Site Agent- Civil Engineering

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