Cable Foreman

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Balfour Beatty Full time

**About the role**
Amazing infrastructure isn’t the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our **Rail** team as a **Cable Foreman** and you can build something to be proud of.

This exciting role will lead the the cabling teams within Rail Traction to ensure that all cabling and containment systems and cables are installed in line with the customer/Balfour Beatty specifications and design documentation. In addition, the Cable Foreman will be responsible for site safe installation and management of agency and direct employed cable gangs.
**What you'll be doing**
- Drive the delivery of cabling activities to ensure they are delivered safely, on time, to budget, meeting business and technical requirements;
- Monitor and plan sufficient resource levels within the Cabling Teams to support the business in delivering on forecasted production output;
- Manage all technical queries or requests for Information for timely issue and response;
- Implement technical change as required;
- Maintain a robust document control of all technical documentation and information;
- Anticipate, manage, and resolve technical issues within the design cable routes. Identify risks and facilitate the resolution of all issues raised;
- Progress chasing to ensure critical events occur on the scheduled date;
- Monitor cabling teams output for productivity and quality;
- Keep up to date with specification and technical legislative changes;
- Ensure that non-conformances are recorded. Support the Quality Team with the investigation of any reported non-conformances;
- Deliver toolbox talks and updates to company policies and procedures to the Cabling Team.

**Who we're looking for**
- As a minimum, three years as a Leading Cable Hand, and be totally familiar with the IET Regulations regarding bending radii for various types and sizes of cable, embracing power control, instrumentation and special cables laid in ground or racks or cleats.
- NVQ Level 3 Electrotechnical Services (Installing and Inspecting Structured Cabling Systems) or other VQ Level 3 for power supply and distribution cabling as approved by the JIB.

**Why work for us**

Some of our key benefits are:

- An attractive/negotiated salary;
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays;
- Pension savings scheme;
- Enhanced maternity/paternity and family friendly policies;
- A whole host of other BB staff employee benefits (discounts, exclusive offers etc.);
- Refer and Earn scheme;
- Discretionary annual salary reviews

**About us**
Balfour Beatty is a leading Rail infrastructure provider. We work at the heart of the UK’s railway network - designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railway that connect communities and underpin growth.

Our expertise covers design and manufacturing, civils, track, reactive maintenance, electrification, signalling, power systems and rail plant.

We have a strong orderbook with and a positive pipeline of opportunities, and we put our customers, rail users, and our people at the heart of everything we do.

**Diversity and inclusion**

Job Reference: BBUK11316

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