Join Ferrovial: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity

Are you ready to elevate your career with a global leader in infrastructure solving complex problems and generating a positive outcome on people’s lives? At Ferrovial, we are not just a company; we are a community of innovators and trailblazers. Ferrovial is also leading the development of the New Terminal One at JFK International Airport. Ferrovial shares trade under the ticker symbol FER on two stock markets: Nasdaq in the U.S. (Nasdaq100 Index) and the Spanish Stock Exchanges (IBEX 35). Ferrovial is included in globally recognized sustainability indices such as the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Index. We operate in more than 15 countries and have a workforce of over 22,000 professionals worldwide. Ferrovial’s activity is carried out through our business units, including Highways, Airports, Construction, and Energy.

Ferrovial Construction is internationally recognized for its capacity to design and build civil engineering and construction projects, mainly in large transportation infrastructure. Its track-record to date includes more than 304 miles of tunnels, 11,930 miles of roads (including 2,485 miles of highways), 2920 miles of railroad lines (including 434 miles of high-speed railroads) and 16,994 miles of road maintenance and repair.

Why Ferrovial?

• Global presence, local impact: Be part of a company that is shaping the future of infrastructure worldwide, with challenging roles and projects that make a real difference.

• Collaborative excellence: Work alongside talented professionals in a collaborative environment where your ideas and contributions are valued.

• Inclusive Culture: Thrive in an innovative and respectful workplace that values every voice, celebrates what makes us unique and turns differences into innovation.

• Career growth: Benefit from global and cross-business unit mobility, with development processes designed to ensure your professional growth.

• Compelling benefits and employee wellbeing: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that rewards your hard work and dedication and take advantage of initiatives designed to support your physical and psychological health.

• Productivity tools: Utilize cutting-edge tools like Microsoft Copilot to enhance your productivity and efficiency.

Job Description:

MEP Section Engineer

Location: Heathrow Airport

Heathrow Airport

Ferrovial Construction has been working at Heathrow Airport for over 12 years delivering some of the most complex infrastructure projects to high quality, safety and environmental standards. We have focused on design and build projects with a mix of contractual arrangements. This has enabled us to refine our management procedures in response to Heathrow’s Employers Requirements and Ferrovial Construction own internal management systems.

Since joining Heathrow’s framework, Ferrovial Construction has delivered a variety of airside and landside projects across the whole airport. For example, we have delivered new taxiways and rehabilitated existing taxiways and the southern runway. We have also redeveloped sterile and grass areas and replaced critical assets, such as fire main, fuel main and HV ducts. We are currently working alongside Heathrow to rehabilitate assets with expired design life’s and plan for a future runway resurfacing project. We are constantly designing and planning our works around critical assets and engaging with different key stakeholders in order to deliver Heathrow value for money.

The Role:

The MEP Section Engineer is responsible for managing a section of the construction works to ensure successful project delivery in line with client requirements, programme objectives, and business targets, while maintaining the highest standards of health and safety, quality, environmental compliance, and cost control.

The role involves overseeing multiple work packages and construction activities, ensuring they are delivered safely, efficiently, to specification, and in accordance with the agreed programme, while maximising commercial performance.

Working closely with the Commercial team, Site Engineers, Surveyors, and wider project stakeholders, the MEP Section Engineer will coordinate and drive project delivery, ensuring client expectations are consistently met or exceeded throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead by example in promoting a strong culture of health, safety and environmental compliance.

• Supervise subcontractors, Site Engineers, Assistant Engineers and the workforce, ensuring all parties understand and adhere to approved RAMS and construction methodologies.

• Review and verify setting out activities to ensure accuracy and compliance with project requirements.

• Support and mentor MEP engineers, ensuring responsibilities such as material testing, quality records, task briefings and inspections are completed effectively.

• Maintain high standards of engineering records, including survey documentation and site diaries.

• Attend and, where required, chair coordination meetings with stakeholders, subcontractors and internal teams.

• Ensure drawings, specifications and 3D model information are complete, accurate and suitable for construction, raising requests for information in a timely manner to avoid programme delays.

• Ensure Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) are completed and digitally recorded in accordance with project and contractual requirements.

• Develop, review and monitor short-term programmes (2-4 weeks) with subcontractors and suppliers to ensure planned progress is achieved.

• Monitor MEP site activities to ensure compliance with company policies, procedures and statutory requirements, promptly addressing any unsafe conditions or non-conformances.

• Monitor plant, labour, material usage and programme performance to support efficient project delivery.

• Prepare material take-offs, requisitions and procurement requirements as directed.

• Produce and review construction documentation, including Method Statements, Inspection and Test Plans, Material Approval Requests and Task Briefings.

• Manage material orders and maintain accurate procurement records.

• Prepare Temporary Works Design Briefs and inspect temporary works following the appropriate training and authorisation.

• Build and maintain effective working relationships with clients, designers, subcontractors and the wider supply chain.

• Communicate key construction information clearly to supervisors, foremen and operatives to ensure works are delivered safely and correctly.

• Maintain accurate records of instructions, variations and additional works, ensuring supporting resource records are captured and retained.

• Ensure delivery tickets are correctly coded and submitted for processing.

• Undertake any other duties appropriate to the role and level of responsibility.

Key Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience in a supervisory or engineering management role within MEP engineering, infrastructure, or utility construction projects.

• Strong understanding of construction methodologies, engineering principles, and civil/MEP engineering best practice.

• Demonstrated commercial awareness with an understanding of contract administration and project controls.

• Experience working in a cost-conscious environment with responsibility for programme, resource and budget performance.

• Effective people management and leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and develop teams.

• Experience managing subcontractors and coordinating multiple work packages.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience working with clients, designers, suppliers and regulatory bodies.

• Proven ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and implement practical construction solutions.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to engage effectively at all levels.

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and construction-related digital systems.

• Valid CSCS card.

Desirable skills:

• Airport experience/ critical areas experience

• Experience managing and influencing a wide range of stakeholders, including clients, designers, subcontractors, suppliers and internal teams.

Please note that this job description does not represent a comprehensive list of activities and employees may be requested to undertake other reasonable duties.

Seize the challenge. Move the world together! Innovative, creative, respectful, and diverse are some of the ways we describe ourselves. We are motivated by challenges, and we collaborate across our business units to move the world together. Your journey to a fulfilling career starts here!

Ferrovial is an equal opportunity employer. We treat all jobs applications equally, regardless of gender, color, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, covered veteran status or protected genetic information (each, a “Protected Class”), or any other protected class in accordance with applicable laws.

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