Balfour Beatty plc
Lifting Operations Manager
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About The Role
Do you want to be at the forefront of one of the world’s most ambitious sustainability initiatives?
Balfour Beatty have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world over the past 115 years redefining excellence and setting the industry benchmark with every project.
As a result, alongside several consortium partners; Balfour Beatty have been selected by bp (British Petroleum) to construct a first-of-a-kind fully integrated gas-fired power station with carbon capture and storage which is a key driving force behind plans to make Teesside the UK’s first decarbonised industrial cluster.
Balfour Beatty is seeking a dynamic Lifting Operations Manager to contribute to our Net Zero Teesside (NZT) project based at our site in Redcar and Cleveland.
Role Purpose: To lead and manage a team of lifting operations personnel on all sites associated with Balfour Beatty’s NZT project. This will include recruitment of human resource and procurement of lifting equipment required to undertake lifting operations safely and efficiently.
Working under the direction and instruction of the construction directors, senior project managers, construction and works managers to ensure lifting operations are planned and executed in line with the works program and in compliance with Balfour Beatty standards and with current legislation.
What you'll be doing
- Ensuring all Lifting Operations are fully planned, managed and safely executed
- Ensuring the sites lifting operations fully comply with legislation, British standards and the client’s Lifting Standards
- Ensuring all personnel within your team are fully trained and competent in line with legislation and project Lifting Standards
- Ensuring all lifting equipment and accessories are maintained, thoroughly examined and inspected within the regulated periods
- Promoting Safe Lifting Operations on the Project, leading the lifting teams, utilising existing industry best practice and implementing new safety innovations to improve Lifting Safety
- Timely and accurate recording of information and provision of any requested information to the Client Lifting Manager and BB senior leadership team
- Supporting in lifting related accident/incident investigations, and reporting to BB senior leadership team Client Lifting Manager in a timely manner
- Chair and lead lifting meetings, best practice steering group meetings and any other meetings as requested by project director
- Ensuring your team is kept informed of relevant changes in legislation, ACOPs and industry best practice
- Overall responsibility for all Lifting Operations carried out by the Appointed Persons, Superintendents and supervisors within your team
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Who we're looking for
- Appointed Person qualified and certified (CPCS Blue card A61) with practical/theoretical knowledge of project requirements and legislation (mandatory)
- Understanding of relevant information including LOLER, PUWER, BS7121 and WAHR (mandatory)
- Efficient in the use of Microsoft programmes word, excel and outlook (mandatory)
- SMSTS (Site Management Safety Training Scheme and or other relevant health and safety qualification
- Management qualification (desirable)
- Experience of one or more of the following would be advantageous ‘Liccon’, ‘autocad’
- Be confident and able to deliver briefings on lifting operations to the lift team and present to senior management and the principal contract in relation to lifting operations requirements and performance
- Be confident and able to deliver coaching and mentoring to lifting team members under your control
- Experience of incident investigation and application of corrective actions to improve performance and drive safety standards
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 Major Projects business is delivering some of the UK’s most complex and iconic infrastructure projects including HS2, the new high-speed railway and the first nuclear power station in a generation, Hinkley Point C. Using the latest technology, we’re driving productivity and creating a lasting legacy by delivering sustainable solutions that strengthen communities.
From consultancy and design, to all aspects of construction and maintenance. We have the proven expertise to deliver large-scale projects safely and successfully.
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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