Sub Agent

Are you looking to progress your career by working on Britain’s biggest construction project? Balfour Beatty VINCI is working with a range of organisations to design and build 90km West Midlands stretch of HS2 - Britain’s new high speed railway. Our work is essential to enable HS2 trains to travel between London and Birmingham as well as continue their journey up to Manchester. It’s an incredibly exciting time to join us - we’re at peak construction with work really ramping up on a broad range of assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts. Plus you’d join 9,000 people across 72 nationalities working on this exciting section of HS2 across the region. We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Sub Agent within the Specialist Services Function. This role will be based on site in Kingsbury, The northernmost site of the West Midlands stretch of HS2 runs from Water Orton to Lichfield. The sites are mainly rural and will link HS2 to the West Coast Mainline track. Role Responsibilities; * Manage the development of the scope of works * Lead the preparation for the delivery of the works, including resources, procurement, access, and construction pre-start readiness documentation. * Manage, coordinate, and supervise the day-to-day site works from construction to close out and ensure the works are performed to the contract requirements. * Manage, supervise, train and mentor the site team members to ensure high levels of control and promote their competencies development. * Monitor the site supervision including subcontractors’ performance and make sure that the subcontractors/site team members have a regular common objective of achievement. * Manage the internal and external interfaces with regards to the execution of the works * Advise and assist the commercial team in the preparation of all necessary contractual notices and instructions (under NEC contract) * Review, approve and manage the correct implementation of Method Statements Risk Assessments, and undertake periodic reviews. Experienced required * Proven experience in managing subcontractors and working with a major contractor * Excellent team player and team leader, reporting progress to the Project Manager / Construction Manager * Highly organised with good management and coordination skills * Strong on technical details and with good communication skills * Working knowledge of CDM 2015 Regulations and current legislation and standards associated with all engineering aspects * BBV behaviours, respecting equality and diversity * Essential SMSTS minimum qualified. Temporary Works Supervisor desired. Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role. Benefits of working with us • Car/ car allowance • Flexible working available for some roles • Free parking • Travel allowance for eligible candidates • Family friendly leave policies • Excellent pension contributions • Healthcare • Health risk assessments • Access to employee assistance programmes • Access to annual flu vaccinations About Balfour Beatty VINCI Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long-established joint venture between two powerhouses for the delivery of critical infrastructure across rail, transport and other iconic projects in the UK and beyond. We started working together over 30 years ago to deliver the Channel Tunnel, as members of the TransManche Link consortium. In the Midlands, it is Balfour Beatty VINCI’s role to design and build the route, ready for tracks and signalling to be installed. Our work with HS2 Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and then on to Handsacre in Staffordshire. Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites: • 9.3km of viaducts • 62 overbridges • 35 cuttings • 56 culverts • 62 embankments • 2 twin bore tunnels and 2 cut and cover tunnels • 28 underbridges and 11 underpasses Diversity and Inclusion Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is delivering equal opportunities for everyone that is part of the team and for people that are yet to join us. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities and neuro diversities. We are working to represent the communities Balfour Beatty VINCI works in through our workforce. We have embedded Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively. We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is a Disability Confident Leader and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability. Flexible working We recognise and respect that people work in different ways and we are open to discussing what flexibility you may need during the recruitment process, balanced against our project requirements