Site Agent - Highways

Job description

SITE AGENT - HIGHWAYS PACKAGE - NORTH WEST - PERMANENT

Location: North West
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £60-£70k p/a DOE

We are looking for an experienced Site Agent to join a major highways project, taking responsibility for the safe and efficient delivery of key packages including pavements, street lighting and earthworks.

The successful candidate will have a strong background delivering major highways schemes, ideally with previous National Highways experience, and will be confident managing programme, subcontractors, site teams, quality and health & safety.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day construction activities across the highways project
• Oversee pavement and carriageway construction packages
• Manage street lighting works and associated interfaces
• Coordinate and oversee earthworks, including excavation, cut/fill and formation works
• Manage subcontractors, engineers, supervisors and site operatives
• Drive works against the construction programme, identifying delays and implementing recovery measures
• Produce and manage short-term lookahead programmes
• Monitor progress against key milestones and contractual dates
• Coordinate labour, plant, materials and subcontract resources
• Ensure works are delivered safely and in accordance with approved RAMS
• Ensure quality requirements, inspections, testing and ITPs are completed correctly
• Manage technical queries, site constraints and construction interfaces
• Coordinate with designers, temporary works teams, utilities and other project disciplines
• Attend progress, programme and coordination meetings
• Maintain accurate site records and progress reporting
• Work closely with the Project Manager and commercial team to monitor progress, change and potential delays
• Ensure works comply with project specifications and client requirements
• Maintain a strong focus on health, safety, environmental and quality standards

Essential Experience:

• Proven experience working as a Site Agent on major highways or infrastructure projects
• Previous National Highways project experience
• Strong knowledge of pavements / carriageway construction
• Experience managing street lighting packages
• Strong earthworks experience
• Excellent programme management and planning capability
• Experience managing multiple subcontractors and work packages
• Good understanding of RAMS, ITPs, temporary works and construction quality requirements
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Able to manage interfaces between civil engineering, utilities and specialist subcontractors

Qualifications:

• HNC/HND or Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent experience
• SMSTS
• CSCS
• Temporary Works experience/qualification advantageous

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced highways Site Agent to join a major infrastructure project with responsibility for several key delivery packages.