Sub Agent

Location

Yorkshire | United Kingdom

Job description

About the role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Sub Agent to join our thriving Yorkshire Regional Business Unit in Leeds

You will lead and control a section or specific discipline of the works as part of a site based project team. This will include the management of a team of Section Engineers & Site Engineers

What you'll be doing

As a Sub Agent , you will:

• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm
• Motivate the team and manage performance; monitor the competency of team members and undertake training/ coaching as appropriate
• Review Method Statements and Risk Assessments and make improvements as appropriate
• Carry out trend analysis and identify improvement areas from audits and near misses
• Carry out field audits and confirm the sufficiency of control documentation
• Produce and implement Permits to Work, specifically Confined Space Permits and Hot Works Permits
• Possess a strong understanding of temporary works and timescales for implementation into the works
• Manage sub-contractors
• Understand cost and value
• Draft correspondence to sub-contractors, suppliers and Client

Who we're looking for

You will have the following:

• Able to clearly communicate the requirements of a safe system of work to ensure that these are followed accurately. Suggests and implements improvements to systems
• Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes with clarity; experienced at encouraging direct reports to do the same and managing a team to ensure tasks are carried out effectively and key messages cascaded
• Strong work ethic with flexibility to work unsociable hours/nights
• Able to work on own initiative and seek out opportunities in line with level of responsibility
• Holds a current driving license and CSCS Card. SSSTS or SMSTS qualified
• Excellent team player, able to work competently and independently without continuous supervision
• Strong communication skills with good interpersonal and influencing skills
• Solution orientated approach to issue resolution
• Excellent role model for development of team members and demonstrates required behaviours to align to project and team objectives
• A good working knowledge of current H&S Legislation
• A full understanding of technical requirements and techniques of setting out and coaching of team members
• Good working knowledge of Contracts such as the NEC

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Strong knowledge and management of construction process in one or more of the following areas: Earthworks/Drainage, Pavement, Structures, Roadworks
• Has achieved or is working towards professional accreditation (eg ICE, IHT, APM)

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on. Our East Delivery Unit business has a fantastic pipeline of civil engineering projects throughout Yorkshire & Humber, and the Teeside geographical areas

About us

In UK Construction Services England & Wales business, our aim is to be the partner of choice; the go-to in our sector, trusted to deliver for our customers. We work across a huge and exciting range of sectors, including aviation, building, civils, defence and energy.

From ground investigations and flood defence to complex roads and bridges; primary schools to world class universities; ground-breaking hospitals to city centre living; the depth of our experience and quality of our projects is something we are proud of.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at:

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