Methods Engineer

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Opportunity for a Methods Engineer to work with Balfour Beatty on the Sizewell C project,

Location : Sizewell C

Salary : £35k-£50k

The purpose of the role is: 

• Support the development of optimised construction solutions for a wide range of complex and major complex infrastructure projects within transport and energy major projects during work winning and pre-construction delivery stages, by using knowledge and experience of design, construction methods, temporary works, planning/logistics and project management.
• This requires collaborative working with both the site team and wider methods engineering team to support the development of construction methodology solutions. This is a newly formed and growing team that sits within the Technical Services department, with opportunities for development readily available.
• This role is ideally suited to someone looking for a technically focussed engineering role, which will allow them to develop their technical engineering knowledge further, whilst working on a range of exciting projects.
• Previous construction project experience at Site Engineer / Section Engineer level (or equivalent) is preferred.

Main Duties : 

• Support pre-construction design and methods development into construction delivery:
• Support construction methodology solutions development in-line with design development
• Support the development of construction sequencing following Method-led Construction principles
• Support the integration of temporary works design with permanent works design through the application of sound engineering principles
• Develop the concept temporary works schemes required for a project and draft design briefs
• Develop logistics strategies to support methodology and creation of logistics plans
• Coordinate and collaborate with a variety of discipline specialists (both in-house capability and external supply chain) on several concurrent projects, either at bid or pre-construction stage, or during early stages of construction, adopting the Method-led Construction approach
• Support the development of cost and carbon estimates for the works
• Create detailed schedules for the construction methodology options, using support from the wider methods engineering team and technical resources
• Support the adoption of modern methods of construction to improve productivity
• Identify risks associated with the works, support the development of mitigations
• Record lessons learnt and capturing knowledge for the future
• Support the development of training resources to the Methods Engineering Team and wider within the business.
• Implement BIM and digital tools to enhance pre-construction and delivery

Qualifications/Experience : 

Essential

• Experience in complex / major complex project environments (at Site Engineer / Section Engineer level or equivalent)
• Up-to-date knowledge of construction methodologies
• Understanding of project planning and resourcing
• Up-to-date knowledge of industry standard safe systems of work
• Ensure responsibilities under CDM Regulations
• Knowledge of using modern methods of construction
• Comfortable with working in digital models
• Deadline-focussed outputs
• Interpersonal and communications skills
• Facilitation skills

Desirable

• Progressing towards professional accreditation in Civil Engineering or equivalent (preferred)
• Ability to work across multiple projects
• Confidence to challenge the normal approach to construction

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.