Job Description

About the role

Our Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering business has a terrific opportunity for an Operations Manager to join our team working on projects across Scotland.

Balfour Beattys Ground Engineering business is positioned as the UKs leading specialist geotechnical contractor, drawing on its knowledge and expertise in delivering innovative piling and ground improvement solutions across all sectors, focussing on providing the solid foundations for buildings of any height, ranging from city skyscrapers to house foundation packages.

As an operations Manager, you will ensure the safety performance, financial performance and growth ambitions meet or exceed budgeted targets, deliver value and profitable margins. Leading, managing and advising on the geotechnical complexities of building in Scotland.

What you\'ll be doing

Some other key responsibilities will be:

• Lead the work winning activities aligned to the Ground Engineering Scotland Business, to then progress to leading the delivery team.
• Collaboration with the key BB Stakeholders within the relevant SBUs
• Lead the strategy for the BBGE elements of the GE Scotland Business
• Technical lead and expert for all Geotechnical interface solutions in Scotland.
• Establish clear tender and preconstruction programmes with mid-bid reviews where
• Lead the bid preparation maximizing opportunity, engaging assistance of the bid writing team when required.
• Write the gate papers and lead the gate reviews, with support from the Pre-Construction
• Ensure that the project operation and commercial teams have received an effective handover of bid documentation;

Who we\'re looking for

This position for an individual with the following:

• Extensive previous experience in Key Customer and Bid Management
• The ability to contribute effectively to BBGEs Strategic direction
• Hold a valid CSCS card
• Relevant qualifications or professional membership with the CIOB/ICE or RICS.
• Astute Financial awareness with the ability to manage risk and opportunity.
• Confident individual with the ability to lead, influence and communicate with others to deliver targets.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

An excellent range of benefits awaits the successful candidate: -

• An attractive / negotiated salary
• 42 core base hours per week
• Choice of Company car or car allowance
• Bonus scheme of up to 10%
• 25 days annual leave
• Pension savings schemes
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Scores of other Balfour Beatty opportunities available as well via our

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About us

Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering offers a range of services across the construction sector, from piled foundations to ground improvement, testing and analysis. We have established our reputation through our integrated design approach to every project, from the small to the very large.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence \'Employer Recognition Scheme\' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at:

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