Works Manager

About the role

Job Title
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Works Manager

Location: Aberdeen

Project Type: Civils / Energy

Company: Balfour Beatty Group

Balfour Beatty is a leading national infrastructure and construction company with more than a century of heritage in Scotland, delivering key projects that strengthen communities and improve national connectivity.

The Netherton Hub is a major new energy infrastructure development located near Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, forming a key part of SSEN Transmission’s multi‑billion‑pound Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) programme and its wider Pathway to 2030 upgrade of the Scottish transmission network.

Designed to strengthen the UK’s ability to transport renewable electricity from the north of Scotland to high‑demand centres nationwide, the hub will incorporate a new High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converter station, a 400 kV substation, a 132 kV substation, and associated operational facilities. Once complete, it will enable efficient long‑distance transmission of offshore and onshore renewable energy, supporting both UK and Scottish Government net‑zero targets while delivering significant economic benefits, job creation, and local supply‑chain opportunities.

By joining the ASTI Netherton Hub project, candidates will gain hands‑on experience delivering one of the UK’s most significant energy programmes, developing advanced personal and professional skills, benefiting from long‑term career progression within a national framework, and playing a direct role in strengthening Scotland’s renewable‑powered future

Health, Safety & Environment

• Ensuring works are carried out in accordance with H&S legislation and approved RAMS
• Promote and implement Zero Harm and any behavioural safety initiatives
• Keep up to date with changes in legislation and company procedures and cascade information to the team
• Ensuring all daily checks and other records are completed
• Ensure that the right level of resources are on site with the appropriate competence and managed to meet the programme
• Ensure that the ordering and management of site plant and tools is efficient
• Awareness of environmental issues and controls and ensuring that specific project controls are in place.
• Ensuring that Site Inductions, Daily Briefings, Tool Box Talks, Short Interval Control meetings and Task Safety Briefings are carried out to a high standard, are succinct and appropriate
• Ensure HSEQ procedures are followed
• Lead a positive safety culture and visibly demonstrate Zero Harm behaviours.
• Ensure high-risk activities are appropriately planned, controlled and supervised.
• Lead investigations into incidents, close calls and unsafe conditions and implement corrective actions.

Quality & Reporting

• Ensure that quality control is implemented
• Ensure fully comprehensive daily records are produced
• Provide any reports or investigations required and implement improvements as appropriate.

Logistics

• Support the development, implementation and monitoring of construction programmes to ensure efficient delivery of site works.
• Lead site logistics activities including access, traffic management, deliveries, storage and waste management.
• Ensure plant, labour and materials are available to support construction activities.
• Ensure that materials are ordered and managed to minimise wastage
• Ensure that all supervisors are briefed and understand company policies
• Ensure Black Hat assessments are carried out on all site supervisors
• Work with the site teams to develop programmes and monitor as necessary

Production & Delivery

• Lead construction delivery activities to achieve programme and productivity targets.
• Monitor progress against programme and implement recovery actions where required.
• Coordinate multiple work fronts to ensure effective sequencing and efficient resource utilisation.
• Drive short interval planning and performance review processes.

Commercial

• Support commercial teams through accurate record keeping and performance reporting.
• Identify productivity improvements and opportunities to reduce cost and waste.
• Ensure construction activities are delivered in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Support the management of change and compensation…