My client a Major civil engineering and Build Contractor is seeking an experienced Site Agent to work on a prestigious civil engineering project in the yorkshire region.
The client has been established for over 40years’ within the Construction sector working on multi discipline schemes across the country consisting of: Highways, Structures and Environemntal, maintaining a strong pipeline of work with a low staff turnover.
Key Responsibilities
* Participates in compiling the initial programme and have a full awareness of weekly targets
* Plans and oversees the site setup, ensuring that the appropriate facilities are in place prior to the project launch
* Manages the relationship with the sub-contractors while working onsite
* Takes ownership for ensuring that HSEQS protocols are adhered to on sites at all times
* Maintains quality control procedures at all times
* Ensures that the TWR is in place and is up to date
* Drives the pace of the project and plans the work in the field
* Coordinates and priorities the sequence of activities on site
* Manages a team of foremen and other site staff
* Ensures that all employees adhere to appropriate protocols in the event of an incident onsite.
* Able to relate company commercial strategy to own activities
* Operates the site on a holistic ‘cradle to grave’ project management approach.
* Be able to communicate the site requirements to the commercial team and achieve the most economical reasonable solution bearing in mind commercial constraints
* Drive the project programme
* Manage information and record of relevant contemporaneous records
* Follows the PEP as a means of ensuring that work is carried out on time and on budget
Experience & Skills
* Strong People Management experience
* Knowledge of good industrial relations practices
* Ability to communicates with colleagues and clients in a warm and persuasive way both formally and informally and able to alter style and method to suit audience
* Strong people skills and able to manage a variety of subcontractor supervision
* Experience of leading others and track record of delivering medium to large scale projects.
* Ability to prioritise and make prompt decisions in the interests of the project
* Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of all the trades required on site, codes of practice relating to them and their specific requirements
* Experience building credibility with contractors by treating them with respect