Project Engineer
| Posting date: | 05 June 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 July 2025 |
| Location: | Seascale, CH41 7ED |
| Company: | Balfour Beatty Plc |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | BBUK13721-522006 |
Summary
About the role
Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick team as a Project Engineer at Sellafield, Seascale and you’ll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you.
Role Purpose:
- Assists Project Manager and Engineering team with the planning and daily execution of the construction project.
- Maintaining certain aspects of the project schedule as assigned by the Project Manager, by managing the process of submittal approvals, coordinating the timely delivery of materials, maintaining schedules and budgets
What you'll be doing
- Ensure that packages are delivered to programme, budget, safety and quality expectations/standards.
- Ensure packages comply with good design practice and relevant technical group standards.
- Ensure that the package is executed with minimum rework.
- Ensure accurate and complete records are kept in accordance with the mechanical control sheet, this should include; TQ’s WPP’s, ITPs, Record Drawings and other project
- Communications/deliverables. The engineer responsible for a package of works will ensure the document control sheet is maintained progressively and that relevant team members are aware of any potential impacts.
- The engineer will ensure that communication trackers are updated, regardless of platform self-generated registers.
- Ensure that plant, access, labour and materials are planned and organised in accordance with appropriate interfaces for the associated works, this should include any procurement activity relevant to a package.
- Concisely produce/review the WPP and ITP for a particular activity, this will ensure quality assurance mechanisms are contextualised, four weeks prior to works start (progressively check).
- Produce technical input SoW in accordance with the relevant QS, suitable for an ITT. Identifying risks to the Project Management team associated with the delivery of their works raising EWNs as appropriate.
- Monitor performance of supply chain against planned activities and escalate as required to achieve planned output.
- Draft site instructions for review and issue by Project Management team including detailed descriptions of works required, location, programme impact, cost impact and reference to any client led change event.
Who we're looking for
The following experience/qualifications are required: -
- Achieved / working toward a HNC, or equivalent, in Mechanical or Piping
- APM qualitfication is beneficial
- SMSTS / IOSH qualified
- Previous experience of engineering works in a nuclear environment.
- Previous experience of managing the installation of environmental monitoring equipment.
- Can obtain the required security clearances
- High levels of integrity
- Able to constantly focus on meeting/exceeding customer requirements and expectations
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick is a leader in mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions.
We design, install and maintain the complex systems and technologies that underpin the UK’s national infrastructure and bring buildings to life.
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 www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
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. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com.
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