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About The Role
Job Title: Section Engineer
Location: Inverness
Project Type: Civils
Company: Balfour Beatty Group
Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure and construction group. We finance, develop, build, and maintain innovative and efficient projects that underpin daily life, support communities, and enable economic growth. Our unparalleled expertise and resources ensure that we deliver high-quality projects safely, on time, and within budget.
Now is a great time to join us. As a leading international construction group with a healthy pipeline of work, we’re growing our teams. Shape a career to be proud of as part of an award-winning team.
Our team shapes projects that connect communities and impact daily life for millions. Join our Regional Scotland team as a Section Engineer to build new futures.
Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our well-established construction teams working on our significant future pipeline of large-scale critical infrastructure projects in Scotland, you will work with true experts who will 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.
What you'll be doing
Health Safety & Environmental
* Production of Task Briefing Sheets
* Contribution to production of Permit to Dig, including briefing to the workforce
* Carries out associated briefings
* Carries out Safety Inspections
* Hazard Identification and contribution to development of Safe System of Work
Engineering Control
* Setting out from primary control provided by others
* The provision of sketches detailing the setting out information installed
* Maintain survey equipment including registers of equipment and testing regimes
* Read and determine information from drawings, schedules and specification
Quality
* Production of as-built drawings & records for every element of the works involved in completion of Quality Check Sheets and production of information for Handover Documentation in a timely manner in line with programme
* Maintaining accurate records – Daily Diary, photographs, records of site discussions
Productivity
* Measures actual materials used and reconciles with theoretical measure, reporting and investigating reasons for differences
* Works to Weekly Programme (drafted by others) and marks up progress achieved weekly
* Contributes to collection of data for Key Performance Indicators, including reasons for difference
Commercial
* Production of accurate daily diary of resources, including labour, plant, materials, subcontractors and outputs
* Produces weekly measure. Take offs and schedules materials accurately, producing accurate and clear requisitions, following through to delivery
* Understands what is classified as additional work and understands how to record this
* Familiar with actual resourcing levels versus budget and reporting of reasons for difference
Who we're looking for
The Following Qualities/experience Are Essential
Core
* Able to clearly communicate the requirements of a safe system of work to ensure that these are followed accurately
* Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes
* Strong work ethic with flexibility to work unsociable hours/nights
* Able to work on own initiative and seek out opportunities in line with level of responsibility
* Holds a current driving license and CSCS Card
* Must be a good team player, with strong communication and interpersonal skills
Health Safety & Environmental
* Understands Permit to Dig System
* Environmental awareness
Engineering Control
* Setting out techniques – ability to use level & EDM, plus GPS
* Able to report issues with control and information provided
Quality
* Reads and understands drawings and schedules
* Understands Activity Control Plans and production of resultant information for handover file
* Strong understanding of construction tolerances
* Awareness and use of Specification and other Contract documents
* Able to produce detailed documentation for handover of completed works
Productivity
* Able to take off and schedule material quantities accurately
Commercial
* Knowledge of specification and contract documents
* Understands what constitutes additional works
Why work for us
* Be part of a major energy infrastructure investment that’s shaping the UK’s low-carbon future.
* Work on challenging, high-profile projects with the support of a skilled, multi-disciplinary team.
* Join a culture of learning, improvement, and excellence—where your voice makes a difference.
* Enjoy a competitive salary, development opportunities, and a flexible, inclusive working environment.
Professional and personal development
The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career. We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.
We are proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10 approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.
For further information
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. Visit www.balfourbeatty.com/careers/Scotland for more. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and to supporting an inclusive culture. We are Disability Confident and signed the Audeliss/Involve Open Letter. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process. If you have feedback, please email candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
* Industries: Construction
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