About the role
We’re looking for an experienced Section Engineer to join our UKCS Scotland team. As part of our project management function, you’ll provide engineering control, technical expertise, and quality leadership across a range of construction activities. You will contribute to safe, sustainable, and efficient project delivery while maintaining accurate records and supporting collaborative site operations.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast‑paced environment, enjoys problem‑solving on site, and is committed to the highest standards of safety, quality, and productivity.
What you'll be doing
In this role, you will be responsible for:
- Supporting and championing a Zero Harm culture.
- Preparing and delivering Task Briefing Sheets.
- Contributing to the Permit to Dig process and leading workforce briefings.
- Carrying out safety inspections and identifying hazards, helping to shape safe systems of work.
- Setting out works from primary control points and preparing appropriate sketches.
- Using and maintaining survey equipment, ensuring appropriate registers and testing regimes are followed.
- Interpreting drawings, schedules, and specifications to deliver accurate engineering solutions.
- Producing as‑built drawings, records, and quality documentation in line with programme expectations.
- Keeping accurate daily records, including diaries, photographs, and site discussions.
- Ensuring work meets required specifications and construction tolerances.
- Measuring and reconciling material usage, helping to highlight and investigate variances.
- Tracking weekly progress against programme and supporting data collection for KPI reporting.
- Maintaining accurate diaries of labour, plant, materials, subcontractor use, and work outputs.
- Completing weekly measures, take‑offs, and material schedules.
- Identifying and recording additional works and understanding their commercial implications.
Who we're looking for
We’re seeking a proactive, knowledgeable Section Engineer with the following attributes:
- Strong communicator with the ability to explain safe systems of work clearly.
- Takes ownership, shows initiative, and works effectively both independently and as part of a team.
- Flexible and committed, including willingness to work nights or unsocial hours when required.
- Holds a valid driving licence and CSCS card.
- Competent in setting‑out techniques using levels, EDM, and GPS.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, schedules, and specifications.
- Skilled in material take‑offs, documentation for handover, and understanding construction tolerances.
- Knowledge of specification and contract documents and what constitutes additional works.
- Understanding of construction processes in areas such as earthworks, drainage, pavements, structures, or roadworks.
- Developing leadership skills and interest in pursuing professional accreditation (e.g., ICE, IHT).
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
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 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: [email protected]
Job Reference: BBUK17126
