Site Engineer

Balfour; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 35,000 - GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering and construction company is seeking a Site Engineer to join its Power Transmission and Distribution team in Peterhead. This role involves ensuring project success through effective planning, supervision, and management of delivery while fostering team capabilities. Ideal candidates will have engineering qualifications and relevant site experience, with strong people management skills. Benefits include a generous pension scheme, flexible working options, and numerous learning opportunities.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Flexible benefits window

Hybrid working

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Broad range of learning opportunities

Qualifications

• HNC/HND/Degree in engineering discipline preferable.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and leading teams towards solutions.
• Full UK Driving Licence and willing to work away from home.

Responsibilities

• Understand specified solutions and ensure completion.
• Set to work and supervise delivery.
• Safely develop and deliver to programme and cost.

Skills

People Management experience

Commercial awareness

Project Management methodology

Education

HNC/HND/Degree in engineering discipline

Job description

Overview

About The Role – Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our Power Transmission and Distribution team as a Site Engineer in our Operations Team, you’ll work with true experts who’ll share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement, and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning. Bring us your capability, and we’ll help you take it much, much further. Based across the UK on our projects you will work on our Large Infrastructure within our Power Transmission and Distribution Projects. The location of this role is Peterhead. Roles include a generous subsistence package (subject to T&C's), Allowances, Pension, and career progression within the industry.

When It Comes To Developing Our People, Our Operational Site Management Teams Are Award Winning.

What you\'ll be doing

As a Site Engineer, you will have the following accountabilities:

• Understand specified solution, brief to the working party and ensure it is followed to completion.
• Set to work and supervise a right first time delivery.
• Safely and sustainably develop and deliver to programme and cost.
• Monitor to ensure works are delivered compliant.
• Produce required records in a timely manner.
• Effectively manage and care for the people delivering the work.

Who we\'re looking for

• HNC/HND/Degree in engineering discipline would be preferable and/or relevant Site Experience with the Utilities / Construction Industry.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, able to tease out sensitive issues and lead cross-functional teams towards solutions.
• Ability to work across conflicting interest groups to develop solutions to complex operational and commercial problems.
• People Management experience and relationship management skills.
• Commercial awareness with knowledge of both budgetary and Financial control.
• Knowledge of Project Management methodology.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Willing to work away from home.

Why work for us

• Company DC pension scheme up to 5% EEs & 7% ERs
• Wellbeing sessions - non-work-related activities go for a walk, do some house duties etc.
• Opportunity to join into the company SIP scheme.
• Flexible benefits window Options to purchase additional holidays, bikes, tech vouchers, dental cover, PMI etc.
• Reward platform where you can get discounts off shopping, insurance, cars etc.
• Hybrid working (where applicable)
• Enhanced company sickness scheme
• Enhanced company Maternity/Paternity/Shared parental/Adoption schemes
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications
• Employee assistance programme
• Up to 2 days volunteering per year
• Company funded social events.

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

We are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan and a Gold Award in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to removing barriers for people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. Read more at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone and www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion.