Site Agent - Water framework
Location: North West
Rates: £300.00 - £350.00 per day CIS/LTD
Job Type: Contract
Job description: Site Agent
My client is looking to recruit a Site Agent to support projects in and around their office/projects in the North West. This will be managing projects on the AMP 8 water framework.
Responsibilities as Site Agent include:
- Implement and monitor Health & Safety, Environmental and Quality Assurance and ensure compliance by on site team
- Compliance with Health & Safety Regulations ensuring that all issues of Health & Safety are monitored regularly and accurate records maintained
- Overall responsibility for the safe delivery, profitability, programme and management of all resources on site
- Preparation and organisation of programme for work activities
- Ensure accurate and timely preparations of valuations including submitting claims for additions and Extensions of Time
- Procure materials and sub-contract work packages at cost effective prices
- External contact with sub-contractors and ensure timely payments are made.
- Provide efficient reporting on progress to management
- Assist, or provide members of site team to assist with tendering for new work
- Deputise for Project Manager if required
- To undertake any other reasonable duties as required
Skills and Experience:
- Third level qualification in Civil Engineering or a related discipline
- At least 8 years Civil Engineering experience, ideally on roads, infrastructure and/or structures projects, including supervisory experience
- The capacity to promote and attain quality whilst striving to achieve profitability
- The ability to constructively solve both short term and long term problems within a site environment
- The ability to successfully implement, maintain and ensure compliance of Health and Safety legislation
- Experience of supervising/mentoring engineering teams
- Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbally
- Commercially aware of economies and efficiencies
- Ability to Manage/Control on site setting out
- Ability to read and understand Construction drawings and Specification
- Fully flexible regarding travel, prepared to travel to site locations within the UK and Ireland
- Full valid driving licence
- IT literate in all Microsoft Office applications
Requirements:
- CSCS Card
- SMSTS
- First Aid
- HND or equivalent
If you are interested in this position please contact myself Joe Lunt on 0161 829 3980.