Senior Engineering Surveyor

About the role

Do you want to be at the forefront of one of the world’s most ambitious sustainability initiatives? Balfour Beatty has created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world over the past 115 years, redefining excellence and setting the industry benchmark with every project.

As a result, alongside several consortium partners, Balfour Beatty have been selected by bp (British Petroleum) to construct a first-of-a-kind fully integrated gas‑fired power station with carbon capture and storage, which is a key driving force behind plans to make Teesside the UK’s first decarbonised industrial cluster.

Balfour Beatty is seeking a dynamic Senior Engineering Surveyor to contribute to the Net Zero Teesside (NZT) project based at our site in Redcar and Cleveland.

Role purpose:

• To provide and maintain dimensional control and survey stations within the project;
• To facilitate communication between the survey and engineering teams;
• Liaise with client survey and design teams;
• Survey Data Management.

The successful candidate will have the following responsibilities:

• The security and integrity of project survey equipment;
• The sufficiency of survey equipment in conjunction with the Survey Manager;
• Ensuring that setting out survey data is to an acceptable standard;
• The quality of the setting out derived from survey data;
• The effective liaison with others to progress survey requirements;
• Ensuring that project specific survey procedures are followed;
• Managing setting out activities through proactive and reactive monitoring;
• Responsibility for providing monitoring data to the Survey Manager and performing corrective and preventive actions, as agreed;
• Management and control of the Survey and Setting out requests. Observe monitoring activity on site to ensure compliance with specification, BS standards and best practice;
• Proactively work to reduce standing time;
• Review operational compliance with Risk Assessment and Method Statements.

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Civil Engineering, Engineering Survey, Tunnel Survey and/or an appropriate Surveying discipline qualification to HNC/Degree level;
• Have relevant professional Engineering Survey experience relevant to the type of tunnel operation being undertaken;
• Appropriate level of professional registration with a relevant professional body + record of CPD;
• Thorough knowledge of surveying procedures and working methods with a strong understanding of current surveying practices;
• Understanding of the construction environment for safe and buildable designs;
• Experience of working with a major design consultancy and major contractor;
• Highly organised with good management and coordination skills with a high standard of computer literacy;
• Leading teams, people management skills, effective delegation, mentoring & coaching and developing others;
• CSCS (Supervisor, Manager, AQP or PQP) card;
• SMSTS or similar;
• Tunnelling Safety Training Scheme accreditation (if not held, to be completed before regularly attending/working in Tunnelling Environment).

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Minimum 2 years’ relevant experience in Surveying;
• Use of NRG, SCC, Star Net TBC software is desirable;
• Knowledge and experience of CAD.

Our people are our biggest asset and we focus on recruiting, training and developing the people who can apply innovation to deliver the infrastructure of the future. We nurture these talents, offer a great benefits package in addition to a competitive base salary and continually invest in developing the skills of our people at every level.

Some of our key benefits are:

• An attractive/negotiated salary;
• Company car or car allowance;
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays;
• Pension savings schemes;
• Enhanced maternity/paternity and family friendly policies;
• Access to our Refer and Earn scheme;
• Discretionary annual salary reviews.

Balfour Beatty’s Major Projects business is delivering some of the UK’s most complex and iconic infrastructure projects. Using the latest technology, we’re driving productivity and creating a lasting legacy by delivering sustainable solutions that strengthen communities.

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