Project Engineer

Job title:

Project Engineer

Company

Balfour Beatty

Job description

About the roleAre you ready to power up your career with an industry leader? Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution (T&D) team is looking for a Cabling Project Engineer to join our Measured Term Framework in South Wales.As a Project Engineer, you will play a key role in supporting the Project Manager to ensure the successful delivery, profitability, and quality of our projects. You’ll also be instrumental in maintaining our high standards of safety, sustainability, and environmental responsibility while fostering a collaborative working environment.Key Responsibilities:✔ Support the Project Manager in delivering successful projects within budget and schedule.
✔ Ensure health, safety, environmental, and quality standards are met at all times.
✔ Promote a collaborative and engaging work culture, ensuring client and stakeholder needs are managed effectively.
✔ Assist in securing and delivering new projects in line with the Power T&D Strategic Plan.What you’ll be doing

• Delivery of the Power T&D business strategy and objectives on your project(s) and outperform on key success measures

• Understand the relevant commercial terms and conditions for your project.

• Support the Senior Project Manager/ Project Manager to proactively manage pro the customer relationship during delivery, including change and decision making to effectively manage expectations

• Support the Senior Project Manager / Project Manager in leadership of Zero Harm and drive for continuous improvement across SHEQ

• Collaborate relentlessly to ensure best opportunities for Power T&D are targeted and that the resources are utilised in the most efficient way on your project

• Show clear and visible leadership and display the right leadership behaviours

• Support the Senior Project Manager/Project Manager to develop and support the project team to be successful by talking positively, listening actively and encouraging constantly

• Support the Senior Project Manager/Project Manager to successfully implement implement the Gated Business Lifecycle at every opportunity

• Ensure the contracts KPI are met monthly and are recorded

• Work collaboratively with the Contract Managers and Support Functions to deliver your project(s) and enhance solid working relationships as one team across the business.

• Planning, controlling and managing the delivery of project your project(s) utilising the necessary resource and skills, within the agreed parameters of cost, timescales and quality

• Prepare Method Statements, Risk Assessments and Task briefings to ensure a Safe System of Work.

• Instil a strong safety culture and develop the capability of our project team(s) to take personal responsibility through strong visible leadership

• Report all accidents, dangerous occurrences and near miss incidents onto the company system.

• Drive yourself and others to comply with all business policies, procedures and governance

• Ensure that all works are carried out in line with CDM and Temporary Works regulations.

• Support the Senior Project Manager/Project Manager lead on developing a high performance culture of one team

• Talk positively and listen actively across the business and the people within it

Who we’re looking forThe following experience/qualifications are essential:-

• Experience of supporting/ delivery of Dig & Lay type frameworks preferably working within the power industry 11-132kV

• Understanding NRSWA compliance which is required

• Knowledge and experience of Project Management methodology

• Strong People Management

• Commercial awareness with knowledge of both budgetary and Financial control

• Excellent relationship management skills

• Ability to work across conflicting interest groups to develop solutions to complex operational and commercial problems

• Comfortable with ambiguity, able to tease out sensitive issues and lead cross-functional teams towards solutions

• Clean drivers license

• Requirement to work occasional evenings and weekends to suit contract requirement

Why work for usDay 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 usBalfour 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 inclusionAt 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, visitWe 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: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:

Expected salary

Location

Wales

Job date

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 07:23:19 GMT

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