Wayleave Warden

About The Role

Location: Assington, Suffolk (BTNO Project)

Business Unit: Power Transmission & Distribution

Company: Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Wayleave Warden to join our Power Transmission & Distribution team, supporting the BTNO Project in Assington, Suffolk . This is a key role responsible for securing third‑party consents and access agreements to enable safe and timely project delivery.

Role Overview

As Wayleave Warden, you will manage land access and consents in line with the project programme, acting as a key interface between grantors, clients, local authorities, and the project team.

What you'll be doing

• Liaise with client Wayleave Officer, visiting every site accompanied by the Engineer and General Foreman to confirm land take areas, access to work positions and towers, discuss delivery methods, damage limitation and ensure any tree or shrub clearance requirements are added to the wayleave schedule and are cleared as required;
• Identify and mark any services taking information from drawings, markers, third party information and appropriate ground scanning techniques;
• Liaise with Local Authorities, Highways Agency, Police etc where road/footpath closures or restrictions may be required;
• In conjunction with the Client Wayleave officer deal with daily issues regarding Grantors, access issues and change of Access routes;
• A procedure shall be established to indicate to the Project Team where change of access route has occurred (Red dot system on F10 board or similar);
• A system to control access maps shall be established to ensure up to date drawings are only ever used.
• Review all method statements and risk assessments that are specific to Wayleave activities;
• Update the locations board daily;
• The Wayleave Warden shall ensure visitors are inducted to the project & Balfour Beatty;
• Carry out MSR (Management Safety Representative) checks of working practices at site in conjunction with the site engineering team and H & S advisor

Who we're looking for

Qualities/experience are essential:

Qualities/experience Are Essential

• Communication and negotiating skills are a key element for this role;
• Understanding of Agriculture and Grantor / land agent requirements;
• Able to work as part of a team;
• Full driving license.

Qualities/experience Are Desirable

• Reasonable understanding of civil engineering and excavation works;
• Appropriate Health, Safety and Environmental knowledge and experience;
• Underground / overhead utility knowledge and experience;
• Knowledge of traffic management legislation

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

• 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 Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in‑house experts, flexible resources and industry‑leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

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

We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

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