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Ben Biollo

Head Of Operations - Major Projects & Connections at Freedom

Ben Biollo has a diverse work experience in the field of operations management and project management. Ben has worked in various roles in different companies, including Freedom, Kier Group, McNicholas, Network Rail, Network Rail (Consultant), Mott MacDonald, and AECOM. In their roles, they have overseen significant portfolios of multi-discipline projects in the rail and utilities sector, focusing on areas such as Electrification & Plant (E&P), Signalling, Telecoms, Civils, SCADA, and Power Engineering. Ben has demonstrated strong leadership skills, managing teams of around 50 people and ensuring the successful delivery of projects. Ben is adept at project delivery, from strategy planning to detailed design and construction, while also emphasizing contract and commercial management. Additionally, Ben has experience in managing projects related to traffic engineering, highways, utilities, and masterplanning.

From 2004 to 2008, Ben Biollo attended the University of Birmingham, where they obtained a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) degree in Mechanical & Automotive Engineering.

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London, United Kingdom

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Freedom

The Freedom Beginning Founded in 1996 with an entrepreneurial management buyout from Yorkshire Electricity, Freedom has grown significantly with over 600 direct employees and twenty offices in the UK and Western Europe. In April 2018 we were acquired by NG Bailey Group (www.ngbailey.co.uk), one of the UK’s largest independent engineering, IT and facilities services businesses. The knowledge and relationships we have developed over the past 20 years combined with NG Bailey’s innovative approach to large engineering and services projects, provides a strong platform for sustained growth for both companies. Our Customers Our end-to-end approach brings many benefits to our clients and it allows us to add value to our customers’ operations, thereby delivering real customer service. We have many longstanding customer relationships, indeed our grounds maintenance contract with Yorkshire Water may be the longest continuous maintenance contract in the UK utilities market. Freedom is seeing a growth in opportunities with customers outside the traditional utility, nuclear and renewable energy sectors, both in the UK and in Western Europe. At the forefront is: construction and property, transport infrastructure, industrial and manufacturing, technology and the public sector. Our Employees Freedom recruits, trains and develops its employees in a wide variety of disciplines. From highly technical electrical, civil and security system engineers and designers, to field staff maintaining and installing electrical equipment, overhead lines and underground cabling – the skill range is immense. As well as finance, IT, HR, procurement, business development and other commercial functions, we have specialists in such disciplines as aerial and below ground surveying, inspections and mapping as well as emergency call-out teams in case of storm damage to power supplies, for example.


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1,001-5,000

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