Digital Delivery Assistant

Balfour Beatty plc; Motherwell; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working with up to 40% remote

25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)

Family friendly policies incl. 28 wksM

Pension, share incentive plan, and(vol

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is recruiting a Digital Delivery Assistant to join our Scotland team. You will support the Information Management and DDC functions, assist users with digital platforms, and help coordinate project systems and governance.

This role requires a full UK driving licence and may involve travel across project sites. We value keen learners who communicate clearly, stay organised, and handle data carefully.

Qualifications

• Keen to learn and develop a career in digital delivery.
• Clear verbal and written communication skills.
• Organised and able to manage routine tasks and priorities.
• Careful and accurate when handling information, data and records.
• Willingness to work across office and project environments and travel when required.
• A CSCS card and full UK driving licence may be required depending on project location and duties.

Responsibilities

• Support the DDC and Information Management team in applying the project Information Management Plan and procedures.
• Assist users with the correct use of approved digital platforms and project workflows.
• Help coordinate onboarding, access, permissions and routine administration for project systems.
• Support digital processes relating to safety, quality and information management.
• Carry out basic data checks and escalate concerns.
• Capture meeting actions and maintain trackers.
• Assist with training sessions and user guidance.
• Support site-based digital activities and data capture where allowed.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, quality and safe delivery and raise them.
• Follow BB policies and information security expectations.

Skills

Verbal written communication

Organised

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Willingness to travel

Education

Relevant qualification or apprenticeship

Job description

About The Role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Digital Delivery Assistant to join our growing team in Scotland. This role will be supporting projects in Scotland – full driving licence is required.

What you’ll be doing

• Support the DDC and Information Management team in applying the project Information Management Plan and associated procedures.
• Assist users with the correct use of approved digital platforms and common project workflows.
• Help coordinate onboarding, access, permissions and routine administration for project systems, in line with approved governance processes.
• Support digital processes relating to health, safety, environment and sustainability, quality, task management, short-term planning, information management, reality capture and progress reporting.
• Carry out basic data checks, identify incomplete or inconsistent information and escalation concerns to the DDC.
• Capture meeting actions, maintain trackers and follow up agreed actions with support from the DDC.
• Assist with training sessions, demonstrations and the preparation of user guidance.
• Support site‑based digital activities, including data capture and coordination, where trained and authorised.
• Identify practical opportunities to improve efficiency, quality, sustainability and safe delivery, and raise these with the DDC or DDM.
• Follow Balfour Beatty policies, project requirements and information security expectations
• Demonstrate Balfour Beatty behaviours, collaborate effectively and maintain a relentless focus on Zero Harm

Who we’re looking for

• Keen to learn, develop and build a career in digital delivery.
• Clear verbal and written communication skills, with the confidence to ask questions and seek guidance.
• Organised, dependable and able to manage routine tasks and priorities.
• Careful and accurate when handling information, data and records.
• Practical, proactive and comfortable working with different project disciplines.
• Willingness to work across office and project environments and travel when required.
• Commitment to safe working, inclusion, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• A relevant qualification, apprenticeship, college course or transferable experience is desirable but not essential.
• A valid CSCS card and full UK driving licence may be required depending on project location and duties

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Benefits

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About Us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry‑leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier‑free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

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