Inspections Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Dartford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days leave

Pension scheme

Disability confident employer

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc in Dartford, Leatherhead or South Mimms seeks an Inspections Manager to lead the annual M25 inspections programme across structures, traversal and safety categories. You will manage budgets, coordinate inspec­tions, and lead project teams, reporting to senior stakeholders while ensuring compliance with NEC contracts and H&S standards.

The role demands strong PM skills, robust stakeholder management and travel across the network, with regular site visits and occasional night

Qualifications

• Experience delivering highways inspections across structural, mechanical/electrical, linear, drainage and safety.
• PM qualifications (PRINCE2, APMP) are a plus.
• Minimum HNC/HND in mechanical/electrical, civil engineering or similar.
• Awareness of environmental requirements for inspections.

Responsibilities

• Lead inspections across the year for structures, mechanical/engineering, linear, drainage and safety.
• Manage budget, cost forecasts and expenditure reconciliation.
• Procure and manage tendered packages and contract administration.
• Direct line management of project managers, logistics managers and senior inspectors.
• Maintain safety, quality and performance reporting and records.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Budget control

Contract administration

Health & Safety

Communication

Education

HNC / HND in mechanical/electrical or civil engineering

Job description

About The Role

Inspections Manager – Balfour Beatty – Connect Plus Services (CPS)

Location: Dartford, Leatherhead or South Mimms

We have an exciting opportunity for a Inspections Manager to join our Connect Plus Services (CPS) team, supporting the M25 London Orbital Motorway project.

CPS is a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis, responsible for operating and maintaining the M25—Europe’s busiest motorway. Delivering over £100m of annual investment, alongside planned and reactive maintenance, this is a complex and high-profile network requiring robust and efficient planning.

If you are building a career in highways, this role offers exposure to one of the UK’s most challenging and dynamic infrastructure environments.

What you'll be doing

The Inspections Manager delivers project objectives with respect to the six key areas of performance: Health & Safety, Quality, Cost, Environment, Delivery and People.

We are looking for a dynamic and self-motivated individual with a strong asset and inspections background to join this fast-paced team to deliver the annual M25 inspections programme. The portfolio consists of structures, mechanical/engineering, linear, drainage and safety inspections. This role will also involve direct line management of project managers, logistics managers and senior inspectors. Other requirements also include the successful delivery of the programme of tasks on time and to budget, this will include awareness of various inspections guidelines, standards and contractual completion dates.

The role will include the management of the inspections budget, this will entail compilation of cost forecasts and monthly reconciling of works completed against costs incurred. There will be procurement exercises for tendered packages of works and a good working knowledge of commercial contract administration.

Safety underpins everything we do and there is an expectation the Inspections Manager will complete 1 – 2 engagement visits per month and raise appropriate near miss or good practise reports.

Key Responsibilities / Duties

• Stakeholder Management - Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Asset Team and key internal and external stakeholders, to ensure full mutual understanding of the inspection delivery objectives, to report on and review performance, and to agree solutions to issues.
• Maintaining compliance with the DBFO contract clarifying roles and responsibilities within your team, resolving risks and issues in a timely manner, producing timely and accurate reports, and creating and maintaining specified records including change management.
• Identify and evaluate emerging risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating where appropriate. Where necessary develop, agree, and implement solutions to overcome these.
• Lead and oversee inspections throughout the year. Informing key stakeholders of risk, issues and proposals throughout the process.
• Income and cost profiles, overseeing and challenging the budgets and forecasts.
• Client liaison
• Chairing and driving regular (weekly) planning reviews.
• Project change control and reviewing processes and procedure
• Allocation of tasks to Inspectors based on appropriate knowledge, experience, ability, and capability (workload)
• Work closely with Logistics team to ensure permits, certificates and site reporting are managed correctly and align to project needs
• Managing NEC Contracts Options as Project Manager

Working Arrangements (shift Work, Need For Travel Etc)

• Ability and willingness to travel to other offices and depots on the network as and when required
• Periodic requirement for site visits (night shift)
• Full Driving License
• Attend the office 60% of the working week

Who we're looking for

Qualifications/ Skills

• Experience in the delivery of all types of highways inspections including structural, mechanical and electrical, linear, drainage and safety.
• Project Management skills, preferably supported by recognised PM qualification, PRINCE2, APMP etc.
• Preference of minimum HNC / HND (or equivalent) in a mechanical and electrical, civil engineering or other construction-based discipline.
• Understanding of Environmental requirements of inspection enablement
• Experience of coordinating interfaces with external resources
• Understanding of H&S Requirements related to highway inspections works.
• Knowledge of CDM and other H&S legislation
• Competent in exercising the duties under CDM.
• Applicable CSCS Card
• Team leadership and management experience in driving performance and productivity
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong customer focus with a service delivery mindset
• Commercial understanding and budgetary control experience
• Understanding of Lean principles

Personal Attributes

• Proactive problem solving
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong safety management culture
• Self-aware and adaptable style to meet varying project needs.
• Resilient
• Presentation skills.
• Team building skills.
• Ability to prioritise and self-manage.
• Ability to develop relationships and engender trust

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:

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

About Us

Connect Plus Services (CPS) brings together the collective strength of our parent companies - Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis Road Operation UK. With around 600 people, based at eight locations across the M25 network, we work on behalf of Connect Plus and National Highways to manage the operation of the M25 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, from routine maintenance to managing the whole-life requirement of thousands of assets across the network.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). 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. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail]