What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities:
• Plan and allocate movements for monthly paid staff and operatives to projects, work alongside our work winning department to develop resource pipeline for upcoming projects 
• Support development of staff through our tools and processes. 
• Ensure regional resource demands and requirements are supported.
• Liaise with Power T&D Project Managers to ensure all resource is in place.
• Recruit and engage directly with subcontract labour suppliers to meet resource requirements.
• Proactively engage with a wide range of internal stakeholders to ensure that joining instructions, PPE, IT, training, payroll are all kept up to speed with plans.
• Effectively communicate with other Power T&D resource managers & co-ordinators on day-to-day movements and long-term plans to ensure collaboration in resource deployment.
• Ensure all resource deployment is within governance of the Power T&D Business Gated Lifecycle.
• Carry out weekly communications with Projects to ensure compliance against resource request and resolve any day-to-day issues.
• Recruit and engage with direct employees - complete ATRs (Authority to recruit) and offer documents to meet our demand profile. This includes any international direct resource to support the business.
• Engage with our Subcontractors to ensure they have scope of work, durations, volumes and orders in place prior to starting work. 
• Support the ‘On boarding’ process for new starters into the business including all documentation, PPE, IT, 
vehicles, fuel cards and any other requirements.
• Support the ‘Exit process’ for any leavers including all documentation, PPE, IT, vehicles, fuel cards and any other requirements.
• Complete and issue reporting instructions to relevant parties to capture movements between projects.
• Ensure Resource Request changes are logged and changes managed.
• Be the point of contact for Project Managers on any resource issues on their projects.
• Produce effective Management Information to show resource related data.

Who we're looking for

• Experienced Resource Planner: Skilled in resource planning across a multi-site environment, ideally within the power utilities industry.


• Excellent Planner: Strong planning skills, familiar with project management techniques and applications.


• Effective Communicator: Ability to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders in both operational and business support functions.

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

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: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com