About the role
Balfour Beatty is seeking a Project Trainer to join our Regional Scotland team, supporting the Netherton Hub project in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
The Netherton Hub is a major infrastructure development in the North East of Scotland, requiring the mobilisation of a large workforce. This role will play a key part in managing high‑volume inductions and delivering essential training programmes such as Making Safety Personal, Right to Respect, Plant and Vehicle Marshalling, and a range of Health, Safety, and technical training. By overseeing these critical training activities, the Project Trainer will enable our Operations and HSW teams to focus on their core specialisms.
This significant scheme comprises both HVDC and HVAC works, including converter stations, a switching station, and 400kV and 132kV substations. The project also includes the development of a new depot and extensive civil engineering works, such as earthworks, drainage, landscaping, access roads, and utilities.
This is a site based role in Peterhead. Subsistence will be covered if a candidate is based away from home.
What you'll be doing
The purpose of this role is to ensure every worker, subcontractor, and visitor understands project expectations, safety procedures, operational standards, and key risks before being authorised to work.
Responsibilities include:
- Deliver engaging, site‑specific induction sessions for all personnel arriving on the
project.
- Provide safety briefings and essential mandatory training required for project
personnel.
- Deliver a range of Health & Safety training packages, using both internal materials
and externally accredited content as required.
- Deliver mandatory and role‑specific training, ensuring compliance with legislation
and company standards
- Assist with training coordination, including booking, scheduling, and reporting.
- Ensure all training and induction records remain accurate, compliant, and up to
date.
- Help assess, manage, and deliver project‑specific job‑role training needs.
Support audits, inspections, and training‑related reviews.
- Help develop and continuously improve training processes, systems, and e‑learning materials.
- Work with the wider Training Team to evaluate the effectiveness of training
solutions and adapt or develop new materials when required.
- Ensure you continue to develop your own skills and capabilities through ongoing
professional development.
Who we're looking for
Essential:
- Experience of working in a construction environment
- Experience delivering training, inductions, or safety briefings in a
construction or industrial environment
- Competent user of digital induction systems and training management
platforms.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
- Strong communication and facilitation skills.
Desirable:
- A recognised training qualification (e.g. L3 Award in Education and Training)
- A recognised Health & Safety qualification (e.g. IOSH Managing Safely,
NEBOSH Certificate)
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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
From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.
We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.
Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.
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: BBUK20608
