Our work matters to millions. It’ll matter to you too. Join our Rail UK team as a Site Engineer and you’ll be a big part of fascinating, complex, varied and meaningful work.

The London Street Overbridge Structural Repair Project is going to repair and replace a Highway over bridge located inside Paddington Station. The Project will include demolition, Structural Steel works and Civils Engineering works.

The Site Engineer role is a key position to ensure construction works are undertaken and delivered in accordance with the design in a safe manner and construction is managed and maintained to the highest standard. The Site Engineer is a key role in ensuring Quality standards are maintained on site.

You will have the following accountabilities:

• Interface between the design activities and construction activities – ensuring all works are constructed in accordance with approved designs.
• To supervise, monitor and interpret the contract design documents
• Input into the design development process.
• Undertake setting out duties to a high degree of precision and supervise other engineers setting out work.
• Produce and manage inspection and test plans across the construction works. Including undertaking of Engineers installation inspections.
• Complete Red line drawings and ensure accuracy of As Built issued drawings.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to other engineers within the team.
• Have a clear understanding of engineering tolerances on the contract and communicate these to the team.
• Anticipate and resolve technical issues, including the raising of technical queries.
• Coordinate geotechnical investigation works.
• Hand over and Hand back of completed works to client.
• Identify and raise commercial issues using early warnings and contribute to change requests.
• Safety Leadership of the team, contributing to the wider programme safety targets and culture
• Understand and implement safety systems.
• Ensure all personnel under your control are fully briefed and work in a safe manner.
• Ensure works are being undertaken and recorded as required by the quality management system.
• Line management of engineers including development needs.
• Develop and maintain strong Client and Stakeholder relationships

You will have the following qualities and experience:

• Engineering Qualification (MEng, BEng, BSc or equivalent) in Civil Engineering
• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status with recognised body (or working towards).
• Completed recognised training course in Health and Safety (NEBOSH, IOSH or SMSTS).
• Strong team worker and ability to build relationships across the team.
• Experience of delivering Rail Civil Engineering Works within a Network Rail controlled infrastructure.
• Strong communicator using verbal and written methods.
• Driving licence

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• PTS certified.
• Computer literate: Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel & Outlook.
• Being able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Understanding of Permanent Way Standards and Parameters.

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

Balfour Beatty Rail Limited is an international leader in rail infrastructure engineering projects and the UK's largest rail engineering and services provider. We offer a full range of rail infrastructure activities from high-speed rail to mass rapid transit, covering urban, rural and commuter routes, for both public and private railways.

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At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. 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.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/