Learning and Development Manager

Company Overview

Bilfinger is a prominent global industrial services provider specializing in improving efficiency and sustainability within the process industries. Employing approximately 31,000 people and generating revenue exceeding €5.4 billion in 2025, Bilfinger offers expertise in consulting, engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, turnarounds, and digital solutions across sectors such as energy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and oil & gas.

Bilfinger UK has established itself over 50 years as an innovative leader in engineering and maintenance services, supporting industries and infrastructure across the United Kingdom both onshore and offshore.

Position Summary

The Learning and Development Manager is pivotal in orchestrating and enhancing learning initiatives, skill development, and competency programs across the UK operations, overseeing roughly 4,000 employees. This role involves managing a small team spread across two sites, owning the strategies and frameworks for competency and skills applicable to blue-collar and office-based personnel alike. Additionally, the role supports workforce capability aspects within bids and tenders and represents Bilfinger in industry forums and learning development networks.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver learning programs and oversee their effective implementation.
• Drive workforce capability development ensuring alignment with organizational needs.
• Administer and continuously improve competency and skills frameworks, including role profiles and assessments.
• Lead leadership development programs within the organization.
• Support bids and tender processes with relevant workforce capability data and insights.
• Manage learning management systems (LMS), ensuring compliance and accurate data reporting.
• Represent Bilfinger externally at professional forums, colleges, universities, apprenticeship networks, and industry events to build partnerships and identify funding or accreditation opportunities.
• Provide comprehensive data and KPI reporting covering training compliance, learning metrics, leadership program completion, competency coverage, skills gap reduction, succession readiness, LMS utilization, stakeholder satisfaction, and bid support effectiveness.

Skills and Competency Management

• Own and maintain the UK-wide competency frameworks and related documentation.
• Support workforce mobilization and planning through competency and skills data.
• Identify critical skills gaps and recommend development strategies.
• Provide detailed competency reporting to stakeholders for informed decision-making.

Bids, Tenders, and Workforce Capability Support

• Contribute capability data, apprenticeship information, competency assurance, and social value commitments to bid submissions.
• Participate in client presentations and audits related to learning and development.

Qualifications and Experience

• Holds CIPD Level 5 certification or an equivalent qualification.
• Extensive experience in Learning & Development roles, particularly within competency framework management.
• Experience managing learning systems, particularly LMS platforms.
• Proven ability to support operational and site-based workforces in learning and skills development.

Equal Opportunity and Contact

Bilfinger advocates for equal employment opportunities regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or other legally protected characteristics. Interested candidates may reach out for further information to the designated contact or submit their applications through official channels.