Power T&D Site Engineer: Upskilling Programme

About The Role

Balfour Beatty seeks a dedicated and skilled Site Engineer to join our Power T&D Team, based in Scotland across various locations. The role includes a comprehensive 13‑week Upskilling Programme designed to accelerate professional growth and equip you with the latest industry competencies, covering core and mandatory training such as health and safety, first aid, digital skills, project management, technical documentation, environmental sustainability, and commercial awareness.

This immersive programme combines hands‑on technical sessions, cutting‑edge digital tools, project shadowing, and a final capability assessment, preparing you to lead teams on live projects and advance your career within the organisation.

You’ll play a key role in the successful delivery of projects from planning and design through to commissioning, handover and close‑out. Working closely with the Project Manager and wider project team, you’ll interpret technical solutions and drawings, brief delivery teams clearly, and help ensure work is delivered safely, efficiently and right the first time. You’ll also monitor progress, maintain accurate project records, support reporting and reviews, and coordinate with internal teams, subcontractors and stakeholders to keep delivery on track in line with programme, cost, quality and safety requirements.

Minimum requirements:

• HNC Electrical or equivalent
• Full valid UK driving licence

Ideally you will have some or most of the following:

• Experience working in a construction engineering environment
• Experience implementing safe systems of work and managing risk and change
• Good understanding of project delivery, technical information, and site‑based coordination
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence at all levels
• A proactive, solutions‑focused approach with the ability to work well under pressure
• Good interpersonal skills and a collaborative, flexible mindset
• Awareness of commercial and contractual considerations
• Confidence using Microsoft 365
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion and continuous personal development
• A formal qualification in construction or engineering, or equivalent industry experience
• CSCS and SSSTS (or equivalent), or working towards them

The training course starts early August and requires full attendance of all 13 weeks.

Hours:

45 per week

• Competitive - depending on experience
• Excellent benefits including Site Allowances, Company Car and Subsistence Allowances (subject to T&C’s of role)

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro‑rata)
• Family‑friendly policies: 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’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks. From scoping and feasibility through design, construction and on‑going maintenance, our in‑house experts, flexible resources and industry‑leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

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 culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence ‘Employer Recognition Scheme’ and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long‑term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment and offer applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. More info: https://disabil