About the role
Balfour Beatty is looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our team delivering the ASTI East Project, based in the Dundee / Tealing area.
ASTI East forms part of SSEN Transmission’s major Pathway to 2030 investment programme, upgrading Scotland’s electricity transmission network to support the growth of renewable energy and strengthen the country’s long-term energy infrastructure. The programme includes significant 400kV overhead line works, transmission upgrades, civil engineering, access works and associated infrastructure across eastern Scotland.
This is an excellent opportunity to take a leading role on one of Scotland’s most significant energy infrastructure programmes. You’ll have overall accountability for the successful delivery of your project, from initiation and planning through construction, commissioning and final handover.
You’ll provide strong leadership to a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring that safety, programme, quality, commercial performance and customer requirements remain at the heart of delivery.
What you'll be doing
As Project Manager, you will:
- Take overall responsibility for successful project delivery, including planning, design coordination, construction, monitoring, commissioning and handover.
- Lead and inspire multi-disciplinary project teams, creating a collaborative and high-performing working environment.
- Develop, manage and regularly review project programmes, resource-loaded schedules and key milestones.
- Maintain a relentless focus on Zero Harm, ensuring the safety and welfare of employees, supply chain partners and the public.
- Ensure project activities comply with relevant health, safety and environmental legislation and management systems.
- Lead project risk and opportunity reviews, ensuring risks and issues are identified, managed and escalated appropriately.
- Manage subcontractors and supply chain partners, monitoring performance, progress and contractual obligations.
- Ensure procurement and resource plans are aligned with the construction programme and key delivery dates.
- Maintain effective project controls, monitoring progress, productivity, change and performance against agreed KPIs.
- Ensure robust quality assurance processes are in place, with works delivered with handover, certification and final completion in mind.
- Produce clear internal and external project reports that support effective and timely decision-making.
- Develop strong relationships with the customer, project stakeholders, delivery partners and the wider supply chain.
- Lead and develop the project team through coaching, mentoring, feedback and performance management.
- Promote continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to improve safety, productivity, quality and overall project performance.
Who we're looking for
We’re looking for an established Project Manager with experience delivering complex construction, civil engineering or major infrastructure projects.
You'll ideally bring:
- Proven experience managing projects through the full delivery lifecycle.
- Strong leadership skills with experience managing multi-disciplinary delivery teams.
- A strong understanding of construction programme management, project controls, risk and change management.
- Excellent knowledge of health, safety, environmental and quality requirements within a construction environment.
- Experience managing subcontractors and working closely with supply chain partners.
- Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of the relationship between programme, cost, risk and delivery.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- The ability to analyse project information, solve problems and make effective, commercially informed decisions.
- A collaborative approach with the confidence to lead, challenge and motivate others.
- Experience within power transmission, overhead lines, utilities, energy or major civils infrastructure would be particularly advantageous.
Why work for us Professional & Personal Development
The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.
We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.
We're also very proud of our Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified.
- Be part of a major energy infrastructure investment that’s shaping the UK’s low-carbon future.
- Work on challenging, high-profile projects with the support of a skilled, multi-disciplinary team.
- Join a culture of learning, improvement, and excellence—where your voice makes a difference.
- Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package, development opportunities, and a flexible, inclusive working environment.
For further information about Balfour Beatty Regional Scotland please go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers/Scotland - You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section
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: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
Job Reference: BBUK21757
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