Site Agent - Highways

Location

Hull, East Yorkshire | United Kingdom

Job description

About the role

Would you like to join a world-leading construction and infrastructure business? This is an excellent opportunity to join our team and become part of our success. We have a fantastic opportunity for a Site Agent to join our talented Highways Team on the A63 Project in Hull . We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team and help us deliver a successful project. This role will see you providing management, leadership and control of a multi-disciplinary team comprising Sub Agents, Section Engineers, Site Engineers & Foremen.

What you'll be doing

• Manage sub-contractor performance by chairing key site meetings , ensuring project requirements are met.
• Take lead in safe production onsite, ensuring periodic Safety & Environment Tours are proactively completed and are in line with the HSES project requirements.
• Motivate section team and manage their performance undertaking training/coaching as appropriate.
• Set targets and KPIs in line with Project / Business objectives.
• Manage final handover of section works taking overall ownership of Handover Documentation for Section.
• Create robust resourced programme of works in line with contract requirements and ensure targets are met.
• Lead periodic risk reviews and takes output forward to the Project Risk Register.
• Ensure that sufficient resources are allocated to the Works Section and that each has an appropriate level of ability.
• Ensure site audits are undertaken and takes appropriate action on the findings.
• Implement systems and processes to manage the quality of the constructive works.
• Ensure production of operational target programmes to reflect overall construction programme.

Who we're looking for

• Degree qualified, Civil Engineering.
• Strong knowledge and management of construction process in one or more of the following areas: Earthworks/Drainage, Pavement, Structures, Roadworks
• Working knowledge of programme management & NEC contracts.
• Experience in managing budgets for packages of works.
• Able to clearly communicate the requirements of a safe system of work to ensure that these are followed accurately.
• Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes with clarity ensuring tasks are carried out effectively and key messages cascaded.
• Strong work ethic with flexibility to work unsociable hours/nights as required by the programme.
• Holds a current driving license and CSCS Card / SMSTS qualified.
• Right to work in the UK (essential)

Why work for us

Our people are our biggest asset and we focus on recruiting, training and developing the people who can apply innovation to deliver the infrastructure of the future. We nurture these talents, offer a great benefits package in addition to a competitive base salary and continually invest in developing the skills of our people at every level. Some of our key benefits are:

• Company car
• Medical health cover
• BB Pension Scheme
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Payment of an annual professional membership
• Enhanced maternity/paternity & family friendly policies
• Real career progression opportunities
• Access to our Employee Referral Scheme

About us

Balfour Beatty Highways delivers major schemes including smart motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put our customer, the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, delivering net carbon reductions and social value to the communities within which we work.

Diversity and Inclusion: 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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