About the role
Balfour Beatty is seeking a (Agent) Package Manager to support delivery on the Lower Thames Crossing Project, overseeing structures on the A13 Section of Roads North. This is a key leadership role, responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering a defined package of works safely, on time, and within budget.
In this role, you will play a central part in driving programme performance, leading multidisciplinary teams, and maintaining high standards across safety, quality, environmental compliance, and stakeholder engagement. You will collaborate closely with engineering, commercial, logistics, and environmental teams to ensure efficient delivery that aligns with project objectives and contractual requirements.
This position offers the opportunity to contribute to one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure projects, while developing high‑performing teams and delivering lasting value to the community.
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of construction regulations, industry best practices, and experience with NEC3/NEC4 contracts. You will demonstrate expertise in risk management, programme performance, and consistently maintaining high standards in safety, quality, and delivery.
The role requires confidence under pressure, the ability to meet tight deadlines, and effective collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders. A commitment to continuous improvement, safety, and delivering excellence is critical to success.
What you’ll be doing
Promoting best practice, and Balfour Beatty’s 4 Golden Rules. Champion the Beyond Zero Harm commitment and workforce wellbeing. Conduct weekly safety tours, close out actions, and contribute observations. Ensure team compliance with all safety processes.
Developing and managing fully resourced stage programmes. Coordinate labour, plant, equipment and materials with logistics. Monitor progress weekly, report performance, and identify risks or opportunities. Lead daily short‑interval control meetings and weekly performance reviews.
Building and leading a motivated team. Coordinate site activities for efficient workflow and hold regular meetings with subcontractors, suppliers and stakeholders.
Supporting and mentoring engineers in best practice and lean production. Coordinate training and ensure formal issue of subcontract changes with Document Control and Commercial teams.
Leading quality processes ensuring compliance with specifications and the Quality Management Plan. Conduct audits, manage defects and NCRs, attend inspections, and identify training needs.
Working with communications teams to keep stakeholders informed. Support social value initiatives, respond to community issues, and encourage team participation in engagement activities.
Ensuring compliance with environmental and carbon targets. Integrate sustainability into site activities, coordinate with environmental leads, and manage NCRs and corrective actions.
Managing budgets and track resource usage. Review productivity, minimise waste, and support commercial processes including site instructions, compensation events and early warnings.
Preparing technical scopes, support tendering and ensure engineers follow requisition and logistics procedures.
Ensuring all handover documentation (certificates, as‑builts, O&M manuals, H&S files) is delivered in line with programme requirements.
Managing and mentoring engineers and apprentices. Set objectives, oversee performance, support development and complete PDRs.
Who we’re looking for
- Engineering or Construction Management qualification
- Proven experience in a comparable role
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Knowledge of construction regulations and best practice
- Experience with NEC3/NEC4 contracts
- Full UK driving licence
- CSCS card
- Willingness to complete pre‑start drug & alcohol test
- Ability to obtain BPSS Security Clearance (including DBS check)
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?
- 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 Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong order book and a positive pipeline of opportunities; we put the road user at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and add social value to the communities within which we work.
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, the 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 encourages 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.
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