Site Engineer

 

Main characteristics

Location

Lichfield, Staffordshire

Company

Balfour Beatty- Vinci

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Construction / Skilled Trades

Job summary

Are you looking to progress your career by working on Britains biggest construction project?

Balfour Beatty VINCI is working with a range of organisations to design and build 90km West Midlands stretch of HS2 - Britains new high speed railway. Our work is essential to enable HS2 trains to travel between London and Birmingham as well as continue their journey up to Manchester. Its an incredibly exciting time to join us - were at peak construction with work really ramping up on a broad range of assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts. Plus youd join 9,000 people across 72 nationalities working on this exciting section of HS2 across the region.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Site Engineer within the Delivery Team. This role will be based on site in Kingsbury and Lichfield The northernmost site of the West Midlands stretch of HS2 runs from Water Orton to Lichfield. The sites are mainly rural and will link HS2 to the West Coast Mainline track.

Experienced required

Civil Engineering Degree

Structures and General civil engineering works

Use of survey equipment and able to undertake surveys without supervision

Driving Licence

Worked in the UK

Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role.

Benefits of working with us

Car/ car allowance

Flexible working available for some roles

Free parking

Travel allowance for eligible candidates

Family friendly leave policies

Excellent pension contributions

Healthcare

Health risk assessments

Access to employee assistance programmes

Access to annual flu vaccinations

About Balfour Beatty VINCI

Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long-established joint venture between two powerhouses for the delivery of critical infrastructure across rail, transport and other iconic projects in the UK and beyond. We started working together over 30 years ago to deliver the Channel Tunnel, as members of the TransManche Link consortium. In the Midlands, it is Balfour Beatty VINCIs role to design and build the route, ready for tracks and signalling to be installed. Our work with HS2 Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and then on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.

Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites:

9.3km of viaducts

62 overbridges

35 cuttings

56 culverts

62 embankments

2 twin bore tunnels and 2 cut and cover tunnels

28 underbridges and 11 underpasses

Diversity and Inclusion

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is delivering equal opportunities for everyone that is part of the team and for people that are yet to join us. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities and neuro diversities. We are working to represent the communities Balfour Beatty VINCI works in through our workforce. We have embedded Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively. We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is a Disability Confident Leader and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability.

Flexible working

We recognise and respect that people work in different ways and we are open to discussing what flexibility you may need during the recruitment process, balanced against our project requirements