Package Manager, Engineering

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About the role

Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for a Package Manager to join our £1.2 billion Lower Thames Crossing project, consisting of 43 bridges, including viaducts, 17km of complex Highways construction, complex utility diversions, and a scheme-wide, industry leading approach to carbon reduction.

Balfour Beatty Highways maintain, manage and operate major highway networks across the UK and support local authorities creating communities where people want to live work and play.

The Package Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of Topographical, Ground Investigation, Utility Trial, and Weathering Steel engineering surveys as part of the Lower Thames Crossing project.

What you'll be doing

• Health, Safety & Wellbeing:
  Maintain a safe working environment by enforcing health and safety regulations, best practices, and adherence to the Construction Phase Plan.
• Programme:
  Plan all self-delivered works and coordinate/monitor the programme for subcontract/3 rd party works.
• Project Management:
  Coordinate with subcontractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders to ensure smooth workflow and timely project delivery.
• Quality Assurance :
  Lead the management of quality, setting the required quality standards and ensuring the project team (foreman, engineers, subcontractors etc.)
• Community:
  Provide relevant information to the communications team to ensure all stakeholders and the public are informed of the ongoing works in accordance with the communications plan.
• Environmental Sustainability & Carbon :
  Liaise with the Environmental Manager to ensure compliance with the Projects Environmental Management Plan and carbon requirements for the scheme.
• Reporting:
  Provide regular progress reports to senior management, highlighting any deviations from the project plan and proposing corrective actions.
• Cost Management :
  Own the budget and maintain strict management and control of costs.
• Procurement:
  Produce technical scope for invitation to tenders and complete the tender return assessments for all subcontracts.
• Design Management:
  Attend design and RFI meetings with the Consultant and subcontractors and manage any change that arises as a result.
• Handover:
  Work with the Quality Engineer to ensure handover requirements are clearly defined and understood by all.
• Leadership:
  Manage and mentor Section/Site Engineers/Sub Agents for your scope of works

Who we're looking for

• Proven experience in a similar role, preferably on large scale infrastructure projects
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Knowledge of construction regulations and best practices.
• Experience with NEC 3 / 4 contracts
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Qualifications, Competency & prerequisites

• Engineering or Construction Management qualification
• Full UK drivers licence
• A fit for work medical
• CSCS
• Pre-Start drug & alcohol test
• BPSS Security Clearance. This will be completed by the project Security Manager however it will require the candidate to supply a basic Disclosure and Barring Service check

Still interested? then come and become colleagues with 26,000 staff and join a business which recorded 8.6bn in revenues last year, achieved industry leading customer satisfaction scores and has unrivalled employee engagement statistics.

An excellent range of benefits awaits the successful candidate:

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• 42 core base hours per week
• 25 days annual leave
• Pension savings schemes
• A whole host of other BB staff employee bens (discounts, exclusive offers etc)
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Scores of other Balfour Beatty opportunities available as well via our  portal.

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…