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Job No. BBUK11450

Linear Delivery Lead - M25, London - South East

Highways

Project Management

South East
Permanent

About the role

As the Asset Delivery Lead for Linear assets, you will be accountable for the delivery of a comprehensive portfolio of linear asset-related works which include inspections, maintenance, and various projects. This will cover pavement, barrier, fencing and drainage assets.


Linear assets form a vital part of the M25 network and deliver a very visible contribution to customer experience. This role will therefore ensure a predictable and responsive provision for delivery across all these assets.


Your role will focus on safe, predictable delivery against the annual programme, striving to deliver efficiencies in how works are executed. The role will also require optimising resource utilisation within an organisational matrix to achieve effective and economical outcomes.

What you'll be doing

Safety:



  • Demonstrate high standards of visible safety leadership.

  • Ensure that the required levels of safety performance are delivered, and that behavioural safety is promoted throughout the teams, based on the principles of Making Safety Personal.

  • Ensure that the safety culture within the team is strong.


People Leadership:



  • Lead a large team to deliver a portfolio of inspection, maintenance and project outputs, to time and quality.

  • Ensure the team understand the delivery targets and expectations relevant to them and that productivity is optimised across the team.

  • Ensure that front-line Maintenance, Inspection and supervision teams are fully engaged and their work is well-managed to support good quality and efficient outputs.


Portfolio Management:



  • Manage and oversee a portfolio of asset inspections, maintenance and projects, ensuring alignment with specific asset requirements and organisational objectives.


Delivery Accountability:



  • Take full responsibility for all aspects of delivery related to the assigned asset type.

  • This includes scheduling, execution, and completion of inspections, maintenance, and projects to the required timescales and quality.


Budget Management:



  • Monitor and control the performance against the in-year delivery budget (as well as the overall budget for projects), implementing corrective actions and improvements to maximize financial and operational performance.


Stakeholder Engagement:



  • Act as the primary point of contact for internal stakeholders and clients in relation to the specific delivery portfolio.

  • Escalate critical decisions and unresolved issues as required, ensuring timely and efficient resolution.


Resource Allocation:



  • Working with Inspection, Maintenance and Delivery PMO leads, efficiently draw on and coordinate resources within the organisational matrix to meet project deadlines and quality standards.


Reporting and Compliance:



  • Ensure all asset delivery activities comply with relevant laws, regulations, and company policies.

  • Prepare monthly reports on portfolio delivery, presenting these to clients and senior leadership where required.

Who we're looking for


  • Proven experience in maintenance, project delivery, or a related field.

  • Strong leadership skills and experience managing a team, preferably within a matrix organisation.

  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and under pressure.

  • Familiarity with the industry's safety standards and regulations.

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or relevant field OR suitable level of experience in industry

  • Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification.

Why work for us

CPS is a Joint Venture project with Balfour Beatty, AtkinsRéalis, and Egis. We operate and maintain the M25. The M25 is the busiest section of motorway in Europe and requires careful and efficient planning of work in order to deliver over £100m of annual investment in the highway infrastructure each year, in addition to planned and reactive maintenance activity.


If you have or are looking for a career in Highways, working on the M25 will give you experience and challenge that no other Highways project can offer.

About us

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business.


To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone


To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. 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.


Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

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