Balfour Beatty plc

Mechanical Construction Manager

Company
Location
Reading, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/7/2025
Description
About The Role

We're looking for an experienced Mechanical Construction Manager to lead on the delivery of a key project, ensuring excellence in safety, quality, and performance across all mechanical construction activities on site.

You’ll be responsible for managing day-to-day site operations, overseeing subcontractor performance, driving programme delivery, and ensuring compliance with health, safety, and sustainability targets. You’ll also present monthly progress reports and play a key role in stakeholder engagement and team leadership.

What you'll be doing

  • Lead construction delivery across all mechanical elements of the project.
  • Manage site managers and subcontractors, ensuring safe and efficient execution.
  • Own the planning and execution of site briefings, RAMS, and putting people to work.
  • Ensure adherence to programme, budget, and quality standards.
  • Chair monthly progress reviews and report to the Project Manager.
  • Collaborate closely with Design, Planning, Commercial, and other key project teams.
  • Promote sustainability and implement environmental best practice onsite.
  • Support post-completion defect resolution and maintain strong client relationships.
  • Champion Zero Harm and drive continuous improvement in site safety and performance.

Who we're looking for

  • Proven construction management experience in complex mechanical projects.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Background in managing works within live, operational environments.
  • Familiarity with project management systems and digital tools (e.g. BIM 360 Field & Plan).
  • SMSTS, CSCS card, First Aid, and Temporary Works Coordinator certifications.
  • Knowledge of Balfour Beatty systems and procedures (desirable).
  • Awareness of Lean Construction and a commitment to continuous improvement.

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?

Benefits

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 Kilpatrick is a leader in mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions.

We design, install and maintain the complex systems and technologies that underpin the UK’s national infrastructure and bring buildings to life.

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: [email protected].
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