OHL Assistant Resource Manager

Balfour; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 30,000 - GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company is seeking a resource planner in Scotland to manage and allocate resources for overhead line projects. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of transmission works with excellent planning, organizational, and communication skills. You will work closely with operational teams and play a pivotal role in ensuring that resources are placed effectively across various projects. This is a full-time position with benefits including smart working options and generous annual leave.

Benefits

Smart working options

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Qualifications

• Knowledge of transmission works ideally with an OHL background.
• Strong planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to work effectively with a broad range of stakeholders across both operations and business support functions.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across all levels.

Responsibilities

• Allocating people to Scotland OHL projects in line with agreed resourcing plans.
• Planning and coordinating resource movements between projects.
• Engaging with internal stakeholders to understand resourcing needs.
• Collaborating with recruitment teams on filling demand.

Skills

Knowledge of transmission works ideally with an OHL background

Strong planning and organisational skills

Ability to work effectively with a broad range of stakeholders

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Strong IT capability, confident with Microsoft Office

Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

Job description

About The Role

In this role, you’ll be at the heart of delivering critical Power T&D projects across Scotland. As the key link between operational teams, subcontractors, and the wider resource function, you’ll play a pivotal part in making sure the right people are in the right place at the right time to keep major OHL (Overhead Line) programmes moving.

What you’ll be doing

• Allocating people to Scotland OHL projects in line with agreed resourcing plans and business needs.
• Working with the central resource function to utilise established systems, documents, and processes to deploy resources across delivery teams and operatives.
• Planning and coordinating resource movements between projects, ensuring regional requirements are fully supported.
• Proactively engaging with internal stakeholders to understand and respond to resourcing needs.
• regularly with other Power T&D resource managers and coordinators to support day‑to‑day operations and long‑term planning.
• Collaborating with recruitment teams on filling demand, including raising ATRs.
• Issuing reporting instructions to track project‑to‑project movements.
• Acting as a point of contact for operational teams on resource‑related issues.
• Producing clear and accurate management information and reporting.

Who we’re looking for

Essential Skills & Experience

• Knowledge of transmission works ideally with an OHL background
• Strong planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to work effectively with a broad range of stakeholders across both operations and business support functions.
• Comfortable operating in environments with changing priorities, including the ability to manage ambiguity and competing demands.
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• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across all levels.
• Strong IT capability, confident with all Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Desirable

• Experience in resource planning across a multi‑site environment, ideally within the power utilities sector

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.

Benefits

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times
• 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.

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

We are 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: [e-mail]