Senior Business Analyst

Laing O'Rourke; Dartford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join its IT function during a period of transformation. You will help modernise our technology landscape, leverage data and AI, and guide decisions with evidence and measurable outcomes.

In this role you will lead analysis across complex initiatives, collaborate with senior leaders, and translate challenges into practical, value-driven solutions while driving alignment and business readiness across delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Experience leading BA across complex change initiatives.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into practical solutions.
• Strong collaboration with senior stakeholders and delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead Business Analysis across complex change initiatives.
• Define scope, objectives and outcomes with senior stakeholders.
• Translate challenges into practical, value-driven solutions.
• Facilitate workshops and build alignment across teams.
• Analyse current and future processes for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Support solution design, testing and implementation activities.
• Provide evidence-based insights to support decision-making.
• Contribute to ongoing development of Business Analysis capability.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Agile delivery

Requirements analysis

Workshop facilitation

Problem solving

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join our IT function at an exciting time of transformation. As we continue to modernise our technology landscape and leverage data, digital innovation and AI to improve the way we work, you'll play a key role in helping the business make better decisions, deliver meaningful change and realise lasting value.

This is an opportunity for a Business Analyst who wants to go beyond requirements gathering. You'll work across complex business and technology initiatives, bringing clarity to ambiguity, influencing senior stakeholders and ensuring solutions are grounded in evidence, practicality and measurable outcomes.

As a SeniorBusiness Analyst, you will:

• Lead Business Analysis activity across complex business and technology change initiatives.
• Work with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leaders, to define scope, objectives and desired outcomes.
• Translate business challenges into clear, practical and value-driven solutions.
• Facilitate workshops, drive stakeholder engagement and build alignment across teams.
• Analyse current and future processes, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Support solution design, business readiness, testing and implementation activities.
• Provide constructive challenge, informed recommendations and evidence‑based insight to support decision‑making.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of Business Analysis capability across the organisation.

What we're looking for

• Strong experience applying Business Analysis tools, methodologies and techniques.
• Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery approaches.
• Excellent stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem‑solving capability.
• Experience translating business needs into practical solutions and actionable recommendations.
• The ability to thrive in complex, fast‑paced and evolving environments.
• Experience partnering with Project Managers, Platform Owners and delivery teams to deliver successful outcomes.

Desirable

• Experience within construction, engineering, infrastructure or other asset‑intensive industries.
• Knowledge of business architecture, enterprise architecture or operating model design.
• Experience using process modelling approaches such as BPMN.
• Exposure to business cases, benefits analysis and investment decision‑making.
• Professional certifications such as BCS, IIBA or CBAP.

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

About us

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state‑of‑the‑art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

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