What you'll be doing

Core activities:

• Undertake carbon baselining and forecasting process on live projects to ensure carbon estimates are complete, use tailored carbon factors where available, and are auditable for PAS 2080 compliance


• Provide carbon analysis from Candy or support others to do so, to provide preconstruction and delivery teams with understanding of hotspots and focus for carbon reductions


• Support the development of processes as necessary, to collate actual carbon data from in-flight projects


• Ensure carbon benchmarking data is periodically fed back into benchmarking during preconstruction and delivery stages of the project lifecycle; with checks to ensure consistency and accuracy of data


• Utilise OneClick for carbon reporting to the client

Supporting activities:

• Promote the use of common coding and standardised templates and processes to facilitate data collection for benchmarking


• Support as necessary the periodic reporting of carbon benchmarking data during preconstruction and delivery stages of the project lifecycle; with checks to ensure consistency and accuracy of data


• Support the development of training and guidance documents to ensure consistency of carbon estimating and maintain required standard


• Support preconstruction and project teams to produce options assessments (currently cost and carbon, but also in future, time) and to upskill the business in this capability

Deliverables & Controls:

• Carbon Management is a key business capability, which will have commercial and work winning implications – support preconstruction and project delivery teams to achieve this


• Timely, accurate and useful input to carbon estimating and optioneering support


• Consistency and compliance is achieved across all bids and projects


• Continual improvement of carbon processes and systems through learning and experience; providing recommendations for improvements

Who we're looking for

The following qualities and experience are essential:

• Demonstrable industry experience in a technical role (engineering / commercial) on a range of major infrastructure / civil engineering projects with a good understanding of construction methods, processes and temporary works


• Experience of bid, preconstruction or construction delivery phases of projects incorporating major,complex civil engineering


• The desire and interest to develop carbon estimating skills and expertise using Candy, and the commitment to help drive change and carbon management capability across the business


• Good interpersonal skills that enable working relationships to be developed at all levels in the business


• Good planning, management and organisation skills


• Demonstrable verbal and written communication skills


• Demonstrable analytical and problem solving skills


• Team player who is highly committed to achieving results in a collaborative way with others


• Some experience of engineering or commercial processes, supporting multi-level projects and programmes


• Strong desire to upskill others to ensure lasting and positive shift in business approach

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 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…

About us

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, to 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.

Diversity and inclusion

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. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). 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. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com