Project Officer jobs in United Kingdom

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Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for a Project Manager for our Highways DBFO project, based in Derby.

Balfour Beatty Highways maintain, manage and operate major highway networks across the UK and support local authorities creating communities where people want to live work and play.

As a Project Manager, you will be required to develop, update and review scheme information for three Highways maintenance projects, covering 40 schemes per year, which need to be administered, documents controlled, information managed, and processes checked.

Core

• Overall responsibility for the successful completion of the scheme delivery
• Ensure site records are accurately maintained and available
• Ensure all team members are fully inducted and carry out role specific requirements, identifying opportunities for improvement
• Lead and motivate the team and manage performance, undertaking training/ coaching as appropriate
• Deliver regular Toolbox Talks and positively engage the team
• Awareness of budget, cost control and cost recovery, ensuring that expenditure is in line with the contract budget

Health Safety & Environmental

• Responsible for the safety and welfare of the general public, staff and supply chain within area of control
• Contribute to periodic risk reviews and present to the Project Risk Register, and recommend changes
• Monitor the works in accordance with Balfour Beatty of the H & S management systems

Project Control

• Manage sub-contractors, including monitoring of contractor attendance and progress
• Produce and regularly review the schemes programmes to ensure completion on time
• Ensure that detailed plans are available commensurate with the overall project plan

• A successful track record in managing operational delivery within a construction environment (Ideally within the highway maintenance sector)
• Able to clearly communicate the requirements of a safe system of work to ensure that these are followed accurately, and experience in implementing systems improvements
• Understanding of commercial aspects of construction projects
• Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes with clarity
• Ability to work under pressure to deadlines, and a flexible attitude towards work to deal with a variable and demanding workload
• CSCS Card and SMSTS qualified; (training can be given)
• Excellent team player and team leader, able to work competently and independently without supervision
• Excellent communication skills with good interpersonal and influencing skills
• Ability to confidently deliver presentations
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (MS Word, Excel, MS Project / P6)
• Strong leadership and management skills, with experience of managing a multi-disciplined team

Still interested? then come and become colleagues with 26,000 staff and join a business which recorded 8.6bn in revenues last year, achieved industry leading customer satisfaction scores and has unrivalled employee engagement statistics.

An excellent range of benefits awaits the successful candidate:

• An attractive / negotiated salary
• 25 days annual leave
• Pension savings schemes
• A whole host of other BB staff employee bens (discounts, exclusive offers etc)
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Scores of other Balfour Beatty opportunities available as well via our balfourbeattycareers.com portal

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UKs most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasnt rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package thats right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• 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

Balfour Beatty's Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

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 the

diversity and inclusion statement is available on our website; we are 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, the Disability Confident scheme is available online.

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 candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com