Project Engineer
Role Overview
Project Engineer (Cabling) supporting Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution team.
The role supports delivery of the BTNO Project in Assington, Suffolk, with a focus on cabling and power infrastructure.
Works alongside the Project Manager and wider team on planning, design, delivery, monitoring, commissioning, and handover.
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About the role
Project Engineer (Cabling) supporting Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution team.
The role supports delivery of the BTNO Project in Assington, Suffolk, with a focus on cabling and power infrastructure.
Works alongside the Project Manager and wider team on planning, design, delivery, monitoring, commissioning, and handover.
Workplace and flexibility
- The work includes coordinating site activities and site-based project delivery.
- The employer describes smart working with up to 40% remote working where roles allow; this role's specific remote allowance is not stated.
Key responsibilities
- Support delivery of HV cabling works across the BTNO project and coordinate site activities with subcontractors.
- Review technical drawings and engineering documentation; produce and review RAMS and safety documentation.
- Monitor project progress, quality, programme performance, and risks; identify opportunities for improvement.
- Assist with procurement of plant, materials, and subcontract services.
- Maintain project records and report progress to stakeholders.
- Promote Zero Harm and comply with health, safety, and environmental requirements.
- Support commissioning, handover, and project close-out activities.
Candidate requirements
- Experience as a Project Engineer in power, utilities, construction, or infrastructure projects.
- Experience delivering cabling, civils, or electrical infrastructure projects.
- Strong understanding of safe systems of work and site-based project delivery.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to coordinate resources and multiple workstreams.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
- Formal engineering or construction qualification, or equivalent industry experience.
Preferred qualifications
- CSCS and SMSTS, or equivalent, are preferred.
- APM qualifications or a willingness to work towards them would be advantageous.
Benefits and employer information
- Benefits listed include 25 days of paid annual leave pro rata, family-friendly policies, pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, and recognition schemes.
- The employer's Power Transmission & Distribution teams provide engineering solutions across electricity grids, including overhead lines, cabling, substations, and distribution networks.
About Balfour Beatty
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