About the role
Our Balvac business delivers innovative structural repair, strengthening, protection and maintenance solutions enabling our customers assets to return to full capacity and thus extend their respective working life.
Our clients include National Highways and some major local authorities across the UK in the highway infrastructure sector. We have also successfully transferred our services into various other key sectors including the wider transport sector, energy & power, industrial and commercial.
With an increasing portfolio and organic growth plans, we are looking to identify several talented individuals (Contracts Engineers, Site Agents, Project Managers & Specialist Services Engineers) based across the country to join this high-octane energy driven team.
Given the above, Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Methods & Proposals Engineer to join our - Balvac team based in either our Warrington or Leeds office with visits to Balvac Projects across the UK
What you'll be doing
Some key areas will include: -
- Prepare Technical Proposals to provide sustainable engineering solutions and addressing identified structural problems.
- Undertake buildability reviews to support Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) schemes and tenders
- Undertake necessary research to support the development of engineering solutions and buildability reviews
- Identify, review, and select techniques, procedures, and methods to undertake engineering tasks.
- Prepare the delivery plan identifying the deliverables required to address the brief within the specified timescales
Who we're looking for
So, what might we be looking for?
- A reasonable level of experience in structural repair/specialist repair projects delivery, this could be in ANY of the above areas/sectors described.
- An engineering degree (or equivalent and professional membership or working towards a relevant Engineering Institution.
- An understanding of standards, specifications, construction techniques and methodologies in the specialist markets.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.
About us
Balvac is a leading specialist structural repair, strengthening and refurbishment contractor and wholly owned subsidiary of the Balfour Beatty Group. We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation.
Our core business is the structural repair strengthening, protection and refurbishment of existing civil and building structure across the UK. We are active in highways, rail infrastructure, power including nuclear licensed sites and industrial facilities.
Specialist capabilities include: Concrete repair, including wet and dry spray concrete, Crack injection, Leak sealing injection, Structural strengthening including the use of FRP composite materials, Corrosion Protection and Cathodic Protection, Post tensioning to bridges, tanks and nuclear reactor vessels, Concrete carriageway rehabilitation using vacuum assisted void grouting and slab realignment techniques.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also 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. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
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