Street Lighting Assistant Manager

Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers., Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our UKCS - Balfour Beatty Living Places team as a Street Lighting Assistant Manager, 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 you take it much, much further. What you'll be doing Planning and Allocation of works:

• Review of incoming works to ensure required and information is provided (Job Packs / TM Forms etc)
• Detailed validation of incoming works to include an assessment of information to complete the works and specialist materials or plant requirements
• Liaise with the works originator over any queries
• Interfacing with other Supervisors and construction teams to maximise opportunities for resource sharing
Project specific maintenance activities:
• Attend relevant stakeholder meetings
• Site visits and liaison with clients to determine scope of works
• Communication with residents and members of the Alliance team throughout the works delivery
• Management of Labour, Plant and Material resources
• Management of programme Performance Management:
• Productivity reporting and providing information to support managing outputs
• Provision of mitigations to Performance Manager to support monthly operations reporting
• Focus on driving improved performance on daily basis
• Supports and contributes to continuous improvement
• People management responsibilities, identifying emerging talent and ensuring succession planning is robust
Financial and Commercial:
• Supporting BBLP commercial team for cost recovery
• Hot costing to ensure cost centre profitability
• Embedding the use of IT solutions to ensure accurate information is captured by Operatives and sub contractors
• Identifying, agreeing and recording change
• Provision of quotations
  
  The following qualities/experience are essential:
• Experience of working on a Highways Maintenance Contract
• Detailed knowledge of Street Lighting maintenance
• NERS/HERS certificated role
• Good level of Business Acumen
• Good interpersonal skills; communication, can provide clear direction,
• Excellent organisational skills
• Adaptable to changing situations
• Team work
• Root cause problem solving
• Commercial Awareness - understand cost of doing business, SLAs and KPI;
• Understanding of works programming
• Use of IT systems; specifically confirm and excel, Disability Confident
About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

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, Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.

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…