Signalling Programme Manager (W&W)

• Job number:

  BBUK00061

• Company/Division:

  Balfour Beatty Group Employment Limited

• Career area:

  Project Management

• Country:

  UK

• Location:

  UK, Wales, Pontypridd

• Contract type:

  Permanent

About the role

Here at Balfour Beatty, our work inspires communities and advances society. Our commitment to sustainability looks even further generations further. Join our Rail team as a Signalling Programme Manager and you'll be part of our legacy.

What you'll be doing

As a Signalling Programme Manager, you will have the following accountabilities:

• To lead the day-to-day operations of the Signalling Delivery Unit
• To work with the work winning team on bids to assist growth of a profitable business in line with the overall Signalling Business Plan targets and growth strategy
• As part of the Signalling Leadership Team, you will attend signalling executive team meetings and provide input and improvements across the signalling business
• Full Profit & Loss (P&L) accountability for all signalling projects
• Resource management and planning, including identification of skills gaps, recruitment and training to maximise operational performance for project managers, project directors and project controls
• Deliver work safely, to time and to high standards of quality in line with the Gated Lifecycle process
• Build, grow, motivate, inspire, lead and sustain the project delivery organisation (including supply chain where necessary) to support safe, effective and profitable operational delivery
• Understanding of applicable legislation, national and client standards framework

Who we're looking for

You will have the following:

• Extensive knowledge of railway signalling systems and sub-systems project delivery and engineering assurance
• Knowledge of appropriate industry standards relating to signalling and telecoms works
• Extensive experience in project management in signalling & telecoms within rail
• APM Membership
• Valid PTS with AC/DC
• Proven leadership and communication skills
• Business and management acumen
• Skilled in collaborative working, team-working and networking

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.

About us

Our Rail business has an extensive legacy of rail expertise. Our teams safely deliver complex projects, from consultancy and design to all aspects of construction and maintenance. Using advanced plant and machinery, and unique innovations, we provide end-to-end solutions for our customers.

Our aim is to improve the passengers experience, and our teams create better journeys by increasing network capacity, improving reliability, and making our railways more efficient and sustainable.

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.

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.