Er Assistant

Are you looking to progress your career by working on Britain’s biggest construction project?

Balfour Beatty VINCI is working with a range of organisations to design and build 90km West Midlands stretch of HS2 - Britain’s new high speed railway. Our work is essential to enable HS2 trains to travel between London and Birmingham as well as continue their journey up to Manchester. It’s an incredibly exciting time to join us - we’re at peak construction with work really ramping up on a broad range of assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts. Plus you’d join 9,000 people across 72 nationalities working on this exciting section of HS2 across the region.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a **Employee Relations Assistant **within the **People Services** team. This role will be based on site in Coleshill. Our head office is located within an excellent location easily accessible via the M6 and M42. The office is also accessible via rail, and we offer employees a shuttle bus transfer to our office from Birmingham international. Please note that this is a part-time position at 32 hours per week.

**Role description**:
The ER Assistant will provide comprehensive ER support and administration to the ER Partner. Assisting with case load management and first line response to queries from Balfour Beatty Vinci Employees and Line Managers. They will work closely with People Services and HR colleagues to ensure the effective administration and recording of ER processes. They will have a proactive approach to advice and guidance and will support with the organisation of the ER function.

**Experienced required**:

- Strong organisational, planning and time management skills with evidence of ability
- Excellent communication skills demonstrated through a variety of method
- Proven experience of strong administration skills
- Strong attention to detail particularly in written communication
- IT literate, strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office in particular Excel
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and integrity in all matters in line with GDPR, displaying appropriate judgement and initiative when required

**Benefits of working with us**:

- Flexible working available for some roles
- Free parking
- Family friendly leave policies
- Excellent pension contributions
- Healthcare
- Health risk assessments
- Access to employee assistance programmes
- Access to annual flu vaccinations

**About Balfour Beatty VINCI**

Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long-established joint venture between two powerhouses for the delivery of critical infrastructure across rail, transport and other iconic projects in the UK and beyond. We started working together over 30 years ago to deliver the Channel Tunnel, as members of the TransManche Link consortium. In the Midlands, it is Balfour Beatty VINCI’s role to design and build the route, ready for tracks and signalling to be installed.

**Our work with HS2**

Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and then on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.

Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites:

- 9.3km of viaducts
- 62 overbridges
- 35 cuttings
- 56 culverts
- 62 embankments
- 2 twin bore tunnels and 2 cut and cover tunnels
- 28 underbridges and 11 underpasses

**Diversity and Inclusion**

**Flexible working**

We recognise and respect that people work in different ways and we are open to discussing what flexibility you may need during the recruitment process, balanced against our project requirements.