Our mission is to break down the barriers of today to release the potential of tomorrow. Join us today and release yours.

There are two things that we want to share with anyone considering joining us.

Firstly, we’ve got big ambitions for our colleagues and the future of the organisation. These include our vision that inclusion and accessibility drive every conversation we have and every decision we make. We want our workforce to fully represent the communities and customers we serve, because a diverse business is a better business. We value every colleague, their diversity and the contribution that they make. When we say you’re welcome at BT, we really mean it.

Secondly, the one thing the pandemic has taught us is that a lot of current and future colleagues, where and when possible, want to embrace hybrid working. Therefore, we are introducing smart working at BT. Smart working means having the flexibility to choose, as a team, how and where you work depending on your team’s deliverables and needs; when you are at your shared core location to connect with others and when not. It may not be for every role, and, as part of the recruitment process, you’ll have the chance to discuss smart working and how it might work for the job you are applying for.

About this role

This job enables BT to deliver on its purpose.  This role manages the delivery of critical core and edge network build programmes across the UK, underpinning 5G, FTTP/C and core capacity growth, as well as multi-compaction programmes in line with our business goal to reduce our legacy footprint and reduce cost.  In addition, manages delivery of multiple maintenance programmes to ensure that the electronics platform is both compliant performing optimally. 

This role provides the central coordination and management to the operational areas and is key in ensuring we comply with all business obligations, compliance, service and customer programmes across t5he electronics estate. 

You'll have the following responsibilities

You will lead and motivate a team, building a growth mindset, through development and coaching, this team is responsible for the effective delivery of critical projects utilising our field engineering partners to ensure priority work is completed in line with forecasts, the role involves complex stakeholder management to balance often conflicting demands for the best business outcome. 

you will design and build plans, and manage delivery for a number of strategically imperative customer programmes and critical infrastructure across electronics, including 5G, FTTP, FTTC and core capacity growth.  

You will be accountable for designing, building and delivering plans through Regional Managers and engineers, and enabling compliance and health & safety activities, delivery to time and budget, and management of prioritisation of work to meet critical business needs.

you will be accountable for balancing complex and ever-evolving delivery plans, making sensible, commercial decisions to support service performance and mitigate risk, taking into account core work, escalations and insourced work.

You will own, manage, continually review and improve the processes and procedures required to be followed to deliver field operations Electronics delivery plans.

You will own complex enablement performance: Identify performance concerns and lead the team to undertake structured problem solving to continuously improve performance, whilst reviewing and influencing senior stakeholders to understand upstream and downstream issues, and solutions required to deliver plan.

Build and maintain relationships, across all appropriate lines of business (Engineering Services, Enterprise, Openreach, external third parties), and negotiate and develop outcome-driven solutions.

You will manage delivery expectations within engineering services and implement and communicate the appropriate KPIs to achieve this.

You’ll be responsible for helping to create an inclusive working environment where people from all backgrounds can succeed. Diversity makes sense for us, for our customers and for our future.

H&S as a priority – health and safety is our number one priority – you will manage delivery of all compliance aspects in line with policy 

You'll have the following skills & experience

Preferred:

Managing conflicts, delivering solutions, in a timely manner at optimum cost.

Collaboration with internal and external partners to deliver to quality and on-time expectations.

Knowledgeable in Networks strategy.

Mandatory:

A leader who can motivate a team to deliver consistently the best results.

Experience of building a team of highly motivated people.

You’ll be a brilliant leader, who can make a real, positive difference to how people feel and perform at work. 

Experience of delivering multiple projects by balancing demands to increase throughput of priority work.

An ability to manage stakeholders & suppliers at a senior level and influence their thinking to support our number one Network strategy.

Implemented change initiatives, ability to adapt quickly and deliver change effectively.  

Ability to distil complex processes & change plans into simple executable actions appropriate for audiences of all levels.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)

10% on target bonus

Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan

Pension scheme

Shares Plan

Flexible benefits: cycle to work, childcare vouchers, healthcare, etc.

Discounted BT products

About BT

BT has a key role in British society, fostering change and leading technology innovation. From delivering the Olympics, to supporting the emergency services, to investing more into research than any other UK technology company, we take pride in everything we do - and in the people who work here.

We're now a global company operating at the forefront of the information age, employing 90,000 people in 180 countries. And we're on a mission. Guided by our core values of Personal, Simple and Brilliant our goal is to help customers, communities and businesses overcome barriers and release their potential.

So, if you're interested in the power of potential, why not join us today and release yours? You can read more here about what it's like to work at BT

How to Apply

It's easy to apply online; you just need a copy of your up-to-date CV and to follow the step-by step process. Don't worry if you need to make changes - you'll have the opportunity to review and edit your work on the final page. We look forward to receiving your application!