Technical Clerk - #192639

About The Role

Do you want to be at the forefront of one of the world’s most ambitious sustainability initiatives?

Balfour Beatty have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world over the past 115 years redefining excellence and setting the industry benchmark with every project.

As a result, alongside several consortium partners; Balfour Beatty have been selected by bp (British Petroleum) to construct a first-of-a-kind fully integrated gas-fired power station with carbon capture and storage which is a key driving force behind plans to make Teesside the UK’s first decarbonised industrial cluster.

Balfour Beatty is seeking a dynamic  Technical Clerk  to contribute to our Net Zero Teesside (NZT) project based at our site in Redcar and Cleveland.

Role Purpose: Technical Clerk provides critical project support across engineering, construction, and administrative functions, ensuring the accurate control, coordination, and tracking of technical information and project data.

The role plays a key part in enabling efficient project delivery by maintaining high standards of control records and associated data and actions, supporting engineering teams, and driving a “Right First Time” approach through attention to detail, proactive working and team collaboration.

This position contributes directly to project quality, compliance, and performance by ensuring that information is accurate, accessible, and effectively managed at all stages of the project lifecycle

What you'll be doing

Quality Management

• Record and maintain accurate data relating to project documentation including
  
  

Drawings, Specifications, Workpacks, Reports, Lifetime Quality Records (LTQRs)

• Ensure documents are correctly version-controlled and compliant with standards
• Maintain structured filing systems for both electronic and hard-copy documentation
• Ensure audit readiness and compliance with internal and external requirements
  
  

Data Co-ordination, Tracking & Reporting

• Maintain accurate project trackers (e.g. document registers, progress, status
  
  

updates)

• Input and validate data across project applications (e.g., Easy Plant, Document
  
  

Control, Excel)

• Contribute to report data, updates for line management
• Identify discrepancies, gaps, or risks in data and escalate accordingly
  
  

Engineering & Construction Support

• Support engineers, superintendents, and supervisors with site documentation
  
  

creation/maintenance, updates, and distribution

• Data collection and input/upload from site activities
• Ensure accurate as-built data is recorded and maintained
  
  

Project Support & Communication

• Act as a facilitator point between engineering, construction, and support functions
• Support meetings, record actions, and track deliverables through to completion
• Ensure timely communication of project information across stakeholders
• Build strong working relationships to support collaborative project delivery
  
  

Administrative & Operational Support

• Raise orders/requests
• Facilitate new starter introductions and arrange access to relevant systems
• Assist with labour coordination, timesheets and general site administration
  
  

Attention to Detail

• Consistently delivers accurate, high-quality outputs
• Identifies and resolves errors before they impact the project
• Maintains control over documentation and data integrity
  
  

Ownership & Accountability

• Takes responsibility for assigned tasks and areas
• Ensures trackers and records are always current and complete
• Follows tasks through to completion without requiring escalation
  
  

Proactive Approach

• Anticipates project needs and acts in advance
• Actively chases information, approvals, and responses
  
  

Collaboration & Communication

• Communicates clearly and professionally with all stakeholders
• Builds effective working relationships across multidisciplinary teams
• Supports a positive, solution-focused working environment
  
  

Who we're looking for

Essential

• Strong IT skills, including advanced Microsoft Excel and Office 365 applications
• Knowledge of document control processes
• Excellent organisational, time management and attention to detail skills
• Strong written and confident verbal communication skills
• Ability to multitask, show initiative and prioritise workloads
• Proactive problem-solving approach
  
  

Desirable

• Experience working within a technical, data management, engineering, or
  
  

construction environment

• Experience supporting engineering or E&I teams
• Strong collaborative / customer focus
• Knowledge of SharePoint
• Understands the BBK business and structure
  
  

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?

Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key 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/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...
  
  

About Us

Balfour Beatty’s Major Projects business is delivering some of the UK’s most complex and iconic infrastructure projects including HS2, the new high-speed railway and the first nuclear power station in a generation, Hinkley Point C. Using the latest technology, we’re driving productivity and creating a lasting legacy by delivering sustainable solutions that strengthen communities.

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

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, 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 encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.