Balfour Beatty plc
Business Improvement Specialist
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About The Role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Business Improvement Specialist to join our growing team.
Base location can be either South Mimms, Leatherhead, or Dartford.
This role will be to support, manage, and deliver continuous improvement and efficiency projects across Major Projects and Highways. This role will be specifically to support the Highways Connect Plus Services M25 DBFO scheme.
The improvement projects will focus on process improvements that drive productivity, improve safety, and create effective and efficient ways of delivery.
What you'll be doing
- Within the area of responsibility, analyze current work practices to identify areas for improvement and educate on how to improve business and deliverable processes. Devise and test solutions and roll out new ways of working.
- Participate in the delivery and management of our Rhythm of the Business process for project delivery (SIC, CP & TMR) go/no goes.
- Perform workplace audits and streamline processes within the area of responsibility.
- Process mapping, value stream mapping, identifying inefficiencies in productivity with a particular focus on layouts, sequencing, and program improvements.
- Recommend to management changes that can cut waste from operating procedures.
- Deploy appropriate methodologies to problem-solving and support teams to solve problems. Ensure the escalation process for problem-solving is effective.
- Demonstrate performance excellence behaviors within the business and champion performance excellence.
- Support the business in establishing “best practice” methods and share with the wider industry.
- Implement standard work, visual factory, and error proofing (poka yoke).
- Undertake continuous training and development of the project team and supply chain partners.
- Perform root cause analysis to identify potential issues and create innovative solutions to resolve problems.
- Carry out time and motion studies to support productivity improvements.
- Monitor the completion of tasks and ensure good performance and record on appropriate systems.
- Consistently promote high standards through personal example and roll out through the team so that each member of the team understands the standards and behaviors expected of them.
- Conduct risk assessments of processes and tasks for the project.
- Improve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost, and efficiency wherever possible.
- Serve as a facilitator of continuous improvement implementation and employee involvement.
- Communicate effectively with various levels within the business to educate in lean methodologies and how recommended changes can cut waste from operating procedures, influencing and motivating both proactively and reactively.
- Ensure that process improvement initiatives are aligned to business requirements.
- Support the building of a culture of engagement across the business to provide a highly energized team which is flexible to meet the changing needs of the business.
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Who we're looking for
Skills And Attributes
- Understand lean principles, its tools, and techniques.
- Awareness of ISO9001, 44001, and 18404 would be an advantage.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to present data effectively.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Understanding of cost and financial impacts.
- Ability to work on one's own initiative.
Qualifications And Experience Levels
- Relevant business/commercial or manufacturing/engineering degree preferred, however not a requirement.
- Experience of applying Lean Tools and Techniques within a working construction environment. Continuous improvement and problem-solving, process improvement, and Poka Yoke (error proofing) techniques.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent qualification.
- Substantial process improvement experience with a demonstrable knowledge.
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?
Benefits
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…
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About Us
Balfour Beatty’s Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programs, complex national infrastructure projects, and regional investment program works for National Highways. We have a strong order book and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions, and add social value to the communities within which we work.
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: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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