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Job Overview
We are looking for a proactive and people-focused People & Development Coordinator to help us shape and elevate the employee experience across Briggs & Forrester Engineering Services.
The Role
Reports to: Board / Managing Director
Job Overview
We are looking for a proactive and people-focused People & Development Coordinator to help us shape and elevate the employee experience across Briggs & Forrester Engineering Services.
This is a unique and progressive role, ideal for someone who is passionate about training, early careers, people engagement, and building consistency across the business. You’ll play a pivotal part in developing our trainee programme, ensuring structured growth and compliance, while also helping to drive wider initiatives in employee onboarding, job descriptions, PDRs, surveys, and culture development.
As you grow with the role, you’ll have opportunities to shape our people strategy, help us deliver brilliant client-facing events, and influence how we support and develop our teams across the UK.
Key Areas of Responsibility
Trainee Programme & Early Careers
* Coordinate and lead the national trainee programme, ensuring consistency across all regions. This will include managing the intake of the trainees in the South East region and supporting the additional regions with this process.
* Act as the central liaison between the business, college providers, and trainees to ensure academic and workplace alignment.
* Monitor and support progress, training compliance, and development milestones.
* Manage trainee salary review cycles and ensure fair, timely processing in line with development stages.
Learning & Development Coordination
* Organise and coordinate business-wide training plans and schedules in collaboration with operational leads.
* Track training attendance, certifications, and follow-up actions.
* Support creation and maintenance of individual development plans (IDPs) and career pathway documentation.
People Operations & Experience
* Ensure all job descriptions are up to date and aligned with the company structure and responsibilities.
* Coordinate the annual PDR (Performance & Development Review) process, working with line managers to ensure full participation.
* Design and maintain a standardised Welcome Pack for all new joiners, creating a consistent onboarding experience.
* Organise and analyse annual employee engagement surveys, supporting action plans that emerge from the feedback.
Culture & Engagement
* Support organisation of client-facing and internal events (e.g., graduation ceremonies, open days, team-building sessions).
* Work cross-functionally with marketing and leadership to create meaningful experiences that reflect our values and culture.
* Be an advocate for inclusion, wellbeing, and continuous improvement across the people agenda.
Requirements
Skills & Experience
* Experience in a training, HR, early careers, or people development role (e.g., apprenticeship coordinator, L&D, HR advisor).
* Strong organisation and coordination skills — able to manage multiple priorities across a national business.
* Confident communicating with trainees, senior leaders, colleges, and external providers.
* Comfortable using systems to manage data
* Experience planning small-scale events or projects is a bonus.
Behaviours
* Passionate about helping people grow and succeed.
* Detail-oriented with a proactive, hands-on approach.
* Professional, warm, and confident engaging with people at all levels.
* Driven to improve processes and ensure consistency across regions.
* Able to take initiative and grow with the role as the business evolves.
Package
* Competitive salary
* 25 days holiday (up to 30 days with service) plus bank holidays
* Private healthcare scheme and life insurance
* Pension scheme with 5.5% employer contribution
* Enhanced maternity and adoption policy – 13 weeks full pay followed by 26 weeks at SMP
* Enhanced paternity policy – 2 weeks full pay (available as consecutive weeks or flexible instalments)
* Employee owned business
* Flexible holiday scheme
What We Offer
* An excellent working environment, opportunities for career progression and further technical and personal development
* A flexible, supportive team where your ideas will be heard.
* Real ownership of meaningful projects from early careers to people culture.
* Opportunities for personal development and future progression.
* Involvement in shaping the long-term people strategy of a leading MEPH contractor.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Other
* Industries
Construction
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