Reactive works scheduler

Balfour Beatty Plc

The Role

Overview

Schedule, monitor and update construction programmes, reporting progress and optimizing timelines.

Key Responsibilities

  • kpi tracking
  • reporting
  • programme alignment
  • data monitoring
  • planning software
  • deviation analysis

Tasks

-Set up KPIs to identify schedule gains or slippage and take proactive action. -Produce monthly reports with intelligent analysis to support project controls and decision-making. -Align programme content with business systems and planning procedures. -Monitor performance data from stakeholders and update schedules to reflect real-time progress. -Use planning software to build clear, logical programmes with defined activities, durations, dependencies, and key milestones. -Use project data to identify deviations and recommend improvements.

Requirements

  • communication
  • analytical
  • excel
  • ms project
  • data management
  • scheduling

What You Bring

-Excellent communication and collaboration abilities. -Strong analytical skills and attention to detail. -Proficiency in project management tools (Excel, MS Project, Confirm). -Confidence in managing data and processes. -Knowledge of project phases and planning requirements. -Solid understanding of construction project scheduling and optimisation.

Benefits

-Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more… -Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave -25 days paid annual leave (pro rata) -Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.

The Company

About Balfour Beatty Plc

-It finances, designs, constructs and maintains roads, rail, energy plants, water systems, buildings and communities. -Active across the UK, US, Hong Kong and Canada, it's known for ventures like HS2, Crossrail and major highway upgrades. -Known for innovation, it uses digital tools, off-site manufacturing and automated plant to enhance safety and efficiency. -An unusual highlight: it pioneered the Automated Cone Laying Machine, boosting roadworker safety on live highways.

Sector Specialisms

Residential

Off-site solutions

Pipe fabrication and installation

Infrastructure Investments

Construction Services

Support Services

Civil engineering

Building

Ground engineering

Mechanical & Electrical engineering

Refurbishment

Fit-out

Rail engineering

Electricity networks

Rail

Highways

Structural concrete repair

Corrosion protection

Bridge strengthening

Bearing replacement

Concrete carriageway rehabilitation

Transportation (roads, rail and aviation)

Power and Energy

Mining

Water

Social infrastructure (hospitals and schools)