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 has been selected by bp (British Petroleum) to construct a first‑of‑a‑kind fully integrated gas‑fired power station with carbon capture and storage, 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.

• Provide and maintain dimensional control and survey stations within the project.
• Facilitate communication between the survey and engineering teams.
• Liaise with client survey and design teams.
• Survey Data Management.

• The security and integrity of project survey equipment.
• The sufficiency of survey equipment in conjunction with the Survey Manager.
• Ensure that setting‑out survey data is to an acceptable standard.
• The quality of the setting‑out derived from survey data.
• Effective liaison with others to progress survey requirements.
• Ensure that project‑specific survey procedures are followed.
• Manage setting‑out activities through proactive and reactive monitoring.
• Provide monitoring data to the Survey Manager, performing corrective and preventative actions as agreed.
• Manage and control 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.

• Civil Engineering, Engineering Survey, Tunnel Survey and/or an appropriate Surveying discipline qualification to HNC/Degree level.
• Relevant professional Engineering Survey experience relevant to the type of tunnel operation being undertaken.
• Appropriate level of professional registration with a relevant professional body and 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 and 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).

• 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.

• 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.

From consultancy and design, to all aspects of construction and…