Works Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Group is seeking a Works Manager for the Netherton Hub project near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. You will lead safety, quality and logistics on a major energy infra site, coordinating direct and subcontractor teams to deliver against programme milestones.

The role requires strong HSE leadership, site-setup expertise, and effective collaboration with clients and stakeholders to drive productivity while maintaining high safety standards and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience managing multiple construction activities with direct and subcontract labour.
• Strong H&S awareness with track record of sites with excellent safety metrics.
• Understanding Zero Harm principles and ability to drive safety culture.
• Ability to build relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and decisive decision-making skills.
• Experience leading site delivery teams on complex infrastructure or construction projects.
• Strong understanding of programme delivery, logistics and sequencing.
• Commercial awareness and productivity management.
• Hold a CSCS card and SSSTS/SMSTS qualification.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety on site and ensure compliance with HSE legislation and RAMS.
• Maintain comprehensive daily records and quality control on site.
• Manage site logistics including access, deliveries, storage and waste.
• Ensure adequate resources on site with the right competence to meet programme.
• Oversee plant and tool management and prevent wastage.
• Lead site inductions, toolbox talks, and short interval planning sessions.
• Drive productivity improvements and report on performance.
• Support commercial teams with record keeping and change management.
• Coordinate multiple work fronts to achieve programme targets.

Skills

Site management

Health & safety

Client relationships

Communication

Programme delivery

Logistics management

Subcontractor management

CSCS card

SSSTS or SMSTS

Education

Bachelor/HND in a construction-related field

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

About The Role

Job Title: Works Manager

Location: Aberdeen

Project Type: Civils / Energy

Company: Balfour Beatty Group

Balfour Beatty is a leading national infrastructure and construction company with more than a century of heritage in Scotland, delivering key projects that strengthen communities and improve national connectivity.

The Netherton Hub is a major new energy infrastructure development located near Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, forming a key part of SSEN Transmission’s multi‑billion‑pound Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) programme and its wider Pathway to 2030 upgrade of the Scottish transmission network.

Designed to strengthen the UK’s ability to transport renewable electricity from the north of Scotland to high‑demand centres nationwide, the hub will incorporate a new High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converter station, a 400 kV substation, a 132 kV substation, and associated operational facilities. Once complete, it will enable efficient long‑distance transmission of offshore and onshore renewable energy, supporting both UK and Scottish Government net‑zero targets while delivering significant economic benefits, job creation, and local supply‑chain opportunities.

By joining the ASTI Netherton Hub project, candidates will gain hands‑on experience delivering one of the UK’s most significant energy programmes, developing advanced personal and professional skills, benefiting from long‑term career progression within a national framework, and playing a direct role in strengthening Scotland’s renewable‑powered future

What you'll be doing

Health, Safety & Environment

• Ensuring works are carried out in accordance with H&S legislation and approved RAMS
• Promote and implement Zero Harm and any behavioural safety initiatives
• Keep up to date with changes in legislation and company procedures and cascade information to the team
• Ensuring all daily checks and other records are completed
• Ensure that the right level of resources are on site with the appropriate competence and managed to meet the programme
• Ensure that the ordering and management of site plant and tools is efficient
• Awareness of environmental issues and controls and ensuring that specific project controls are in place.
• Ensuring that Site Inductions, Daily Briefings, Tool Box Talks, Short Interval Control meetings and Task Safety Briefings are carried out to a high standard, are succinct and appropriate
• Ensure HSEQ procedures are followed
• Lead a positive safety culture and visibly demonstrate Zero Harm behaviours.
• Ensure high-risk activities are appropriately planned, controlled and supervised.
• Lead investigations into incidents, close calls and unsafe conditions and implement corrective actions.

Quality & Reporting

• Ensure that quality control is implemented
• Ensure fully comprehensive daily records are produced
• Provide any reports or investigations required and implement improvements as appropriate.

Logistics

• Support the development, implementation and monitoring of construction programmes to ensure efficient delivery of site works.
• Lead site logistics activities including access, traffic management, deliveries, storage and waste management.
• Ensure plant, labour and materials are available to support construction activities.
• Ensure that materials are ordered and managed to minimise wastage
• Ensure that all supervisors are briefed and understand company policies
• Ensure Black Hat assessments are carried out on all site supervisors
• Work with the site teams to develop programmes and monitor as necessary

Production & Delivery

• Lead construction delivery activities to achieve programme and productivity targets.
• Monitor progress against programme and implement recovery actions where required.
• Coordinate multiple work fronts to ensure effective sequencing and efficient resource utilisation.
• Drive short interval planning and performance review processes.

Commercial

• Support commercial teams through accurate record keeping and performance reporting.
• Identify productivity improvements and opportunities to reduce cost and waste.
• Ensure construction activities are delivered in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Support the management of change and compensation event information where required

Who we're looking for

The Following Experience/qualifications Are Essential

• Demonstrable experience managing a variety of construction activities using both direct and subcontract labour.
• Excellent Health & Safety awareness with a demonstrable record of managing sites with an outstanding safety record.
• Understanding the principles of Zero Harm and the passion and determination to ensure the highest standards are achieved.
• Develop and maintain relationships with Clients and Stakeholders.
• Good communication skills with the ability to think and act decisively
• Experience managing multiple work fronts and subcontractors on complex infrastructure or construction projects.
• Experience leading site-based delivery teams.
• Strong understanding of programme delivery, logistics and construction sequencing.
• Good understanding of commercial awareness and productivity management.
• Hold a CSCS card.
• SSSTS or SMSTS qualification

Desirable

• Experience and knowledge of M&E works.
• Relevant vocational or construction management qualification.

Why work for us

Professional & Personal Development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We're also very proud of our Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified.

• Be part of a major energy infrastructure investment that’s shaping the UK’s low‑carbon future.
• Work on challenging, high‑profile projects with the support of a skilled, multi‑disciplinary team.
• Join a culture of learning, improvement, and excellence—where your voice makes a difference.
• Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package, development opportunities, and a flexible, inclusive working environment.

For further information about Balfour Beatty Regional Scotland please go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers/Scotland - You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section

About Us

From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.

We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.

Our award‑winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.

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]