Building Lead

About The Role

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick is recruiting on behalf of The MEH Alliance to support the delivery of the Hinkley Point C project, one of the UK’s largest and most complex infrastructure programmes. This role is a key leadership position responsible for ensuring the successful coordination and delivery of multi‑discipline construction works within a designated building area. The Building Lead will play a pivotal role in driving safe, efficient and high‑quality installation delivery.

Location: Hinkley Point C (Site-based, 5 days per week).

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the building is delivered safely, on time, within budget and to the required quality standards.
• Lead multi‑disciplinary construction teams to deliver safe, high‑quality installation works.
• Support the Area Lead with day‑to‑day planning, engineering and works progression.
• Manage interfaces across contractors, subcontractors and stakeholders to ensure efficient delivery.
• Coordinate construction activities across Mechanical, Electrical and HVAC disciplines.
• Ensure materials, access and resources are available to meet the construction schedule.
• Monitor progress, productivity and performance, reporting to the Area Lead.
• Promote and maintain high standards of health, safety and nuclear safety culture.
• Manage construction documentation, change control and compliance with project requirements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering large‑scale construction or engineering projects at a senior level.
• Strong leadership capability with experience managing multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Background in Mechanical, Electrical, HVAC or similar engineering disciplines.
• Degree, HNC or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline (or extensive site management experience).
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience within nuclear, heavy industry or joint venture environments is advantageous.
• Able to obtain a security clearance.

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/partner’s leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and more.

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