Logistics Co-Ordinator

Job Description

Job title: Logistics Co-Ordinator

Company: Balfour Beatty

Job description: About the role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Logistics Co-Ordinator to join our Highways Business Unit which is a new function within the business based in Luton. This role will give you a fantastic opportunity to be part of an ever growing and fast paced Team. If you are looking for a role that will expand your knowledge and give you the chance to progress within Balfour Beatty this could be the role for you.

Role Purpose

Daily coordination of the logistics resource streams on a project and working with other co-ordinators to cover all the following logistics resource streams:

All materials, plant, haulage, site vehicles, storage operations, delivery management and labour, facilities and security.

Maintaining and improving key supply chain relationships in order to deliver works in the most efficient manner. To support the implementation of a digital approach to logistics delivery.

Work collaboratively with other project disciplines including Operations, HSES, Quality, Design &
Engineering, Planning, Commercial, Procurement and Site Support to ensure resources are coordinated in
a safe and controlled manner, meeting programme, quality, and commercial targets.

What you’ll be doing

As a Logistics Co-Ordinator, you will have the following accountabilities:

• Responsible for the delivery and management of a sub-section of logistics resource streams being the go-to person for your resource streams on the project.
• Support the Logistics Manager with day-to-day operations on the project, highlighting any challenges, concerns, and successes. Including identifying key risks and opportunities regarding any resource stream that you manage.
• Ensure HSES targets and standards are maintained by having relentless focus on Zero Harm and engage with key supply chain partners to ensure continual safety improvement and the management of any safety incidents.
• Oversee all movements of resources to and from site efficiently and ensure associated records are kept and managed appropriately in a digital manner.
• Ensure that company standards / procedures and processes are implemented and maintained.
• Extract resource requirements from construction programmes, and engage with Operations team, to understand resource requirements to meet the programme and ensure this is communicated to the supply chain.
• Attend relevant operations, commercial and supply chain meetings for the resource streams you are coordinating.
• Provide Operations, Commercial, Site Support and Finance with data to assist and improve right first time on the project.
• Work and communicate effectively with site team and wider BB operational teams to ensure logistical needs are being met and Logistics processes are being adhered to.

Who we’re looking for

You will have the following:

Essential

• Driving License
• Experience or knowledge of industry and activity from the shop floor level upwards relating to logistics and supply or Construction Logistics.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 Suite (with a particular focus on Excel) and comfortable learning and operating new digital systems.
• Ability to communicate effectively to different audiences and ensure customer relationships are managed, in addition to planning and organisation skills to deliver operational excellence and efficiency.
• Experience working with Data and effective record keeping.

Desirable

• Previous construction experience or working within a construction environment
• Valid CSCS card
• Supply Chain Management experience management of customers and suppliers
• Analytical system experience (Such as PowerBI etc)
• Change Management experience within projects or business

Skills and Behaviours

• Effective working independently or within a team
• Self-driven and proactive in finding solutions to problems
• Attention to detail
• Understand and analyse data for reporting
• Passion for delivery and achievement

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

About us

Balfour Beatty Highways delivers major schemes including smart motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put our customer, the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, delivering net carbon reductions and social value to the communities within which we work.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. 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.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at:

Expected salary:

Location: Luton

Job date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 05:32:18 GMT

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