Job Specifications
About The Role
Job Title: Contracts Engineer (Sub Agent)
Location: Warrington (office & site-based)
Company: Balfour Beatty - Balvac
About The Role
Are you an experienced Contracts Engineer / Sub Agent with a passion for delivering complex structural repair and infrastructure projects safely and efficiently? Join Balvac, Balfour Beatty’s specialist structural repair and strengthening business, and play a key role in delivering high-profile schemes across the UK.
About The Role
As a Contracts Engineer (Sub Agent), you’ll be responsible for the successful delivery of Balvac schemes of varying size and complexity, working closely with Contracts Managers, Project Managers and site teams. This is a hands-on role combining engineering excellence, leadership and a strong safety culture.
You’ll be based out of Warrington, with a mix of office and site presence depending on project needs.
What you'll be doing
Key Responsibilities
Manage Balvac projects from site set-up through to completion
Lead and coordinate site teams and subcontractors
Ensure works are delivered in line with contract drawings, specifications and project plans
Manage site dimensional control and setting-out activities
Produce, review and implement:
Construction Method Statements
Risk Assessments
PMP, ITPs, Construction Phase Plans and associated documentation
Develop and manage programmes, monitoring progress and productivity
Ensure strict compliance with Health, Safety & Environmental legislation
Champion Behavioural Safety and Zero Harm on site
Anticipate and resolve engineering and delivery challenges
Maintain accurate construction records, as-built drawings and O&M manuals
Build strong relationships with clients, suppliers and internal stakeholders
Who we're looking for
You Will Have The Following:
Degree in Civil Engineering (or equivalent experience)
Proven experience delivering structural repair or specialist repair projects
Experience working on concrete and infrastructure structures
Strong technical knowledge of structural repair techniques
Confident managing multiple teams, schemes and costs simultaneously
Strong leadership, communication and influencing skills
A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a commitment to excellence
You’ll Naturally Demonstrate:
Results-Driven delivery and ownership
Operational Excellence through planning and organisation
Customer Focus with a collaborative approach
Adaptability in fast-moving project environments
An uncompromising commitment to Zero Harm
Why Join Balvac?
Be part of a respected specialist contractor within the Balfour Beatty Group
Work on technically challenging and rewarding projects
Strong focus on safety, innovation and engineering excellence
Opportunities for career development within a leading UK infrastructure business
If you’re ready to lead with impact and deliver excellence on some of the UK’s most interesting infrastructure and structural engineering projects, we’d love to hear from you.
Professional and personal development
The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.
We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.
We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.
70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.
For further information about Balfour Beatty please go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers
You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section
Why work for us
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.
About Us
Balvac is a leading specialist structural repair, strengthening and refurbishment contractor and wholly owned subsidiary of the Balfour Beatty Group. We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation.
Our core business is the structural repair strengthening, protection and refurbishment of existing civil and building structure across the UK. We are active in highways, rail infrastructure, power including nuclear licensed sites and industrial facilities.
Specialist capabilities include: Concrete repair, including wet and dry spray concrete, Crack injection,
About the Company
Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group. With 27,000 employees, we are driving the delivery of powerful new solutions, shaping thinking, creating skylines and inspiring a new generation of talent to be the change-makers of tomorrow.
We finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and deliver projects at the heart of local communities.
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