At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead exciting underground cable projects and manage a dynamic team of engineers.
- Company: Join Balfour Beatty, a leader in sustainable infrastructure development.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, flexible working hours, and generous leave policies.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with excellent career progression opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on the future of power while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in underground cable projects and strong people management skills.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 65000 £ per year.
Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Power Transmission and Distribution team as an Underground Cable Project Engineer on our Operational Team and you’ll deliver complex work that really matters to our business and the world around you. This position will be working on the Longside project based near Aberdeen.
Responsibilities
- Formalise and specify a delivery solution.
- Brief out the solution to the working party and ensure it is followed and completed.
- Secure a future in an industry that’s enjoying significant investment.
- Take pride in adding your talents to our focus on building sustainably Power for the future.
- Manage, monitor and motivate a multi-skilled team of engineers, subcontractors and other construction experts.
- Take responsibility for smaller projects or sections of larger projects.
- Set performance targets and carry out analysis to make sure your team is working to the highest standards of safety and quality.
- Be involved in the procurement of subcontractors.
- Develop and deliver the engineered solution and brief to the working party.
- Safely and sustainably deliver activity to programme, cost and quality.
- Monitor and record works to ensure compliance in a timely manner.
- Support and develop an environment where the working party can thrive and succeed.
- Effectively manage and care for the people delivering the work.
Qualifications
- Experience and track record in delivering underground cable projects.
- Experience of supporting large infrastructure projects within our industry.
- Knowledge and experience of Project Management methodology.
- Strong people management and commercial awareness with knowledge of both budgetary and financial control.
- Excellent relationship management skills.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
Benefits
- Competitive DOA.
- Excellent benefits including site allowances, company car and sustenance allowances (subject to T&C’s of role).
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
- Family friendly policies including 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.
Equal Opportunity and Diversity Statement
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. We are a Disability Confident Employer committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
Project Engineer - Cabling employer: Balfour
Balfour Beatty is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment where Project Engineers can thrive while contributing to significant infrastructure projects like the Longside project near Aberdeen. With a strong focus on employee development, competitive benefits including flexible working arrangements, generous leave policies, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, Balfour Beatty ensures that its team members are supported in both their professional and personal lives, making it a rewarding place to build a career.
