Regional Director - Rail

About The Role

Balfour Beatty Rail is looking to make a critical leadership hire and appoint a Regional Director to manage a significant regional business.

As Regional Director, you will ensure delivery of projects and frameworks to meet or exceed business targets and expectations. You will manage customer relationships through winning to delivery; retain the customer following the achievement of expectations and expand the portfolio in line with Rail and Regional strategic plans.

This role will be based in the South West / M4 Corridor, however we welcome flexible working.

What you'll be doing

As a Regional Director, you will have the following accountabilities:

Budget, Financial Target And Risk Management

• Accountable for the development of an accurate Regional budget based on work winning pipeline, forming part of the overall Rail Systems budget.
• Deliver financial performance on all projects under your regional management
• Ensure lean and efficient operating of your business region.
• Quantify all project risk to ensure that accurate information is provided to Delivery Unit, Regional and business stream management and to enable management of any risk within agreed and acceptable boundaries.
  
  

Business Development, Work Winning And Customer Focus

• Work Winning and budget forecasting for your Region working with the Delivery Unit Operations Directors and Head of Commercial/Finance.
• Manage the performance and success of customer relationships to ensure customer expectations are managed and achieved in order to retain customers.
• Identify opportunities to expand the regional portfolio.
  
  

Safety, Sustainability And Wellbeing

• Pursue diversity and inclusion and role model the principles of the ‘Right to Respect’.
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm and Sustainability equally.
• Develop an effective safety leadership culture.
  
  

Operational Excellence And Project Delivery

• Lead a group of contracts managers/project managers/project directors to deliver projects safely and to time, cost, quality and sustainability targets, meeting customer needs and expectation.
• Lead, develop and coach individuals to build high performing teams and create a pipeline of talent.
• Support the Rail Strategy through the region, demonstrating improved business performance.
  
  

Who we're looking for

This is a strategic leadership position for an individual passionate and focused on running a regional business in line with the overall Rail Strategy.

The Successful Candidate Will Have The Following Qualities/experience

• The ability to make strong and effective decisions in a complex changing market and environment.
• Effective leadership skills with a desire to track records of achievement
• Strong understanding of the standard forms of contracts
• Proficient in commercial/project management communications
• Business and customer awareness
• Effective team management skills which empower, influence & inspire others to
• Focus on commercial management of contracts and budgets
• Good knowledge of performance evaluation techniques and key metrics
• Be flexible and agile to change as the role develops
• Understand the need to present data/reports etc. in a manner that is simple and easy/effective for our people to interpret and utilise
• Ability to see the business vision and inspire this shared vision amongst the team
  
  

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

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• 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 works at the heart of the UK’s rail networks – designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth.

From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.

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: [email protected]