Navigating Your Balfour Beatty Career

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WORK TO BE PROUD OF Our work matters to millions and we know it matters to you too. Big or small, complex or tightly focused, every single one of our projects and Enabling Function teams are an opportunity for you to learn and grow. We are Building New Futures and constantly evolving, and you can too. Whatever your role or skill set, and whether you’re onsite or in the office, you’re a big part of fascinating, complex, varied work. The opportunities are endless as we harness the power of digital and data, and develop cutting edge innovations to increase productivity, reduce our carbon footprint, meet the challenges of the future, and make this a great place to work.

CONTROL YOUR CAREER Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of. Our size and scope mean that there are always new projects to tackle, business units to explore, and skills, qualifications and experiences to gain. There career and development opportunities at Balfour Beatty’s project sites and offices across the UK with great teams to work with and experts to learn from. Your time is precious and we know how you spend it is important. Balfour Beatty’s Smart Working approach gives you flexibility to meet the needs of the business and customers, be productive and look after your wellbeing and health. 

Put yourself in the driving seat, and we will help you navigate your career journey. Whether you are early in your career, or planning towards retirement; ambitious for more responsibility or happy with the level of your role; actively looking for a change to develop yourself, or working on a project that is coming to end, there will be jobs for you to explore. 

Career progression comes in many shapes and sizes and your career path will be personal to you. Search for vacancies on this site and explore resources below to help you navigate your Balfour Beatty career.

Making opportunity VISIBLE

Helping you understand how you can move roles at Balfour Beatty; sharing examples and successes to inspire you. The Employee Careers Site lets you search for vacancies across the business and we are developing a culture that encourages career growth where you want it, making the most of the scale and scope of Balfour Beatty.

Helping you EXPLORE

Career paths are unique and Balfour Beatty is a big organisation. You own your career and we want you to be able to explore what is out there. Resources on the Hub and Academy pages help you reflect and plan your career, developing the skills and capabilities the business needs for the future. And for specific vacancies, you can chat to the hiring manager (in confidence, of course) to understand more about the role.

Enabling a smooth TRANSITION

We want you be successful from the start in your new role. We are simplifying our internal hiring process to create better experiences for everyone involved. This includes making it easier to finish one role and move to the next.

Meet the Experts

Professional Hires Team

Within our delivery team there are experts on hand who can provide consultation on various specialist needs from scarce skills, project management, engineering and also our enabling functions recruitment.

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Emerging Talent Team

Our Emerging Talent (ET) covers all Graduate, Apprentice, Industrial and Summer Placements. Balfour Beatty are committed to ensuring that we have a pipeline of talent to help continue the business for the next 100 years and beyond. Leo Quinn, our CEO is a

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Executive Hires Team

The Executive Search team is led by Valérie Thibiéroz and supports the business with the recruitment and pipelining of candidates for roles at grade F1 and above, across all of our divisions in UK and Ireland.

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Additional Support

Career Toolkit and Academy Resources

Explore the Academy resources to help you plan and manage your career, including the Career Development Tool to help identify your goals and put you in control of your career.

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Professional Capability Development

Our Job Family Academies are instrumental in driving and ensuring we remain Expert in what we do. Whether you’re a member of a Job Family listed below, seeking to develop your competence ahead of your next role, or you want to learn more about the skills

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Smart Working

Our Smart Working pages help you understand the our approach to when, where and you our employees work. It covers all the stages of your career and considers arrangements and flexibility to meet your needs at different times.

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Frequently Asked Questions

We advertise vacancies on our Employee Careers Site that can be accessed - (Insert Link for Search Pages) Most vacancies will be advertised, in a few cases a role may not be advertised and this typically happens to support rapid mobilisation or demobilisation or as a managed move to build succession, where there is scope and budget for an enlarged role within the business. 


A secondment is a temporary transfer into a different or larger role. Secondments can be created based on business need; to cover a maternity leave of for a specific project, or created to support a specific development need. They are usually for a pre agreed fixed amount of time and can sometimes lead to a permanent opportunity.

Yes, the Hiring Mangers name & contact details are at the top of the job advert so you can have a confidential, exploratory conversation before applying. You will still need to make a formal application via the Internal Careers Site if you are interested in progressing.

We would encourage you to have regular and open career conversations with your manager. You are able to initiate these at any time and regular PDR conversations can also help enable these conversations. We understand that sometimes it can feel uncomeatable so here is some guidance on how to start the conversation (insert link to guidance & support)

You can search for vacancies on the job search page (link) if you are interested in applying for a role you can click 'Apply Now' and complete the application form. You will also be asked to attach a CV (if you have one) You application will go through to the Recruiter looking after the vacancy and they will contact you within 5 working days.

We have a competency based interview guide that managers will use to assess applicants against the requirements of the role. In addition for some roles you may be asked technical questions, to prepare a presentation or to complete a technical assessment. We have an Interview Guide you can access here (insert link) to help you prepare. 

The Hiring Manager will make the decision based on the assessment process. 

Yes, we endeavour to provide feedback to all employees following an interview, feedback can also be requested if your application is not successful in securing an interview.

In most cases you will need to apply for a vacancy that is a higher grade to secure a promotion, in some cases promotions are given in role or as part of a managed move. 

Career progression comes in many shapes and sizes and your career path will be personal to you, progression doesn't always have to mean a promotion. 

We consider a promotion to be where the role accountabilities have increased such that the position is assessed to have increased in grade OR where there is a formal appointment made in response to a vacancy that is at a higher level/grade that the individuals existing role. 

Its best to discuss development and career aspirations with your line manager so they can support you. There may be opportunity to gain further experience and increase your skills & capability within your current or wider team. 

They may change if you are offered a new role and will align to the role you have applied for. We are working towards consistent and fair grading across BBUK.

It is quite normal to not feel sure about the direction that you want to take your career. There are resources on the Balfour Beatty Academy to help you explore your experiences, strengths and interests with a view to working out your career goals. (Link to academy)

Yes, absolutely. We encourage you to consider opportunities right across the business. Our size and scope mean that there are always new projects to tackle, business units to explore, and skills, qualifications and experiences to gain. 

Many of the most successful leaders at Balfour Beatty have built their career with experiences across the organisation. Career progression comes in many shapes and sizes and your career path will be personal to you. 

Check out these pages to find out more about all the different areas of the business (Insert Link)

The Recruiter looking after the vacancy will be able to give guidance on the salary & grade.

At the latest, you will need to inform your line manager of an application if you accept an interview.

Yes you can and we would encourage you to be open and honest throughout the process. Hiring Manager can access information about formal performance improvement plans.

The recruitment team will contact employees that apply for a role within 5 working days of an application being made ensuring we prioritise our people in the process . 

Any employees that find themselves at risk of redundancy are further prioritised the process so that where there is a 70% match to the role they are guaranteed an interview. 

Our ambition is that this feedback is provided by the Hiring Manager but in some cases this may be provided via the Recruiter, you can request a follow up with the Hiring Manager.

Usually the Recruiter will contact you regarding an offer, this tends to be explained over the phone and then confirmed in writing. In some cases the Hiring Manager may wish to contact you directly. Following your verbal acceptance you will receive an updated contract from HR Shared Services.

If you are successful in securing a new role we want to support you to successfully transition, balancing your need and the business need to agree a start date.  Where this can't be agreed, we should use the contractual notice period as the default.

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