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About the role
Balfour Beatty is excited to invite applications for the role of Project Manager within our esteemed Ground Engineering team, specifically focusing on the deep soil mixing and ground improvements at Sizewell C. This position is based in London, with travel across the UK, offering a unique chance to be part of a high-profile project.
What you'll be doing
As a Project Manager, you will play a crucial role in monitoring site performance and costs, ensuring the accurate execution of pile designs, and preparing quality assurance packs for our client.
Key responsibilities will be:
* Manage the project team and supply chain to deliver projects to time, cost, and quality targets and standards.
* Ensure safety targets and standards are maintained.
* Manage the customer relationship during delivery, including change and decision making, managing expectations.
* Manage external consultants (e.g., design) to enable delivery – driving value, customer focus, and achievement of the project’s objectives.
* Ensure rigorous monthly project improvement processes are in place.
* Thorough implementation of planning, risk, project controls, and change controls.
* Implementation of Lean principles throughout the project to drive productivity, performance, and safety.
* Implementation of best practice commercial management.
Who we're looking for
What we are looking for:
* Extensive Project Management experience within civils or marine civils.
* Experience of leading teams, and confidence in the ability to lead, influence, and communicate with others to deliver targets.
* Financial awareness, with a desire to continuously improve safety and sustainability performance.
* An appropriate and valid CSCS card is required.
We would like you to have:
* Experience working for a piling, ground engineering, or civils subcontractor.
* Specific experience in Ground Improvements using deep soil mixing techniques.
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 vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
In addition to contributing to impactful projects, we offer a comprehensive benefits package. You’ll have the flexibility to shape your benefits, including:
* Smart working options with up to 40% remote work.
* 25 days paid annual leave (pro-rata).
* Family-friendly policies, including 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks for paternity/partners leave.
* Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes, and more.
About us
Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering is a leading UK geo-technical contractor, providing innovative piling and ground improvement solutions across sectors. Our capabilities support infrastructure and building projects of all sizes, from skyscrapers to cross-country rail and road projects.
Diversity and inclusion
We value diversity and inclusion as essential to our success. Our initiatives include our Value Everyone strategy, memberships in WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum, and AFBE, and commitments to Black Inclusion and disability inclusion. We are a Gold Award holder in the MoD Employer Recognition Scheme and encourage applications from armed forces personnel, veterans, and reservists.
If you have feedback on our recruitment process, please contact us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
Additional information
* Seniority level: Not Applicable
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Project Management and Information Technology
* Industry: Construction
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