Job Description

About the role
Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is looking for a Mechanical Project Manager to join our growing UK Construction Services team in the South East. You'll play a leading role in delivering high-value, complex projects, managing large-scale mechanical work packages and ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety and compliance.
What you'll be doing
As a Mechanical Project Manager within Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick, you'll be:

• Leading and managing mechanical work packages or full-project delivery.

• Overseeing subcontractors, ensuring installation quality, compliance, and safe delivery.

• Driving programme delivery, short-term planning, and progress reporting.

• Working closely with construction, commercial, logistics, design and safety teams.

• Leading pre-start meetings and ensuring smooth supply chain mobilisation.

• Setting and maintaining high standards of health, safety, environment and sustainability, with a strong focus on Net Zero goals.

• Taking ownership of site logistics, plant, lifting and access requirements.

• Establishing and enforcing quality standards, with a particular focus on building safety and fire safety strategies.

Who we're looking for

• An experienced Project Manager with a strong background in mechanical trades.

• Proven ability to manage large-scale work packages or full-project delivery (20m+).

• Confident in leading project engineers and multidisciplinary teams.

• Strong knowledge of mechanical standards, regulations, and technical compliance.

• A collaborative leader who can engage effectively with clients, consultants, supply chain partners and governing bodies.

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?
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
Operating across England and Wales, our buildings teams create places where people live, are cared for, work, learn, meet and have fun, with a focus on the aviation, health, defence, education and development sectors.
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
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.
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:
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:

Skills Required