Works Manager - Warrington

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About the role

At Balfour Beatty, we shape the communities of tomorrow while creating a safe, sustainable, and inclusive workplace today. We're looking for an experienced Works Manager to join our UK Construction Services team and play a key role in delivering complex, high-value projects across the North West.

As a Works Manager, you'll be responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of complex work packages or sections of a project. You'll provide strong leadership to construction teams, ensuring programmes are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards of quality.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll coordinate multiple stakeholders, manage planning and logistics, and drive continuous improvement across project delivery. You'll also play a critical role in ensuring compliance with health, safety, environmental and sustainability standards, while supporting the development of your team and supply chain partners.

What you'll be doing

As a Works Manager within Balfour Beatty, you will:

• Lead construction teams and manage large-value, complex work packages or entire projects.
• Drive operational excellence, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget and to scope.
• Oversee health, safety and environmental performance, embedding a positive culture across teams and supply chain partners.
• Coordinate planning, scheduling and logistics to support critical project milestones.
• Ensure high-quality delivery in line with design specifications and modern construction methods.
• Work closely with commercial teams to manage budgets, contracts and procurement.
• Develop and mentor your teams while fostering strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Champion sustainability, digital innovation, and continuous improvement in project delivery.

Who we're looking for

We're seeking someone who thrives in a leadership role and brings proven experience in construction management. You'll be skilled at building strong teams, managing complex programmes, and finding solutions to challenges along the way. You will also have:

• Strong leadership and communication skills, with experience leading multi-disciplinary teams.
• Proven background in construction management within the relevant industry.
• Expertise in programme planning, scheduling, budgeting, and cost control.
• In-depth knowledge of health, safety, quality, and environmental standards.
• Experience managing contracts, procurement, and stakeholder relationships.
• Familiarity with modern construction techniques, sustainability practices, and digital tools (e.g. BIM).
• Ability to mentor, motivate and develop people across teams and supply chains.

Why work for us

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

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 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...

About us

With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.

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