KELTBRAY GROUP

Senior Communications & Marketing Manager

Competitive Salary

Esher & Farringdon

About the Company:

Keltbray Group is a UK leading specialist business, which offers engineering, construction, demolition, decommissioning, remediation, rail, environmental services and reinforced concrete frame solutions. We are a key player in developing and maintaining Britain’s built environment, operating in highly regulated climates and transforming sites across the UK.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan, develop and deliver accurate and compelling internal communications to support execution of Group strategy with key internal stakeholders (operational leadership, functional leadership, sector leadership, professional staff, operatives), employing the full range of internal communication tools and techniques
• Lead and manage the corporate communications officer ensuring delivery, engagement and development against key performance metrics
• Responsible for developing and delivering an appropriate internal communications strategy and delivery plan that positions the Group as an international engineering enterprise across targeted sectors and markets.
• Articulate internally the Group’s Health and Safety (Mission Zero) and sustainability (“Protect Health / Prevent Harm) agendas with key audiences
• Manage and lead employee engagement campaigns to support business improvement, positioning Keltbray as an employer of choice.
• Manage and lead communications to build understanding and support for Keltbray’s Unique Business Offering (UBO), covering leadership in digital engineering, Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA), Engineering Consultancy and integrated self delivery.
• Plan, manage and deliver appropriate communications for specific business change and transformation programmes across Group
• Manage and deliver appropriate content for core Group communications channels, inc. intranet/ website
• Manage and deliver crisis and issues communications as appropriate
• Support the Group and the Corporate Centre in translating business strategy into communication messaging, activity plans and ultimately, high quality deliverables
• Develop relationships, and work closely, with key project teams/ functional business partners to ensure appropriateness of messaging and deliverables, specifically focussed on the construction and infrastructure operations of Keltbray
• Work with brand-aligned agencies to ensure messages are integrated and aligned with overall business objectives
• Serve as a key interface between other functional areas (inc. HR, Finance, Commercial, CR, etc) and the communications function and draw on resources to deliver against plan
• Support the business in integrating communication activity into their working practices, including communications representation on Business Unit management boards.

Skills & Experience:

• Graduated to degree standard or equivalent essential
• Strong background in Internal Communications, within a complex, matrixed business
• Strong Media Relations/ Public Affairs discipline knowledge
• Strong team leadership skills
• Highly literate with strong writing and editing skills
• Strong business and commercial mindset
• Good understanding of change management principles
• Experience of project communications planning and delivery
• Ability to manage relationships with senior stakeholders/ business partners
• Strong project management, organisation and co-ordination skills
• Strong tactical communications ability – message construction, writing, editing
• Good planning, budgeting and strategy formulation experience
• Comprehensive understanding of Keltbray’s Group business strategy, together with sound industry understanding
• Good knowledge and understanding of the structures and roles across the Keltbray group (particular emphasis required on the role of Corporate Centre within a strategic business unit/ shared service/ function organisational model)
• Ability to operate effectively in a “virtual” team working environment

Equal opportunities:

Keltbray are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.