Scheduler

Ringmer, England, United Kingdom

5/14/2025

About the role

Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our Living Places team as a Scheduler, you’ll work with true experts who’ll share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning. Bring us your capability, and we’ll help you take it much, much further.

Responsible for maintaining project schedules, optimising its logic, incorporating progress, and tracking completion of tasks; reporting performance to project controls, collaborating with project team, ensuring compliance with planning processes and contributing significantly to the successful execution of construction projects. 

What you'll be doing

• Formulate the agreed planning strategy onto a programme by using planning software: create activities in an ordered and structured sequence, display durations and logic links, add key dates and constraints to give timings and dates for each activity. 
• Monitor and gather performance information from the relevant stakeholders and incorporate accurate progress into the working programme, contributing to the periodic reporting update. 
• Implementation and maintenance of project controls processes for scheduling, including the production of monthly reports, through the provision of intelligent information and analysis.
• Ensuring the programme content is functionally compliant with business management systems and project planning procedures. 
• Monitoring work activity with appropriate key performance indicators set up and in place to identify programme gain/slip. 
• Analyse project data and KPIs to track progress, identify deviations and make data-driven decisions for project improvements. 

Who we're looking for

• Analytical, attention to detail and problem solving. 
• Good understanding and management of data and processes. 
• Excellent communication skills. 
• Understanding of project management tools and software (Excel, MS, Project, Confirm) 
• Knowledge in construction project scheduling including ability to create, manage and progress monitoring and optimisation of project schedules using industry-standard tools. 
• Knowledge of projects, various phases, processes and requirements to facilitate effective project planning. 

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?

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 Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.

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]