Section Engineer

About The Role

Job Title:

Section Engineer

Location:

Bridge Of Allan

Project Type:
Civils

Company:
Balfour Beatty Group

Balfour Beatty is a leading national infrastructure and construction company with more than a century of heritage in Scotland, delivering key projects that strengthen communities and improve national connectivity.

The Bridge of Allan Flood Defence Scheme is a major £16 million infrastructure project designed to protect the town from rising flood risk and deliver long‑term climate resilience for the community. Recently approved to progress to contractor procurement, the scheme will introduce upgraded flood‑protection walls along key routes including Allanvale Road, Cornton Road and Fountain Road, new flood‑defence bunds at Inverallan Road and nearby industrial sites.

Altogether, it will safeguard 87 properties and 700 metres of roadway from flooding caused by the Allan Water, replacing ageing 1980s defences which are no longer fit for purpose in the face of increased extreme weather events. This is a high‑impact, community‑critical project that forms part of Scotland’s national Funding of Flood Scheme Protections programme.

Professionals joining the project team will be part of a transformative civil engineering scheme that improves public safety, protects homes and businesses, and contributes directly to Scotland’s climate‑adaptation strategy. Candidates will gain hands‑on experience delivering complex water‑retention structures, resilience infrastructure, stakeholder‑driven design solutions, and sustainable construction practices, making this an ideal project for those seeking meaningful, community‑focused engineering work with long‑term legacy.

• Production of Task Briefing Sheets
• Contribution to production of Permit to Dig, including briefing to the workforce
• Carries out associated briefings
• Carries out Safety Inspections
• Hazard Identification and contribution to development of Safe System of Work

• Setting out from primary control provided by others
• The provision of sketches detailing the setting out information installed
• Maintain survey equipment including registers of equipment and testing regimes
• Read and determine information from drawings, schedules and specification

• Production of as‑built drawings & records for every element of the works involved in completion of Quality Check Sheets and production of information for Handover Documentation in a timely manner in line with programme
• Maintaining accurate records – Daily Diary, photographs, records of site discussions

• Measures actual materials used and reconciles with theoretical measure, reporting and investigating reasons for differences
• Works to Weekly Programme (drafted by others) and marks up progress achieved weekly
• Contributes to collection of data for Key Performance Indicators, including reasons for difference

• Production of accurate daily diary of resources, including labour, plant, materials, subcontractors and outputs
• Produces weekly measure. Take offs and schedules materials accurately, producing accurate and clear requisitions, following through to delivery
• Understands what is classified as additional work and understands how to record this
• Familiar with actual resourcing levels versus budget and reporting of reasons for difference

• Able to clearly communicate the requirements of a safe system of work to ensure that these are followed accurately
• Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes
• Strong work ethic with flexibility to work unsociable hours/nights
• Able to work on own initiative and seek out opportunities in line with level of responsibility
• Holds a current driving license and CSCS Card
• Must be a good team player, with strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Understands Permit to Dig System
• Environmental awareness

• Setting out techniques – ability to use level & EDM, plus GPS
• Able to report issues with control and information provided

• Reads and understands drawings and schedules
• Understands…