Construction Manager
Balfour Beatty plc
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Job summary
Balfour Beatty plc is recruiting a Site Based Construction Manager for its Power Transmission & Distribution team to oversee complex projects around Aberdeen. You will support Project Managers to safeguard safety, quality and environmental standards while driving delivery on time and within budget.
The role requires proven site leadership, understanding of contract forms, and the ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders in a busy project environment. A full UK driving licence is essential.
Qualifications
- Track record of delivering projects to time and budget
- Experience in similar site-based construction roles
- Familiarity with standard forms of contract (e.g., NEC, ICE) and commercial processes
- Demonstrated ability to manage project communications with stakeholders
- Experience implementing safe systems of work and driving safety improvements
- Ability to mentor and develop team members
- Strong verbal and written communications across levels of the organisation
- Commercially astute with a proactive approach to cost control
- Holding a full UK driving licence and ability to navigate site locations
- Degree in Electrical or Civil Engineering is desirable and AP(M) qualification is a plus
Responsibilities
- Support Project Managers in P&L for standard/major projects while upholding safety, sustainability, and quality
- Promote collaboration with clients and stakeholders to meet requirements
- Lead Site/Project Engineers on safety and technical policies
- Plan work and coordinate materials, plant, and equipment
- Oversee resource planning and staff management for the project
- Manage construction site day-to-day, supervise labour, subs and materials, ensure quality control
- Ensure compliance with standards and liaise with Highways Authorities and utilities
- Deliver projects on time and on budget by monitoring progress and budgets
- Review design documents and ensure safe and compliant execution
- Create and maintain a safe, environmentally compliant working environment
Skills
Education
Job description
Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise.
Join ourPower Transmission and Distribution team as a Site BasedConstruction Manager within ourOperational Team. You will deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you. You will be working on our projects in the Aberdeen area
As aConstruction Manager you'll:
- Support the Project Managers in their responsibility for overall profit and loss of a standard or major project whilst ensuring the highest standards of safety, sustainability, environmental and quality are implemented
- Promote a collaborative working environment which ensures client, internal and other stakeholders’ requirements are effectively managed, and employees feel motivated and engaged to deliver
- Manage Site Engineers / Project Engineers to ensure that all work undertaken satisfies all required safety and technical policies and procedures
- Plan the work and oversee the requirements for necessary materials, plant and equipment
- Oversee the requirements for resource and then manage staff for the project
- Manage the construction site(s) on a day-to-day basis, including supervising the labour force, monitoring subcontractors, checking materials, inspecting work and overseeing quality control
- Ensure that all work is carried out according to required standards and be responsible for effective liaison and collaboration with Highways Authorities, Local Authorities and other Utilities providers etc.
- Ensure the project is delivered on time and on budget by setting benchmarks, agreeing budgets and monitoring progress
- Check design documents
- Responsible for a working environment which ensures the achievement of all safety and environmental legislation, engineering and customer standards.
The following qualities/experience are essential:
- Able to demonstrate a track record of project delivery
- Experience working in a similar role
- Good understanding of the standard forms of contracts
- Proficient in commercial/project management communications
- Experience in implementing safe systems of work
- Experience in improving current safety systems in support of our safety initiatives - making safety personal
- Able to communicate effectively both verbal and written with all levels of the organisation
- Effective team management skills which empower, influence & inspire others to build effective teams.
- Providing mentoring and support to members of the team where required
- Commercially astute
- Full clean UK driving licence
- Degree Qualified in Electrical/Civil Engineering Discipline -desirable
- Qualification in APM –desirable
Alongside the amazing opportunity, support and pride that you will gain from developing your career with one of the world’s foremost infrastructure giants, you will also enjoy:
- Company DC pension scheme up to 5% EEs & 7% ERs
- Wellbeing sessions - non-work-related activities go for a walk, do some house duties etc.
- Opportunity to join into the company SIP scheme.
- Flexible benefits window Options to purchase additional holidays, bikes, tech vouchers, dental cover, PMI etc.
- Reward platform where you can get discounts off shopping, insurance, cars etc.
- Hybrid working (where applicable)
- Enhanced company sickness scheme
- Enhanced company Maternity/Paternity/Shared parental/Adoption schemes
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications
- Employee assistance programme
- Up to 2 days volunteering per year
- Company funded social events.
In joining the Power T&D team, you are joining a strong function, where you can join us as the first step on a lengthy career, or simply join us be the best you can be in your role we will support you either way.
We have a BB Academy, which is a great resource to support you with your learning and development.
Our skilled and dedicated teams deliver a range of proactive and reactive services which support a reliable and safe supply of power flowing to millions of homes and businesses around the world. Our contracts range from 50,000 schemes to 100 million plus major projects.
Balfour Beattys Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions. With experience and expertise across the full spectrum of the electricity grid our teams have capability across overhead lines, cable tunnels, distribution networks and substations. From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support clients in the development of some of the worlds most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full atwww.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Further information on Disability Confident can be found athttps://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
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