VolkerWessels UK is a market leading contracting group of five closely linked businesses. We provide integrated and ground-breaking solutions for the civil engineering and construction sectors, with specialisms in rail, highways, airports, marine, defence, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.
The Learning Delivery Lead plays a pivotal role in shaping and executing our learning and development strategy. This role is responsible for ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of training across the business, whether internally facilitated or externally sourced, while embedding a culture of continuous development.
As a strategic partner to the Head of Learning and Development, the Learning Delivery Lead will oversee multiple streams of learning activities, ensuring alignment with business goals and operational requirements. The role demands a forward-thinking individual who can implement frameworks that support scalable, high-impact learning solutions, while also managing day-to-day training operations with precision and agility.
The successful candidate will enjoy a stimulating and rewarding high profile role within a genuinely exciting and respected business.
About you
- Management of a training / L&D function
- Experience in delivering projects across a multi-site operation
- Experience in designing training solutions for a diverse audience
- Management of external training providers
- Knowledge & experience of Talent lifecycle
- Performance Consultancy
- Experience in stakeholder management
- Data analytics
- CIPD qualified advantageous
- Customer service driven
- Previous experiences in Construction, Civil Engineering or related industries
If your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.
Why work with us?
VolkerWessels UK operate through five separate, but complementary businesses, working in collaboration and using our specialist skills to deliver an integrated service for our clients. At any one time, our people are working on our sites or in our offices, for around 250 projects across the UK. Everyday we overcome challenges, fulfilling our commitments, no matter what. That’s what our business is about, that’s how our people find satisfaction in their jobs.
We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.
We offer a range of benefits, including:
- Competitive salary
- Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
- Option to buy additional annual leave
- Private medical care
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
- Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
- Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mental health, physical health, and financial support
- 24/7 Virtual GP service
Fairness, inclusion and respect
We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.
If you need support with your application, please contact us at careers@volkerwessels.co.uk
Additional information
Note for Recruitment Agencies:
Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.
We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed to careers@volkerwessels.co.uk
VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.
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