Head of Electrical Programme

Balfour Beatty plc; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working (up to 40% remote)

25 days paid annual leave

Maternity/adoption leave - 28 weeks

Paternity/partners leave - 4 weeks

Pension & share incentive plan

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is seeking a Head of Electrical Programme Delivery to lead the end-to-end Electrical discipline on Sizewell C MEH Alliance. The role covers engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation within a major nuclear project.

Reporting to the Deputy Alliance Director, you will shape strategy, drive performance, manage senior teams and ensure safety, cost and schedule targets across complex interfaces.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering large, complex programmes.
• Experience in highly regulated safety-critical sectors.
• Expertise in EPCC delivery models and major infrastructure.
• Experience leading large teams of senior professionals.
• Strong financial, risk and change management capability.
• Ability to operate at executive level and influence decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of the Electrical programme across engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation.
• Build and develop a high-performing team of Senior Project Managers.
• Define delivery strategies, governance and execution plans.
• Drive safety, quality, schedule and cost performance.
• Foster collaboration across engineering, commercial, controls, quality and supply chain.
• Manage supplier relationships and senior stakeholder escalation.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and efficiency improvements.
• Resolve interfaces and delivery challenges across complex workstreams.
• Lead governance reviews and report performance to senior stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships with Sizewell C, alliance partners and external organisations.

Skills

Leadership

Programme management

Stakeholder management

NEC contracts

Security clearance

Strategic influence

Education

Engineering degree

Chartered status

Job description

About the role

Sizewell C MEH Alliance | Bristol (Aztec West) | Hybrid Working | Extensive Travel Required

Balfour Beatty are recruiting for the Sizewell C MEH Alliance. We areseeking an exceptional Head of Electrical Programme Delivery to lead the successful delivery of the Electrical discipline across one of the UK's largest and most complex nuclear infrastructure programmes.

This is a rare leadership opportunity to shape the future of clean energy, taking full accountability for the end-to-end delivery of a major Electrical programme spanning engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation.

If you have successfully delivered large-scale infrastructure programmes within highly regulated environments and thrive in complex, high-profile projects, we'd love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing

Reporting to the Deputy Alliance Director, you will provide strategic leadership across the Electrical programme, ensuring safe, efficient and successful delivery of scope to agreed cost, schedule and quality targets.

You'll lead a team of senior project professionals while driving collaboration across engineering, commercial, project controls, quality, legal and supply chain functions.

This role offers significant influence across the Sizewell C programme and requires a leader who can confidently navigate complex challenges, make critical decisions and build lasting relationships with key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of the Electrical programme, including engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation activities.
• Build, lead and develop a high-performing team of Senior Project Managers and programme professionals.
• Define and implement programme execution strategies, governance arrangements and delivery plans.
• Drive performance across safety, quality, schedule and cost objectives.
• Foster a collaborative culture across multidisciplinary teams and alliance partners.
• Manage supplier relationships and act as a senior escalation point to ensure successful outcomes.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, efficiency and next-of-a-kind improvements.
• Resolve programme interfaces, risks and delivery challenges across complex workstreams.
• Lead governance reviews and provide regular performance reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships across Sizewell C, alliance partners and external organisations.

Who we're looking for

Essential Experience

• Proven experience leading large, complex programmes within major infrastructure environments.
• Track record of delivering successfully within highly regulated and safety-critical sectors.
• Extensive experience of EPCC delivery models and managing complex supply chains.
• Experience managing large teams of senior programme and project professionals.
• Strong commercial awareness with experience managing cost, risk, change and performance at scale.
• Ability to influence and operate effectively at senior leadership and executive level.
• Strong knowledge of NEC contracts.
• Able to obtain a security clearance

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Construction, Physics or a related discipline.
• Chartered status in a relevant professional institution.

Desirable Experience

We are particularly interested in candidates from:

• Nuclear new build, nuclear operations or decommissioning.
• Major energy infrastructure programmes.
• Offshore wind and power generation projects.
• Large transport and rail programmes.
• Defence infrastructure and complex systems environments.
• Oil & Gas megaprojects within EPCC delivery models.

Experience on projects such as Hinkley Point C, Sellafield, HS2, Crossrail, National Grid or equivalent large-scale programmes would be highly advantageous.

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.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key 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 Kilpatrick (BBK) is a market leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions provider with over 100 years of engineering expertise.

We design, install and maintain the systems that make building infrastructure work. Emphasising environmentally efficient technologies, digital construction and offsite manufacturing, our experienced teams deliver high quality solutions across the following sectors: Aviation, Buildings, Civils, Defence, Energy and New Build Nuclear.

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.

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.

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