Sub Agent - Bridgwater, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty

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Bridgwater, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the role

Balfour Beatty are delivering one of the most complex marine engineering projects currently taking place in the world to support the construction of the first new nuclear power station built in the UK in a generation.

The project will see the construction of three tunnels under the seabed that will supply the two reactors at Hinkley Point C with cooling water and then discharge it back into the Bristol Channel.

Our experts will use state-of-the-art technology to excavate a total of nine kilometres of tunnel, which will be lined with 38,000 concrete segments forming 6000 lining rings.

The tunnels will be connected to the seabed by vertical shafts and capped with large intake and outfall heads, each weighing close to 5000 tonnes, that allow sea water to pass into the tunnels.

Both the concrete segments and the heads are under manufactured to exacting specifications at a purpose-built state-of-the-art facility at Balfour Beatty's site in Avonmouth, Bristol.

Balfour Beatty has an astonishing opportunity for a
Sub Agent - (SCL/Secondary Lining) to join our amazing Major Projects team to work at
Hinkley Marine Works, Bridgwater.

What you'll be doing As a Sub Agent,
you will lead the SCL/Secondary Lining tunnel construction** shift teams with the following:

To manage all safe issues on site
Supervise the
SCL/TBM Secondary Lining shift works:
To organise and monitor the programming and progress of the works and associated pre

- construction activities.

Weekly working rotating 10hour shift pattern Monday to Sunday, Days, Backs and Nights

Who we're looking for You will have the following**:

Civil Engineering academia, HNC and above
Holding a valid CSCS card, SMSTS / IOSH
C & G Tunnel Entry Emergency Procedures
Good experience / exposure relevant tunnelling experience

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Valid UK Driving License

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

Still interested? Then come and become colleagues with 26,000 staff and join a business which recorded 8.6bn in revenues last year, achieved industry leading customer satisfaction scores and has unrivalled employee engagement statistics.

An attractive / negotiated salary
Company Car
42 base hours per week
Shift working pattern salary uplift
25 days annual leave
Pension savings schemes
Refer a friend bonus scheme
Subsistence and travel (where applicable) paid
A whole host of other BB staff employee bens (discounts, special offers etc)

About us

Balfour Beatty Major Projects have delivered some of the UK's most complex and iconic infrastructure projects, including Blackfriars Station, the Olympic Aquatics Centre and the Olympic Stadium transformation.

We have the proven expertise to deliver large-scale projects safely and successfully, from consultancy and design, to all aspects of construction and maintenance.

Through our expert capability, we work closely with clients to use the latest technology, machinery and innovative solutions to meet their engineering and construction needs.

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.

Job Reference:
BBUK05971