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Head of Technical Training

Balfour Beatty -
Derby

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Job details

15 hours ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Work from home
Paid volunteer time

Qualifications

Quality assurance
Leadership

Full job description

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.

What you'll be doing

This role offers the chance to make a lasting impact by shaping apprenticeship programmes, trainee pathways, competence frameworks and technical development initiatives that strengthen our workforce and support the UK's transition to a more resilient energy network.

You'll:

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, resource planning and operational teams to align capability development with business demand.

Who we're looking for

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

You'll bring:

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

Why work for us

This is more than a leadership role. It's an opportunity to help shape the future workforce of one of the UK's leading infrastructure businesses.

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: BBUK20073

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