Head of Technical Training

About The Role

Shape the future of technical capability across the UK's energy infrastructure sector. At Balfour Beatty, we're helping to deliver the infrastructure that powers communities, businesses and homes across the UK. We're looking for an exceptional Head of Technical Training to lead the development of a future-ready workforce across our Power Transmission & Distribution business. This is a unique opportunity to influence how technical skills are developed at scale, ensuring our people have the capability, competence and confidence to deliver some of the UK's most important energy projects safely and successfully.

As Head of Technical Training, you will set the strategic direction for training across the UK, creating a modern, scalable training function that supports business growth, workforce development and operational excellence. You'll work closely with senior leaders, operational teams, HR and external industry partners to ensure our people are equipped with the skills needed today and in the future.

This is a hybrid role. Where business allows you can work from home approximately 40% of the working week. We are flexible that this can be based at any of our Power T&D Offices in Motherwell, Aberdeen, Derby or London.

• Lead and deliver the long-term training strategy for our UK Power T&D business.
• Build, inspire and develop a high-performing technical training function.
• Design and implement scalable development programmes, apprenticeships and talent pipelines.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, awarding body requirements and internal governance frameworks.
• Drive workforce competence, capability and performance across operational and support functions.
• Develop strong relationships with clients, regulators, industry bodies and external training providers.
• Oversee training infrastructure, facilities and partnerships to support future growth.
• Use data, insight and management information to continuously improve training effectiveness and outcomes.
• Collaborate with HR, recruitment, resources planning and operational teams to align capability development with business demand.

We’re looking for a strategic and commercially aware leader with a passion for developing people and building capability.

• Significant experience leading training, learning or workforce development functions within a technical, engineering, operational or safety-critical environment.
• A proven track record of developing and delivering training strategies that support business growth.
• Experience designing apprenticeships, development pathways, upskilling initiatives and workforce capability programmes.
• Strong knowledge of competence management, compliance requirements and quality assurance processes.
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders and build partnerships both internally and externally.
• Experience managing budgets, suppliers and programme performance.
• Excellent leadership skills, with a history of building and developing high-performing teams.
• A data-driven approach to measuring success and driving continuous improvement.

• 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.

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

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