Assistant Materials Engineer

Greater Plymouth Area

7/31/2025

Building a sustainable tomorrow

BAM Infrastructure are currently seeking an experienced Assistant Materials Engineer to join our team at Devonport, Plymouth, where we serve as the preferred contractor delivering heavy civil engineering projects in and around the Royal Navy Dockyard.

Due to the sensitive nature of work on this site, this role requires Security Check (SC) Clearance or Counter Terrorism Check (CTC), conducted by the UK Government’s United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency. This process must be completed prior to employment and includes a thorough residency and background review.

Your work environment

• BAM operates a flexible working policy
• People are at the heart of what we do at Bam. We recognise that creating a diverse and inclusive environment that nurtures our employees and encourages them to bring their best and whole self to work is crucial. We're on an exciting journey to get us there by recruiting the very best talent to join us regardless of race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.
  
  

Your mission

• Developing a detailed understanding of project specifications and the technical aspects of the proposed construction materials design, supply, use and testing with the site project team and/or designer and/or client.
• Ability to advise on required derogations and amendments of requirements, specifications, etc;
• Providing technical advice to the project teams, with support from the Lead Materials Engineer, regarding suitability and use of concrete, asphalt, earthworks materials, aggregates, reinforcing steel and any other constituent materials used in the production of construction materials.
• Providing technical advice to the project teams on the preparation of Material Acceptance Requests, monitoring any subsequent feedback and any technical queries thereon for concrete, asphalt, earthworks materials, aggregates, reinforcing steel and any other relevant construction materials.
• Coordination of materials specifications, ITP requirements and supply chain materials management during mobilization and works execution;
• Keep up to date with current project specifications and testing standards.
• Ability to support audits and plant inspections of production plants used in the manufacture of concrete, asphalt, un-bound and hydraulically bound materials and aggregates.
• Give support and advice to testing engineers and technicians on test methods and interpretation of results.
• Development of templates for testing and technical assurance;
• Development of testing and test record data base;
• Review of requirements register and advise technical assurance team;
• Engagement with supply chain/ subcontractors, support of engineering, procurement, and construction teams;
• Understand the Client and Joint Venture Partners' Environment and Sustainability Policies, Processes and statutory requirements as they affect the company's operations and ensure that the requirements, as applicable within their discipline, are implemented on the project.
• Have sufficient literary and IT skills to produce reports and technical guidance, procedures, checklists etc for publishing on the company intranet
• Carry out other relevant duties as required from time to time.
  
  

Who are we looking for?

• Degree / Masters Degree or HND /HNC / NVQ in Civil / Materials Engineering or other degree relevant to construction-related activities.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbally
• Ability to work individually and as part of a team;
• Reliable with excellent timekeeping;
• Willingness to work overtime, which may also include weekend and/or night working;
• A full driving license is appreciated
• Preferably an industry-accredited safety training eg. CSCS (Construction Skills Certification Scheme).
• Ideally, you have been working in a similar role on another project
• Previous materials experience
  
  

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family-friendly policies
• Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development
  
  

BAM Infrastructure is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.

Who are we?

The art of building is about building for communities; it’s about building for life.

Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.

Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.

Our recruitment process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Jonathan Schulte, Recruitment Manager, BAM Infrastructure, m: 07717 227890 / Email: [email protected]

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.