Operations Manager - Earth Works & Road Sweepers

at  Balfour Beatty

About the role
Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our Asset & Technology Solutions team as an Operations Manager - Earth Works and Road Sweepers supporting a mixture of projects nationwide for example HS2. You’ll work with true experts who’ll share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement, and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning. Bring us your capability, and we’ll help take you much, much further.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage the day-to-day national operation of the machines, currently with a focus on the HS2 project
• Develop Driver operators’ competence.
• Manage customer relationship including attending meetings and site operations.
• Liaise with customer on any operational issues.
• Undertake accident/incident investigations.
• Manage the teams, recruitment and identifying any training and development requirements.
• Carry out machine audits and quality checks.
• Ensure all shifts are suitable crewed with enough advance planning and rosters are accurate.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage the day-to-day national operation of the machines, currently with a focus on the HS2 project
• Develop Driver operators’ competence.
• Manage customer relationship including attending meetings and site operations.
• Liaise with customer on any operational issues.
• Undertake accident/incident investigations.
• Manage the teams, recruitment and identifying any training and development requirements.
• Carry out machine audits and quality checks.
• Ensure all shifts are suitable crewed with enough advance planning and rosters are accurate

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