Design Engineer

About the role

Balfour Beatty Living Places – Southampton

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Balfour Beatty Living Places is looking for a talented Design Engineer to join our Southampton team. You'll play a key role in designing and delivering a wide range of highway and transport improvement schemes that make a real difference to local communities.

Working within a collaborative team of engineers and technicians, you'll contribute to the development of safe, sustainable and inclusive transport solutions, including:

• Walking and cycling infrastructure
• Bus priority schemes
• Highway safety improvements
• Public realm enhancements
• Urban regeneration projects

Projects range from smaller local improvements through to major transformation schemes valued at up to £10 million.

• Deliver technically compliant civil and highway engineering designs.
• Take responsibility for the technical delivery of allocated projects.
• Work closely with Design Managers, Senior Engineers and project stakeholders.
• Coordinate and manage inputs from internal teams and third-party consultants.
• Monitor project programmes and support the successful delivery of design outputs.
• Prepare design estimates and support project fee proposals.
• Ensure designs comply with industry standards, CDM regulations and Balfour Beatty policies.
• Engage with clients, local authorities, stakeholders and the public throughout project development.
• Support continuous improvement and identify opportunities to enhance service delivery.

• Civil or Highway Engineering degree (or equivalent)
• Experience in highway or transport infrastructure design
• Knowledge of relevant design standards and CDM Regulations
• Strong project delivery and programme management skills
• Stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities
• Working towards or holding IEng/CEng status (desirable)

Candidate

Summary:

A proactive Civil/Highway Design Engineer with experience delivering transport and infrastructure schemes, strong technical knowledge, excellent stakeholder management skills, and a passion for creating safer and more sustainable communities.

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.

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…

Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.

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…