Join us as we combine our unique skills and innovative thinking to inspire communities and advance society. Here, you’ll have endless opportunities to explore, connect and grow.
With a huge variety of projects across Scotland, both now and in the pipeline, there’s never been a better time to explore our career opportunities and get involved in work that matters. Join us and shape cities and communities around the country.
Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
Forming a critical part of the RGBE's ambitious 'Edinburgh Biomes' plan, we're restoring the garden's Grade-A listed palm houses, home to 800 plant specimens. This is a centrepiece on our roadmap towards the zero carbon construction site of the future - we recently spent 6-weeks trialling a fleet of all-electric plant to push the boundaries of what's possible and pave the way for the future.
Scotland's first net zero prison
HMP Highland is a landmark project - and the area's first new prison for more than a century. This 18,500m2 facility will use renewable energy sources, modular construction and walls preassembled offsite to reduce carbon emissions. We'll also increase capacity, the quality of its working environments - and ultimately, rehabilitation opportunities and people's chances of success beyond prison.
Glasgow's Stockingfield Bridge
This new £13.7m bridge across the Forth & Clyde Canal connects the three communities of Maryhill, Gilshochill and Ruchill for the first time since the waterway opened in 1790. Creating a traffic-free route between Glasgow and Edinburgh, it's opened up access routes, employment prospects and wellbeing opportunities for everyone.
Aberdeen's Union Terrace Gardens
As part of the Council’s City Centre Masterplan project, we’ve renovated the historic Union Terrace Gardens. With new pavilions, an accessible walkway, landscaping and lighting, we have transformed this Victorian park into an inclusive 21st century space. Councillor Jenny Laing says, “The city is moving forward as one and making history as we go.”
A9 Tomatin to Moy
The Tomatin to Moy project will significantly improve road safety by replacing at-grade junctions with grade-separated junctions and providing safer overtaking opportunities. The improvements will reduce driver stress, improve journey times and the overall operational effectiveness of the route. It will also bring significant economic benefits to local communities, businesses, and to the tourism industry throughout Scotland, by improving access to and from the Highlands.
From projects to be proud of to inspiring career journeys, our story is best told by the people know us best. Here are just a few of them:
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Aiden Mannion, our Project Engineer shares why he finds the projects he works on exciting and why he would recommend a career with Balfour Beatty.
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Naila Wood, Our Head of Social Impact shares what social impact means within the construction industry and what it’s like to work at Balfour Beatty.
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As we celebrate #Scotappweek2024, we’re supporting our future experts to unlock their potential. In our short video, Bethany, our Social Impact Advisor, who joined us as an apprentice shares some of her career highlights including her proudest moment at Balfour Beatty. #Scotappweek2024 #Shapeyourcareer #BuildingNewFutures
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Jennifer Armstrong, our Design Manager shares how her role is helping shape the future of the construction industry.
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Viktoria Galeva, our Quantity Surveyor shares how she has been supported to gain qualifications she needed to achieve her Chartership.
Everyone is welcome here. We celebrate diversity and take meaningful action to support and encourage everyone, so people of all backgrounds can thrive here.
Affinity Networks
Our five affinity networks drive inclusion and deliver action, giving everyone a voice and helping people of all backgrounds fulfil their potential.
Improving representation
By 2030, we aim to increase female representation by 50% and Minority Ethnic and Black representation by 60%.
Listening to employees
Our My Contribution platform means everyone can share ideas for improving D&I at Balfour Beatty.
PPE for everyone
Our inclusive PPE means everyone, regardless of gender, faith or background, can wear PPE that works for them.
Smart Working is about making the best use of our locations, technology and time to best meet the needs of our business, our projects, our customer, our teams and employees. It's Balfour Beatty's approach to when, where and how our employees work. It is much more than a flexible working policy; it's about living our values and the supportive, inclusive culture that we've set out in our Cultural Framework. It covers all the stages of employee's careers and considers arrangements and flexibility to meet their needs at different times. We have fixed offices in Motherwell and Inverness. However, our teams can be found shaping the future on inspiring and iconic sites right across Scotland.
Motherwell
Surrounded by extensive parkland, our Motherwell office is perfectly positioned between Glasgow and Edinburgh. With a gym, nursery, deli and even a hair salon, there are plenty of fantastic facilities to enjoy on-site.
Inverness
Based in a brand new, sustainable building, which includes towpaths and plenty of green space, our office in Inverness helps us maintain close connections with our customers in the Highlands.
We work with a group of leading external partners to develop relationships, learn from their specialist knowledge and benefit from external verification and benchmarks. We limit the wide range of pledges and partnerships we support to focus on quality relationships that will most effectively drive the delivery of our strategy and plan.
There’s always lots going on in our Scottish teams. Whether it’s graduates or senior leaders, planning managers, engineers or administrators, we’re always looking for people with different skills and backgrounds to join us and shape Scotland.
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