Works Manager - Aberdeen

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About the role

Job Title: Works Manager

Location: Aberdeen

Project Type: Energy

Company: Balfour Beatty Group

As Works Manager you will take on overall responsibility to provide management, leadership and control of a multi-disciplinary team of Supervisors, Labour and Subcontractors required for control of the site works. This includes ensuring appropriate supervision of subcontractors and direct workforce, also that the right level and appropriate resources are used.

You will work alongside the Project Manager to ensure the works are planned and delivered efficiently and effectively, setting the highest standards in Health, Safety and Quality during delivery of the project. It is expected that you will have significant heavy civils experience, of at least 10 years allowing you to show leadership and control site operations.

The project has significant volumes of earthworks, deep drainage and a number of internal roads to be constructed. These works will be delivered over a number of years in close proximity to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.

Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure and construction group. We finance, develop, build, and maintain innovative and efficient projects that underpin daily life, supports communities, and enables economic growth. Our unparalleled expertise and resources ensure that we deliver high-quality projects safely, on time, and within budget.

Now is a great time to join us. As a leading international construction group with a healthy pipeline of work, we're growing our teams. Shape a career to be proud of as part of an award-winning team.

Our team shapes projects that connect communities and impact daily life for millions. Join our Regional Scotland team as a Works Manager to build new futures.

Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our well-established construction teams working on our significant future pipeline of large-scale critical infrastructure projects in Scotland, you will work with true experts who will share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement, and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning. Bring us your capability, and we'll help you take it much, much further.

What you'll be doing

• 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
• Involved in planning and monitoring the programme of site works
• Logistics management
• Ensure that materials are ordered and managed to minimise wastage
• Ensure that quality control is implemented
• Ensure fully comprehensive daily records are produced
• Provide any reports or investigations required and implement improvements as appropriate
• 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

Who we're looking for

• Significant experience in heavy civils works
• Significant experience in both direct and subcontract workforces.
• 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 and knowledge of M&E works would be an advantage.

Why work for us

• 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, development opportunities, and a flexible, inclusive working environment.

Professional and 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 proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it's sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

*70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

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: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com