Site Engineer

Location: Aberdeen City

About the Role

Job Title
:
Site Engineer

Location
:
Aberdeen

Project Type
:
Civils / Energy

Company
:
Balfour Beatty Group

Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure and construction group. We finance, develop, build, and maintain innovative and efficient projects that underpin daily life, support communities, and enable economic growth. Our unparalleled expertise and resources ensure that we deliver high‑quality projects safely, on time and within budget.

Now is a great time to join us. As a leading international construction group with a healthy pipeline of work, we’re growing our teams. Shape a career to be proud of as part of an award‑winning team.

Our team shapes projects that connect communities and impact daily life for millions. Join our Regional Scotland team as a Site Engineer to build new futures.

Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our well‑established construction teams working on our significant future pipeline of large‑scale critical infrastructure projects in Scotland, you will work with true experts who will share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning. Bring us your capability, and we’ll help you take it much, much further.

What you’ll be doing Role Purpose

• Undertake site engineering control and implementation of works on site, including monitoring and reporting progress.
• The project involves significant heavy civil engineering such as earthworks, drainage, and roads.

Accountabilities Core

• Live the Balfour Beatty Values
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm
• Support the delivery of CSUK’s Sustainability activities

Health, Safety & Environmental

• Produce Task Briefing Sheets
• Contribute to production of Permit to Dig, including briefing to the workforce
• Carry out briefings and toolbox talks
• Conduct Safety Inspections
• Identify hazards and contribute to developing Safe Systems of Work

Engineering Control

• Set out from primary control provided by others
• Provide sketches detailing the setting out information installed
• Maintain survey equipment, including registers and testing regimes
• Read and determine information from drawings, schedules and specifications

Quality

• Produce as‑built drawings and records for every element of the works involved
• Complete Quality Check Sheets and produce information for Handover Documentation in line with programme
• Maintain accurate records – Daily Diary, photographs, records of site discussions

Productivity

• Measure actual materials used and reconcile with theoretical measures, reporting and investigating reasons for differences
• Work to Weekly Programme (drafted by others) and mark up progress achieved weekly
• Contribute to collection of data for Key Performance Indicators, including reasons for difference

Commercial

• Produce accurate daily diary of resources, including labour, plant, materials, subcontractors and outputs
• Produce weekly measure, take‑offs and schedule materials accurately, producing clear requisitions and following through to delivery
• Understand what is classified as additional work and how to record this
• Be familiar with actual resourcing levels versus budget and report reasons for differences

Who we’re looking for Personal Qualities and Experience Essential

• Clearly communicate requirements of a safe system of work and ensure they are followed
• Take ownership of tasks and communicate outcomes
• Work on own initiative and seek out opportunities in line with responsibility
• Hold a current driving licence and CSCS Card
• Be a good team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills

Health, Safety & Environmental

• Understand and use Permit to Work System
• Demonstrate environmental awareness

Engineering Control

• Use setting out techniques and survey equipment
• Report issues with control and information provided

Quality

• Read and understand drawings and schedules
• Understand Activity Control Plans and produce resultant information for handover file
• Have a strong understanding of construction tolerances
• Be aware of and use Specification and other Contract documents
• Produce detailed documentation for handover of completed works

Productivity

• Take off and schedule material…