Technology Agent - Balfour Beatty Highways - Godstone

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Technology Agent to join our Highways team to work on the NEAR South schemes. Balfour Beatty Highways maintain, manage, and operate major highway networks across the UK and support local authorities creating communities where people want to live work and play. We provide high quality asset strategy, management, and planning consultancy services to a wide range of public and private sector customers. We provide specialist, reliable, sustainable, and creative advice for asset management planning and implementation in the UK. We put our customers first and prioritise completing schemes safely, efficiently and to a high standard.What you'll be doing As a Technology Agent, you will be responsible for managing the Technology, Communication, Signs & Street Lighting packages from design and construction through to commissioning and handover. Ensuring the safe and sustainable delivery of works completed on time, within budget and meeting the required quality standards. Principle Accountabilities:

• Motivate team and manage performance; monitor the competency of team
members and produce development plans to ensure training/coaching is undertaken as appropriate.
• Undertake resource planning for the works packages, using the programme plan to inform the number and type of resources needed to deliver the works efficiently and effectively.
• Responsible for liaising with project stakeholders to ensure the scheme is delivered within commitments and a creating a culture of customer first.
• Take responsibility for the financial planning and control of budgets for your works packages and track performance weekly and monthly, explaining any variances and acting as necessary to mitigate any financial impacts.
• Responsible for managing the interfaces between the scheme, NRTS and National Highways to ensure the technology and communications assets are managed in line with the standards
• Manages risk for area of responsibility to ensure mitigation is in place and opportunity is sought to meet project requirements
  
  You will have the following:
• Qualified to degree level in technical discipline (e.g. Engineering, Project
Management) or experience equivalent to this
• Experience in a strong project management environment and a detailed understanding of project management best practices
• Experience of leading technology packages essential, within a Highways environment preferred
• Working knowledge of the NEC and other relevant forms of contract
• Strong work ethic with flexibility to work unsociable hours/nights as required by the programme;
• Holds a current driving license, SMSTS and relevant CSCS/ ECS Card
  
  What makes Balfour Beatty a great place to work? Is it the limitless career opportunities, our inclusive culture, the scale and complexity of our projects or working alongside the industry's finest experts? Hear from our colleagues across the UK, US and Hong Kong on why you should shape a career at Balfour Beatty. Visit our website to find out more and explore our exciting career opportunities: www.balfourbeattycareers.com #ShapeEverything, Balfour Beatty's Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work., 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
  
  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…