Balfour Beatty Plans to Add 2,000 UK Jobs Over Next Two Years

MT Newswires · 1d ago
10:18 AM EDT, 09/23/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Balfour Beatty (BBY.L) plans to increase its UK workforce by 2,000 jobs to a total of 16,000 employees over the next two years, according to a Wednesday release. The British infrastructure group said early-career roles, including apprenticeships, graduate programs, internships and trainee positions, will account for 1,000 of those roles. The expansion is expected to push early-career employees in Balfour Beatty's UK workforce to 12.7% from 9% by the end of 2027.