About the role
The Labour Coordinator supports the successful delivery of the Enabling and Earthworks scope within the Civil Works Alliance (CWA) at Sizewell C by ensuring that the required labour resources are planned, mobilised, coordinated, and monitored across logistics and site support operations. The role acts as the key interface between logistics management, subcontractors, workforce supply partners, site operations, security, HR, and induction/training teams to ensure safe, efficient, and timely deployment of all labour resources across the project
What you’ll be doing
Labour Planning & Coordination
- Maintain the labour demand plan for the Enabling & Earthworks logistics activities, ensuring alignment with the construction programme and daily operational priorities.
- Coordinate with subcontractors and labour supply partners to secure required workforce numbers, skills, and certifications.
- Track workforce mobilisation status (e.g., onboarding, vetting, induction, passes, training).
- Organise and confirm daily/weekly labour allocations across logistics functions (e.g., traffic management, plant marshals, delivery coordinators, earthworks support operatives).
Logistics Delivery Support
- Work closely with the Logistics Manager to ensure adequate staffing for:
- vehicle marshalling & delivery management
- materials handling and laydown operations
- earthworks logistics support
- site welfare, waste management, and haul road operations
- Forecast labour demands through CWA and Subcontract teams ensuring labour agencies are communicated planned works and labour desk meets demands from site teams.
Stakeholder Coordination
- Serve as the point of contact for labour‑related questions from site supervisors, subcontractors, and operational leaders.
- Liaise with Security, HR, and Training teams to resolve onboarding blockers and maintain compliance with nuclear site requirements.
- Communicate changes to labour levels due to schedule shifts, weather impacts, or operational constraints.
- Develop and maintain site shift reports / rosters across the project and all teams.
- Highlight to Senior leaders – shortfalls in labour / shifts.
- Ensure costs are proportionated to correct TOCS / task orders.
- Complete weekly reports to Senior leadership teams on labour / costs.
- Highlight training needs and shortages in cover for roles.
Who we’re looking for
- Experience in labour coordination, construction logistics support, or workforce planning on major infrastructure or civil engineering projects.
- Strong organisation and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple subcontractors and resource streams.
- Understanding of construction site logistics, earthworks operations, and site access control procedures.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to liaise across multidisciplinary teams.
- Proficiency in MS Excel, workforce trackers, and planning tools.
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?
- 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 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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