Sub Agent

Balfour Beatty Vinci
Full time Full day
Birmingham

Balfour Beatty Vinci has an exciting opportunity for a Sub Agent with Heavy Civils and Structures experience to join our team to work in Birmingham on the HS2 tunnelling, Shaft & Civils project.


Role Purpose:


To lead and control a section of the works, according to a specific discipline across RC Structures, Heavy Civils, Excavations etc management of a team of Section Engineers, Site Engineers within same discipline.



  • Able to clearly communicate the requirements of a safe system of work to ensure that these are followed accurately. Suggests and implements improvements to systems

  • Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes with clarity, including managing others in this regard.

  • Strong work ethic with flexibility to work unsociable hours/nights.

  • Able to work on own initiative and seek out opportunities in line with level of responsibility.

  • Drafts correspondence to sub-contractors, suppliers and Client



Who we're looking for:



  • Civil Engineering experience in Civil Engineering

  • Holds a valid CSCS

  • Has a UK driving licence

  • Degree in Civil Engineering or similar


About Balfour Beatty VINCI


Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long-established joint venture between two powerhouses for the delivery of critical infrastructure across rail, transport and other iconic projects in the UK and beyond. We started working together over 30 years ago to deliver the Channel Tunnel, as members of the TransManche Link consortium. In the Midlands, it is Balfour Beatty VINCI’s role to design and build the route, ready for tracks and signalling to be installed.


Our work with HS2


Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and then on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.


Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites:



  • 9.3km of viaducts

  • 62 overbridges

  • 35 cuttings

  • 56 culverts

  • 62 embankments

  • 2 twin bore tunnels and 2 cut and cover tunnels

  • 28 underbridges and 11 underpasses.


Diversity and Inclusion


Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is delivering equal opportunities for everyone that is part of the team and for people that are yet to join us. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities and neuro diversities. We are working to represent the communities Balfour Beatty VINCI works in through our workforce. We have embedded Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively. We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is a Disability Confident Leader and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability.


Flexible working


We recognise and respect that people work in different ways and we are open to discussing what flexibility you may need during the recruitment process, balanced against our project requirements.

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