangements are achieved
- Ensure procurement plans are available in line with the overall project plans, and material/resources/supply chain activities are delivered to meet scheduled deadlines
- Ensure that expenditure is in line with the budget and that resources are utilised efficiently to ensure cost control
- Able to identify elements for cost recovery from others
- Incorporate and balance both operational and commercial constraints into decision making
- Analyse, appraise and implement CEs
- Ownership of Budget
- Understanding of the contract and knowledge of commercial impact
- Manage commercial change
- Requestion of plant and materials
- Help to develop, implement and update resource allocation plans and raise appropriate requests
- Setting people to work
- Upskilling others
- Coordinate with other project activities and internal functions
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Who we're looking for
The Following Qualities/experience Are Desirable
- An organised, innovative and creative Project Engineer with knowledge and Experience Of Working On Projects Who Is Proficient Commercial/project management communications
- Experience in implementing safe systems of work
- Experience in managing risks and change processes through solutions-based approach to problem solving
- Good interpersonal skills that enable working relationships to be developed at all levels across the business and be able to negotiate and influence
- Discuss ideas and plans competently and with confidence
- Communicate new concepts and ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Awareness and promotion the benefits of diversity and inclusion
- Demonstration of resilience and determination to succeed
- Proactively develop others around you includin
- Proficient on O365
The role holder is likely to have one or more of the following:
- Holds or working towards a formal qualification in construction/engineering or equivalent industry experience
- Holds or desire to work towards either the APM PFQ/PMQ
- Holds CSCS and SMSTS or equivalentg junior members of the team
- Identify and drive personal development
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…
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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.
From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
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
We are 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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