About the role
Job Title: Methods & Proposals Engineer
Location: Warrington
Company: Balfour Beatty - Balvac
Shape the solutions that fix, strengthen and protect the UK’s infrastructure
Balvac, part of Balfour Beatty, is a leading specialist contractor delivering complex structural repair, strengthening and refurbishment solutions across the UK. From bridges and viaducts to buildings and marine assets, our work extends the life of critical infrastructure in a safe, sustainable and innovative way.
Due to continued growth, we’re looking for a Methods & Proposals Engineer to join our Warrington team, supporting preconstruction and early project development with high-quality, buildable engineering solutions.
What you'll be doing
In this technically focused role, you’ll work closely with Engineering, Preconstruction and Operations teams to develop robust methodologies and technical proposals that win work and set projects up for success.
Key responsibilities include:
- Reviewing enquiry documents, client briefs, reports and specifications
- Preparing technical queries, internal briefing documents and delivery plans
- Developing engineering solutions and undertaking detailed buildability reviews
- Producing technical documentation including:
- Technical proposals & reports
- Method statements & ITPs
- Sketches, drawings and programmes
- Supporting ECI tenders and contributing to cost and time allowances
- Managing designers and coordinating design inputs
- Ensuring independent design reviews and interdisciplinary checks are completed
- Working collaboratively with stakeholders to refine and optimise solutions
Who we're looking for
You’ll be an engineering professional with experience in civil engineering environments and a passion for practical, well-thought-out construction solutions.
You’ll ideally have:
- An engineering degree (or equivalent)
- Working towards or holding professional membership (e.g. IEng / CEng – ICE)
- Experience with contractors or consultants in the civil engineering sector
- Knowledge (or interest) in specialist techniques such as:
- Structural concrete repair
- Strengthening & protection
- Cathodic protection
- Sprayed concrete
- CFRP strengthening
- Waterproofing & leak sealing
- Post-tensioning, grouting or resin injection
- Understanding of construction standards, specifications and methodologies
- CSCS (SMSTS desirable) with awareness of CDM regulations
- Strong communication, numeracy and technical writing skills
- Good IT capability (MS Office essential; AutoCAD / MS Project desirable)
Above all, you’ll be curious, solutions-focused and keen to innovate.
Why Join Balvac?
- Work on complex, high-profile infrastructure projects
- Be part of a specialist engineering team with real technical depth
- Genuine opportunities for career development and progression
- The backing, stability and benefits of Balfour Beatty
- A collaborative culture that values safety, quality and engineering excellence
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
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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, Leak sealing injection, Structural strengthening including the use of FRP composite materials, Corrosion Protection and Cathodic Protection, Post tensioning to bridges, tanks and nuclear reactor vessels, Concrete carriageway rehabilitation using vacuum assisted void grouting and slab realignment techniques.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone
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.
Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
Job Reference: BBUK16968
