Graduate Civil Design Engineer Review
at Balfour Beatty
Graduate Job
Civil Engineering
Motherwell
Review Submitted: October 2025
Overall Rating
4.5 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
4.8/5
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Overview of the Role
4.4/5
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Experience & Company Culture
4/5
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Recommendations & Advice
Overview of the Role
Overall, how would you describe your experience at Balfour Beatty?
It's been a very steep and rewarding learning curve. Huge amounts of experience gained rotating around different departments
What are the main responsibilities of the role and which elements of the role do you enjoy the most?
Temporary Works
- Producing design checks based of design standards and spreadsheet templates and or creating my own spreadsheet.
Geotechnical Engineering
- Infraworks modelling for access tracks and platform design
- Safe slope Report writing and writing How to Guides
- Producing design checks based of design standards and spreadsheet templates and or creating my own spreadsheet.
Geotechnical Engineering
- Infraworks modelling for access tracks and platform design
- Safe slope Report writing and writing How to Guides
To what extent does your role give you the opportunity to contribute meaningfully and feel valued by your team?
4/5
How does your compensation package - including perks & benefits - fairly remunerate you for the work you do?
5/5
How well do you feel the role is preparing you for your future career?
5/5
How would you rate the extent to which you were developing new or existing skills through formal training and your day-to-day role?
5/5
Experience & Company Culture
How is the support you receive?
5/5
How is your work-life balance?
4/5
What is the organisational culture, values and general atmosphere like?
5/5
How would you rate Balfour Beatty initiatives when it comes to equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility?
4/5
How would you rate Balfour Beatty CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiatives?
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Balfour Beatty to a friend?
Yes
Why?
It's great experience to further your knowledge in engineering across a broad range of subjects
How well did the role match your expectations based on the recruitment process?
4/5
When considering the recruitment & onboarding process, have you any specific tips or advice you would give to others applying to Balfour Beatty?
Go to any corporate talks
