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.