Section Foreman

We’re looking for a motivated Section Foreman to join our UKCS Scotland team. In this role, you will support the supervision and coordination of on-site activities, working closely with Gangers, direct labour teams, and subcontractors. You’ll play a key part in ensuring safe, high-quality delivery of works while embracing our values and commitment to Zero Harm. This is an excellent development opportunity for someone ready to take ownership, support operational excellence, and progress within a site leadership pathway.

What you'll be doing:

• Supporting Work Package Plans, Risk Assessments, and Temporary Works solutions.
• Identifying hazards and ensuring proactive implementation of safety controls.
• Ensuring plant, equipment, and tools are safe, maintained, and suitable for use.
• Supporting the delivery of Task Briefings, toolbox talks and quality-related discussions.
• Monitoring workmanship, driving a Right First Time culture, and reporting non-conformances.
• Carrying out Safety & Environmental Tours and staying up to date with relevant legislation.
• Communicating daily and weekly programme requirements to the workforce.
• Supporting resource planning, plant validation, and project cost-control processes.
• Helping to monitor progress against KPIs and contributing to weekly programme updates.
• Reviewing daily records, identifying additional works, and ensuring accurate documentation.
• Engaging with subcontractors and direct labour teams to drive continual improvement.

Who we're looking for:

We’re seeking someone enthusiastic and ready to take responsibility, with the following qualities and experience:

Essential:

• Strong communicator able to explain safe systems of work clearly.
• Capable of taking ownership of tasks and delivering outcomes.
• Flexible approach with willingness to work nights or weekends when required.
• Able to work independently and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Hold a valid driving licence, CSCS card, and SMSTS.
• Strong team player with good interpersonal skills.
• Good understanding of H&S legislation and incident/accident protocols.
• Proven experience delivering toolbox talks and allocating resources.
• Understanding of construction tolerances, specifications, and contract documents.
• Experience managing direct labour or subcontractors.
• Ability to monitor programme milestones and prevent scope creep.

Desirable:

• Experience in high-profile projects such as earthworks, deep drainage, or reinforced concrete works.
• A solution-orientated mindset with strong analytical and prioritisation skills.
• Ability to take ownership of a work section from start through to handover.

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.

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:

From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on. We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities. Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.

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.