About the role
This is a strategic resourcing role. You’ll be shaping how civils and cabling resources are planned, deployed and grown across multiple projects, helping the business respond confidently to changing priorities, emerging demand and long‑term workload.
You’ll work closely with project teams, operational leaders and supply chain partners, building strong relationships and providing clear insight on capacity, demand and deployment. If you enjoy operating at pace, influencing decisions, and making a tangible impact on project delivery, this role offers real visibility and ownership.
This is a hybrid role, that can be based out of our Scotland hubs - Maxim office in Motherwell or in our Westhill Office near Aberdeen. There is also with expectations of getting out onto our sites for site visits and collaboration with teams across the UK.
What you'll be doing
- Leading the strategic planning, allocation and deployment of civils and cabling resources across UK Power T&D projects.
- Owning and maintaining accurate resource demand forecasts, supporting both current operations and future work.
- Working as part of the central resource function, using established systems and processes to capture demand and coordinate deployment.
- Planning and coordinating the movement of staff and operatives between projects, ensuring continuity of delivery and efficient utilisation.
- Developing resourcing and growth strategies where demand exceeds available capacity.
- Working closely with project and operational teams to understand requirements and resolve resourcing challenges.
- Engaging directly with subcontract labour suppliers and partners to meet civils and cabling demand.
- Collaborating with recruitment teams to support hiring activity where required.
- Acting as a key point of contact for civils and cabling resourcing matters across the business.
- Producing clear and accurate management information and reporting on demand, capacity and deployment.
Who we're looking for
We are looking for a Resourcing professional that's experience is in a similar role with demonstrable experience in resource planning, deployment or workforce management, ideally within a civils, cabling or utilities environment.
- Ideally, a strong understanding of large‑scale civils and/or cabling works and how resources are deployed across multi‑site projects.
- Excellent planning, organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Experience in developing resourcing strategies
- Ability to work confidently with a wide range of stakeholders, from operational teams to senior leaders.
- Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, changeable environment, managing competing demands and ambiguity.
- Strong communication and relationship‑building skills.
- Good IT capability, with confidence using Microsoft Office applications.
- Resilient and calm under pressure, able to meet tight deadlines without compromising accuracy or quality.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
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…
About us
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.
Diversity and inclusion
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
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). 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. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [email protected]
Job Reference: BBUK19123
