Training Coordinator

M Group; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading infrastructure services provider dedicated to building a better future. As part of the Highways maintenance team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring compliance and enhancing training processes. This position offers a supportive environment where you can thrive and develop your career while contributing to essential services that benefit communities. With a focus on safety and innovation, your efforts will help shape the future of transportation across the UK. If you're organized, proactive, and enjoy working with people, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service, 24/7

Employee assistance programme

Access to retail discounts

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Reward and recognition scheme

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Holiday purchase scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in training administration or coordination is desirable.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential.
• Proficient in MS Office with good Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage training matrixes for compliance and organize training courses.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure competency database is up to date.
• Monitor training costs and report to senior management.

Skills

MS Office

Excel

Training Administration

Communication Skills

Relationship Building

Proactive Problem Solving

Tools

Web-based Mapping Systems

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in afriendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Highways, we’re supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK.

We don’t just build roads and bridges- we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work.

You’ll be joining our Highways maintenance team, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes.

Want to come and be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

Are you organised? You'll own training matrixes for Peterborough and Cambridgeshire contracts, and organise training courses to ensure compliance.

You'll collaborate with the central Train With Us (TWU) team and depot staff to ensure the competency data base is up to date with qualifications

You'll manage the Appointed Person matrix and liaise with H&S and Operational team to ensure all positions are filled and the correct training delivered for each appointment/duty.

Do you enjoy Work with People Team, Recruitment and Operation teams to prepare for the Winter Maintenance season by ensuring all new drivers undertake the required training.

You'll undertake the occupational Health (OH) Coordinator role to include organising Safety Critical Medicals for Operatives, manage and keep updated the OH spreadsheet and ensure all Safety Critical Questionnaires are up to date

You'll be a point of contact for any training-related enquiries from all staff, both Operational and Office-based.

Do you enjoy improving processes? You'll work with all Operational teams to identify Training needs and monitor development and improvements when necessary.

You'll monitor training costs and report to the senior management team.

Do you enjoy leading on projects? You'll prepare and maintain annual training programmes

You'll prepare and forecast yearly training budgets for the Operational Managers.

You'll visit operational depots in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire weekly to build relationships with operational staff

Are you flexible? You may be required to do general ADHOC Training Administration and support

What You'll Bring:

• Are you IT literate? You'll be proficient in MS Office, with good Excel skills and experience of web based mapping systems is desirable.
• You'll have previous training administration/co-ordination experience is desirable.
• You'll be flexible and positive approach with a ‘can do’ attitude.
• Are you proactive? You'll learn new systems and processes and contribute toward improvements by challenging “the way things have always been done”.
• Do you have good written and verbal communication skills? You'll be comfortable to challenge and put forward ideas.
• Are you good at building strong and effective working relationships? You'll engage with people at all levels – from the client to colleagues and contacts across the wider Milestone organisation.
• Do you enjoy working in a team? You'll work as part of a team and work to deadlines and deliver assigned tasks.
• The role is office based but a requirement to travel is expected to local depots

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet

• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations

• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts

• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3^rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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