OHL Assistant Resource Manager

Balfour; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction services company is seeking a resource planner to oversee allocations for Power T&D projects across Scotland. The ideal candidate will possess strong planning, coordination, and organizational skills, along with an OHL background. The role entails engaging with stakeholders, managing resource movements, and ensuring project timelines are met. This hybrid position allows for flexibility, with two days of work from home each week, contributing to impactful infrastructure projects across the UK.

Benefits

Smart working with flexible hours

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Qualifications

• Experience in resource planning across a multi-site environment within the power utilities sector is desirable.
• Comfortable with tight deadlines and varying priorities.

Responsibilities

• Allocate people to Scotland OHL projects according to needs.
• Plan and coordinate resource movements.
• Engage with internal stakeholders for resourcing needs.
• Collaborate with recruitment teams on demand filling.

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 all Microsoft Office applications

Ability to manage ambiguity and competing demands

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.

You’ll be shaping how resources are planned, coordinated, and deployed, helping the business deliver safely, efficiently, and with confidence. This isn’t just about scheduling – it’s about building strong relationships, anticipating future needs, solving challenges before they arise, and enabling teams on the ground to perform at their best.

If you enjoy working in a fast‑paced environment, thrive on variety, and want a role where your decisions directly impact project success, this position offers the opportunity to make a visible and meaningful difference every day.

This is a hybrid role with expectations of being in the office and visiting projects across Scotland and occasional visits to England. Our usual split is 2 day working from home per week. It can be based in our Maxim office in Motherwell or in our Westhill Office near Aberdeen.

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.
• Communicating 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.
• 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.

Why join us?

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.

From 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]