Our people

Our ability to deliver works to a consistently high standard is reliant on the competency of our people. To ensure this competency is in place, we invest heavily in staff training and development to ensure our employees are equipped with the necessary educational qualifications, workplace experience and ongoing personal development to allow them to achieve the highest professional standards. 

This commitment and investment ensures that our customers are guaranteed a consistent first class service.

As a Balfour Beatty company, Birse Rail’s employees also benefit from the career and development opportunities that are presented from being part of the largest contracting organisation in the UK.

Balfour Beatty currently employs more than 50,000 people worldwide on some of the most exciting infrastructure, engineering and construction projects in the UK, the USA, the Middle East and Europe.

Ethics and values

Our reputation is a key business asset – indeed it is fundamental to our long-term success.  It gives our stakeholders the confidence to trust us and do business with us.

Quite rightly, the scrutiny to which companies are subjected is increasing and the standards expected of us are rising.  Balfour Beatty has four Group-wide values of Integrity, Teamwork, Excellence and Respect which are essential in helping to guide our employees and the way that they behave and underpin our principles as a business.



Rooted in our Group values, Balfour Beatty's Code of Conduct provides all our employees with a clear framework within which to make the right decisions. This code of conduct explains the behaviour that is expected from all employees across the Group. However, we accept that rules can only take us so far, so our code also requires employees to think about how to apply these principles and our values and ask, "Is this the right thing to do? Is this what we stand for?"

Click here to view our Code of Conduct

Click here to view our Code of Conduct for Suppliers