About The Role
Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick team as a Package Manager at Sellafield, Seascale and you’ll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you.
Role Purpose
- To manage and coordinate specific work packages on engineering construction projects, ensuring delivery in accordance with safety, quality, cost, and schedule requirements.
- The Package Manager acts as the single point of contact for the assigned scope, ensuring effective planning, integration, and communication across disciplines and stakeholders
What you'll be doing
- Manage the full lifecycle of designated work packages from procurement through to commissioning and handover.
- Develop, implement, and maintain package-specific execution plans.
- Collaborate with planning teams to develop detailed construction and delivery schedules.
- Monitor progress against schedule and implement corrective actions as required.
- Support development of package budgets.
- Monitor package cost performance, manage variations, and report on financial status.
- Interface with procurement to select, negotiate, and manage subcontractors and suppliers.
- Ensure contractual deliverables are met, and manage changes or disputes effectively.
- Ensure compliance with engineering standards, project specifications, and regulatory requirements.
- Coordinate with other packages, engineering, and construction teams to ensure alignment.
- Manage interfaces with client, design, commissioning, and operational teams
Who we're looking for
- Formal qualification (BSc/MSc) in Engineering/Construction or experience equivalent
- Proven experience in project or package management on large-scale engineering or construction projects.
- Strong knowledge of contract management, construction sequencing, and safety standards
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].
