Construction Project Engineer

Job Title : Site Engineer
Project Type: Civils / Energy
Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure and construction group. We finance, develop, build, and maintain innovative and efficient projects that underpin daily life, supports communities, and enables economic growth. Our unparalleled expertise and resources ensure that we deliver high-quality projects safely, on time, and within budget.
As a leading international construction group with a healthy pipeline of work, we’re growing our teams. Our team shapes projects that connect communities and impact daily life for millions. Join our Regional Scotland team as a Site Engineer to build new futures.
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.
Undertake site engineering control and implementation of works on site, including monitoring and reporting progress.
The project involves significant heavy civil engineering such as earthworks, drainage, and roads
Conduct Safety Inspections
Engineering Control
Maintain survey equipment, including registers and testing regimes
Quality
Complete Quality Check Sheets and produce information for Handover Documentation in line with programme
Contribute to collection of data for Key Performance Indicators, including reasons for difference
Commercial
Produce accurate daily diary of resources, including labour, plant, materials, subcontractors, and outputs
Understand what is classified as additional work and how to record this
Personal Qualities and Experience
Hold a current driving licence and CSCS Card
Engineering Control
Use setting out techniques and survey equipment
Quality
Have a strong understanding of construction tolerances
Be aware of and use Specification and other Contract documents
Commercial
Have knowledge of specification and contract documents
Understand what constitutes additional works
EUSR Cat 1 & 2 Training
Continually seeks ways to add value and improve performance.
Work on challenging, high-profile projects with the support of a skilled, multi-disciplinary team.
Enjoy a competitive salary, development opportunities, and a flexible, inclusive working environment.
Professional and personal development
We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.
70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

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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.
We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.
Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.
Diversity and inclusion
At 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, visit To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). 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.