Training Coordinator

Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

5/8/2025

About the role

📣 We're Hiring: Training Coordinator – Power T&D | Balfour Beatty

📍 Location: Based between our Derby and Stanton Training Centres (60/40 Office/WFH split)
🛠️ Team: Power Transmission & Distribution (T&D)
📅 Working Arrangement: Full-time | Hybrid working

At Balfour Beatty, we shape the future of infrastructure. We’re looking for a proactive and organised Training Coordinator to join our Power T&D team and play a key role in supporting the training and competence development of our operational workforce.

The role will focus mainly on Plant training, so previous experience in working with plant in construction and awarding bodies such as NPORS, CPCS, CITB would be an advantage



🔍 About the Role:



You’ll be the backbone of our training team, ensuring smooth, efficient delivery of training and competence activities. Working closely with trainers, assessors, and operations, your role will involve:

• Coordinating internal and external training courses and programmes
• Managing trainer diaries and scheduling assessments
• Accurately logging and maintaining training records and certifications
• Supporting the team with day-to-day administration and reporting tasks
• Ensuring compliance with internal training and competence processes

What you'll be doing

Key Accountabilities:

• To ensure that all elements of the role are followed through to resolution. Responsible for carrying out relevant
  quality audit checks to ensure compliance with all relevant procedures and to record any non-compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• To ensure all requests (Internal & External) are actioned prior to the training event taking place and that all
  pre administration checks are carried out
• To facilitate and maintain effective communication links with the Trainers and allocate work to Trainer’s diaries
• Facilitate and coordinate the administration process - Registrations/Tracking candidates/Applications
• To ensure all courses and attendance are recorded on the training and competence data base
• To ensure all successful delegates receive relevant certificates of achievement following attendance on an organised training event and this recorded on the training and competence data base
• To ensure all training materials/packs are in place prior to the start of each training event;
• Ensure all centre visitors and course attendee’s sign into the site;
• To support the pre-planning of training and record any changes to the programme;
• To provide general administration support to the Technical Training admin team where needed
• To promote a professional image at all time in support of the companies and department values
• To ensure that you develop your capabilities through continuing professional development
• To carryout any additional responsibilities from time to time in line with business needs
• To facilitate and maintain effective communication links with the operations and training teams
• Manage Training room allocation;
• To ensure that we minimise and manage cancellations and non-attendance through effective communication links with all parties and the relevant line managers; ·
• To assist in the facility Management of the site;
• To ensure all incidents and accidents are reported via the correct systems; ·
• To carry out any additional responsibilities from time to time in line with business needs

Who we're looking for

• Good IT skills, particularly with Microsoft packages such as Word and Excel
• Knowledge or previous experience of working with construction awarding bodies would be a distinct advantage.
• Good Administration skill set (Experience essential), A good telephone manner

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’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

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

We are 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]