Project Trainer - Motherwell

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick; Motherwell; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick is seeking a Project Trainer to join our Power Transmission and Distribution team, covering projects across Scotland. You will work with SMEs and the training team to deliver programmes to Site Engineers and ensure staff are compliant with current legislation and company standards.

The role may be based anywhere in Scotland with regular travel to sites; a company car is provided and overnight expenses are covered.

Qualifications

• Experience in construction/power or utilities at supervisor/engineer level.
• Ability to lead and manage work teams (Person in Charge).
• UK driving licence and willingness to travel.
• Competent in MS Office – Excel, Word, Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Assess project staff training needs and ensure compliance with legislation and standards.
• Collaborate with Training team to evaluate and improve training materials.
• Develop training materials and activities.
• Plan, manage and deliver project role training and support.
• Train and deliver training packages for various roles.
• Produce training programmes for project activities.
• Deliver training and assess end-point assessment events.
• Travel across the UK to assess and deliver training.
• Develop capabilities through ongoing professional development.

Skills

Construction/Power industry experience

Lead and manage teams

Driving licence

MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

About The Role

Balfour Beatty are looking for a Project Trainer to join our Power Transmission and Distribution Team covering our projects in Scotland.

The Project Trainer works alongside our SMEs and training team to deliver training programmes to our Site Engineers across the country – assessing all Project staff trainees to ensure they are compliant with current legislation and company standards.

This role can be based anywhere within Scotland and will involve regular travel to Power T&D sites, a company car will be provided and any overnight expenses covered. When not travelling the role can be done remotely.

What you’ll be doing

• Assess all Project staff trainees to ensure they are compliant with current legislation and company standards.
• Work in conjunction with the Training team to continually evaluate the effectiveness of the training solution(s) in relation to business needs and realign where appropriate or develop new training materials.
• Develop training material and activities.
• Assess/manage and deliver project job role training and support.
• Train & deliver various training packages (setting to work/managing subcontractors, project fundamentals, etc.).
• Produce training programmes for project job role activity.
• Deliver various Training and assess end‑point assessment events.
• Travel throughout the UK assessing and delivering project role training.
• Ensure that you develop your capabilities through continuing professional development.

Who we’re looking for

Essential

• Experience of working within construction/Power or utilities industry at a supervisor/engineer level.
• Able to lead and manage work teams (Person in Charge).
• To hold a UK full driving licence and willingness to travel.
• Competent in use of MS Office – Excel, Word, Outlook.

Desirable

• Previous training experience, knowledge sharing, development and coaching of others would be advantageous.
• Relevant Training and Assessment qualifications, CIPD/CPD accreditation (or equivalent).
• Management or Supervision Qualification.

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 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/.