About the Role
Balfour Beatty Highways maintain, manage and operate major highway networks across the UK and support local authorities creating communities where people want to live work and play. We provide high quality asset strategy, management and planning consultancy services to a wide range of public and private sector customers. We provide specialist, reliable, sustainable and creative advice for asset management planning and implementation in the UK. We put our customers first and prioritise completing schemes safely, efficiently and to a high standard. As a Materials Laboratory Manager, you will be tasked to support the management and delivery of materials engineering services related to the A66 Highways project.
What you’ll be doing
- Support the delivery of CSUK’s Sustainability activities
- Safe delivery of materials testing support for the project
- Establishment and maintenance of UKAS accredited test facility
- Training and development of junior staff
- Agree testing regimes with site and customer, based on specifications and ITPs
- Establish equipment requirements, raise orders and manage inventory and budget
- Establish and manage calibration register and ensure that calibrations are undertaken on time and to correct standards
- With Materials Technical Manager, organise the UKAS assessment visits
- Attend Contract Review and Annual Management Review
- Identifying, recording and reporting of Best Practice and Case Studies
- Monthly reporting of compliance and other agreed key performance indicators to site management teams and offsite, by due deadlines
- Undertake audits of laboratory Quality Systems on the project and other projects as required by an agreed rota, and ensure findings are closed
- Undertake safety inspections of the testing laboratory and report all incidents
- Participate in Interlaboratory and intra-laboratory test exercises as required by and agreed rota and site requirements
- Manage dispatch of samples to external test houses and organise receipt and review of reports
The Following Qualities/experience Are Essential
- Previous experience of running a UKAS accredited laboratory and familiarity of ISO 17025 are essential for this role
- Experience in auditing, training / development of junior staff and monthly KPI reporting is required
- Key focus on health and safety within the laboratory, reviewing / signing off risk assessments, methods statements and assisting the site health and safety department with auditing on site if required
- At a minimum NVQ level 3 or equivalent would be required for this role
- Ability to operate and work to an agreed budget
- Materials technical experience is also required to advise the contracts where necessary
- Must hold a valid CSCS card
The Following Qualities/experience Are Desirable
- SMSTS qualified and a member of a professional institute
- Passion and excitement for the work, willingness to go the extra mile to exceed expectations, quick learner, adaptable to change and organised
Benefits
- An attractive/ negotiated salary
- 42 core base hours per week
- 25 days annual leave
- Pension savings schemes
- A whole host of other BB staff employee benefits (discounts, exclusive offers etc)
- Refer a friend bonus scheme
- 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
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.
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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