Head of Mobilisation

About the role

Balfour Beatty - MEH Alliance Hinkley Point C

Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group, and we are proud to be part of the MEH Alliance delivering the Hinkley Point C project-one of the UK's most significant energy infrastructure programmes.

We are now seeking a Head of Mobilisation to play a critical leadership role in delivering workforce capability at scale across this complex, high profile project.

As Head of Mobilisation, you will lead the end to end mobilisation operation across the MEH Programme, ensuring the right people are available, mobilised, and deployed at the right time to support programme delivery.

This is a programme critical leadership role, driving operational excellence across mobilisation, supply pipeline management, and workforce deployment, while working closely with strategic resourcing and programme delivery teams.

What you'll be doing

• Lead and develop a scalable mobilisation operating model to support programme growth
• Drive operational discipline, visibility, and accountability across mobilisation activities
• Oversee supply and pipeline management, ensuring efficient progression of resource demand
• Coordinate mobilisation activity across partner organisations and recruitment teams
• Manage deployment planning and workforce coordination to align with project priorities
• Monitor mobilisation performance, identifying risks, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities
• Lead operational governance, reporting, and performance reviews against agreed SLAs
• Engage and collaborate with key stakeholders across the MEH Alliance to ensure delivery focus

Who we're looking for

We're looking for a confident and experienced operational leader who thrives in a fast paced, complex environment. You will bring:

• Proven experience in mobilisation, workforce operations, or large scale programme delivery
• Strong leadership capability with experience managing operational teams
• Excellent stakeholder management and coordination skills
• A structured, process driven approach with strong reporting discipline
• Confidence to challenge, elevate, and drive accountability where required
• The ability to operate effectively at pace while maintaining control and clarity
• Able to obtain a security clearance

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?

We offer a full range of benefits to suit your needs:

• Smart working with up to 40 % remote working where roles allow
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies including 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partner's leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and more

Equal Opportunity and Inclusion

We design, install and maintain the systems that make building infrastructure work. We are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We are members of WISE, the Engineered Environmental Industry network, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to key long term actions on Black Inclusion. We are 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 work with people who have disabilities and long term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.