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As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance 
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holidays
• Paid Volunteer time
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Referral Bonus

Summary

Balfour Beatty (BB) is searching for an experienced and dynamic Senior Vice President of Ethics an Compliance to lead the ethics and compliance function for its two construction businesses in the United States, Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC (“Buildings”) and Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. (“Civils”). The position will report to the President and Chief Executive Officer of Buildings and Civils, as well as the General Counsel of Balfour Beatty plc, the United Kingdom-based parent company of the U.S. businesses.

Location

Ideally, candidate should be located near one of the existing BB Buildings office locations (the CEO is officed in San Diego, California). Remote position for the right candidate.

Needs to be flexible on travel to US-based projects and Leadership Team Meetings, etc., with significant travel anticipated over the first year in order to become familiar with the two businesses and the management teams.

Role Purpose

The role represents a strategic hire to work closely with the CEO and Chief Legal Officer and to have overall responsibility for the ethics and compliance program for both businesses. The role forms part of the Senior Leadership Team of each business.

Additionally, the role will serve as a key liaison with compliance leaders in our sister business in the US and at Balfour Beatty plc. As such, the role will be tasked with both managing and improving a high-quality compliance program for two successful US businesses, and also aligning it with national and global programs. 

Responsibilities

Oversee the management, implementation and continuous improvement of a high-quality ethics and compliance program, building on the work that has already been done by the prior compliance officer. The Senior Vice President of Ethics and Compliance will:• Work with senior management to set and reinforce tone at the top in order to promote a culture of compliance around business integrity and ethics.• Ensure the effectiveness of the compliance program to encompasses legal and regulatory compliance as well as adherence to the Balfour Beatty Code of Ethics.• Review each company’s policies and procedures and make recommendations for improvements or changes when needed.• Keep current with compliance requirements and changes in laws and regulations that affect each company (local, state, and federal).• Advise management on the companies’ compliance with laws and regulations, and make recommendations for improvements, through detailed reports.• Create and manage effective action plans in response to SpeakUp reports, audit discoveries and compliance violations.• Regularly audit or assess each company’s procedures, practices, and operations to identify possible weaknesses or risk.• Develop and implement new or revised compliance policies and procedures as required.• Assist with the coordination and, where appropriate, delivery of training and development of employee communications in relation to ethics and compliance to ensure that the values and behaviors expressed in the Balfour Beatty Code of Ethics are fully embedded within the businesses.• Help others by answering questions and responding to requests related to compliance issues.• Manage, and work with the Legal and HR Departments in relation to, internal investigations and the Speak Up program within the U.S.• Perform periodic audits or risk assessments to ensure the Business Integrity compliance program is adequately tailored to the risk profile across U.S. business streams.• Monitor and provide recommendations regarding sufficiency of the personnel and resources within the US Business Integrity compliance function. 

Personal Qualities and Experience

This is a role that requires the ability to influence and command respect within the organization and with peers. The individual will therefore have at least ten (10) years of experience working at an appropriately senior level, preferably with C Suite reporting lines, within a corporate ethics & compliance, finance, legal or other investigative function, and possess the following attributes:• Ability to work closely with senior leaders, providing a sounding board and challenge.• Ability to promote and manage significant change, demonstrating a track record of managing change through the organization.• Acting as a credible partner with external stakeholders.• Self-starter, highly motivated, energetic and dedicated, with a strong track record of promotion in the organisations that they have worked in.• Experience in managing others, and building and leading high performing teams, with a willingness to embrace and drive best practice.• Passionate about their work and adaptable. They will have strong communication skills and an ability to command respect at all levels of the organization.• They must be independent and objective, but commercially astute.• Excellent communicator (verbal and written) with strong inter-personal skills.• Ability to analyze complex data with accuracy.• Strong IT skills and knowledge of MS Office, Excel, Word etc.• Sound analytical and problem-solving skills along with the ability to make timely and balanced decisions, despite uncertainties and pressures, which consider the wider strategic picture and implications for the organization.• Knowledge of, and relevant experience within, the regulatory environment specific to commercial and infrastructure related construction.• A law degree from an ABA accredited law school, and status as a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional is preferred, but not required.

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm®, we are challenging the construction industry’s assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation’s largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.