About the role

Balfour beatty are looking for a Site Engineer to join our fantastic Power T&D team

you will be working Alongside the Project Manager / Project Director and project team with accountability for successful project delivery including; planning, design, delivery, monitoring, commissioning and handover/close out.

To understand specified Engineered solutions, brief to the working party and ensure it is followed to completion.

Set people to work and supervise a right first time delivery to safely and sustainably develop and deliver to programme and cost.

Effectively manage and care for the people delivering the works whilst monitoring compliance and to customer/project requirements, objectives and constraints; time, cost, quality and safety

What you'll be doing

  • Attend periodic project reviews / project meetings
  • Maintain accurate project records (progress, daily diaries etc.)
  • Prepare both internal/external reports and liaise with stakeholders
  • Helps to ensure reports provide relevant information to enable informed, cost-effective decisions in line with overall strategy
  • Helps to ensure scope and package assignment supports the team in coordinated working
  • Specify, understand and implement technical information and drawings into delivery
  • Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm & keep up to date with changes in legislation
  • Responsible for the safety and welfare of the general public, employees and supply chain
  • Support periodic Safety & Environmental Tours/promote observation and safety initiatives
  • Monitor effectiveness of the H&S Management System and suggest improvement solutions
  • Write and understand RAMS
  • Identifying, raising and reporting risks and hazards
  • Support incident and H&S responses
  • Understand, control and issue safety documentation
  • Completion of audits
  • Setting people to work
  • Log and escalate any issues that cannot be resolved at delegated level of authority
  • Management of subcontractors, including monitoring of contractor attendance and progress, providing direct instruction and support as necessary, such that contractual arrangements are achieved
  • Help to ensure procurement plans are available in line with the overall project plans, such that material/resources/supply chain can be delivered to meet scheduled deadlines
  • Follow targets/KPIs in line with project objectives and monitor performance
  • Help to ensure assurance activities (audits) are undertaken and take appropriate action on findings
  • Contribute towards workshops that cover the principles of continuous improvement
  • Help to develop, implement and periodically update resource loaded schedules
  • Ensure team adopt productivity and project controls techniques
  • Monitor progress and implement Short Interval Control processes/hold weekly meeting
  • Ensure production of operational milestones reflect master schedule and customer expectations
  • Coordinate with other project activities and internal functions
  • Awareness of cost / budget
  • Awareness of commercial impact
  • Escalation of commercial change
  • Requestion of plant and materials

Who we're looking for

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

  • Experience in implementing safe systems of work
  • Experience in managing risks and change processesA
  • Good understanding of the standard forms of contracts
  • Proficient in commercial/project management communications
  • Able to communicate effectively both verbal and written with all levels of the organisation
  • Good interpersonal skills that enable working relationships to be developed at all levels across the business and be able to negotiate and influence
  • Able to undertake work in high pressure situations with a flexible attitude
  • A record of a solutions-based approach to problem solving
  • Demonstrate awareness and support of the benefits of diversity and inclusion
  • Identify and drive personal development
  • Proficient on O365

The candidate is likely to have the following:

  • Holds or working towards a formal qualification in construction/engineering or equivalent industry experience
  • Holds CSCS and SSSTS or equivalent

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