Our client is looking to recruit a Site Foreman for its £965m High Speed 2 project. The role will be initially based in Euston and then will move to site within 6 months. The site is around the Uxbridge area.
The JV will be responsible for the design and build of the main civil works of the 22km section of the high-speed rail line, running between the Colne Valley and the Chilterns. The C1 lot includes the route’s 3.4km- long Colne Valley Viaduct, as well as the 15.8km-long Chiltern twin-tunnels.
The Foreman is responsible for overseeing the work on site on a day to day basis to ensure a smoothly run job site throughout the work day. The Foreman helps to create and maintain a safe and healthy working environment, motivating the workforce ensuring efficiency and productivity in achieving the project targets.
The Foreman will be responsible for:
- Management of engineers, tradesmen and subcontractors on site.
- Lead by personal example and consistently set high standards of health and safety performance and behaviour.
- Ensuring works on site meet the agreed programme and are carried out safely with due regard to the protection of the workforce, public and the environment.
- Ensuring that all certificates, assurance and compliance certificates are generated and collated.
- Maintain awareness of health & safety policies, rules, standards and performance that affect their activities.
- Proactivity co-operate and co-ordinate with the supervisors and subcontractors whom it is necessary to interface with on site.
- Ensuring that those carrying out the works are aware and accurately informed about the risks and the control measures associated with their works.
- Understand and implement the sites rules and procedures.
- Ensure the correct paperwork is in place before the start of each activity to ensure that checks are made on the following:
- Risk assessments are current and relate to the proposed activity.
- The operators are engaged and understand the risks and control measures associated with the activity.
- Where there are minor changes to the working environment, hazards are identified, control measures understood and implemented.
- Ensure that plant and equipment is use by only those who have received adequate information, instruction and training.
- Promote the occupational health services available on the project to your team.
- Ensure that the operators are medically fit for their role.
- Avoid manual handling where practicable; assess the risk associated with manual handling activities that cannot be avoided.
- Identify those within the team that work safely and recognise them for it.
- Facilitating the selection and delivery of Tool Box talks.
- Actively encourage feedback from the team and taking appropriate action where necessary.
- Challenge poor health & safety performance and personally take action where there is a breach of rules or unsafe working practices.
- Report all accidents, incidents, near misses to the line manager or health and safety manager as appropriate.
- Understand the site emergency procedures which include fire, first aid and evacuation.
- Be aware of the contents of drug & alcohol policies. Ensure the policy is effectively implemented and action is taken when appropriate in order to comply with the requirements outlined within it.
- To comply with requirements outlined in the environmental management plan and assist the company in its pursuit of continual improvement in environmental performance.
- Ensure that the plant and equipment selected is suitable for use, safe for use and maintained.
- Reporting all construction issues to the Sub-Agent.
Skills & Experience:
- The role will require the post holder to have a good working knowledge of English, both written and verbal and to be able to report at management level.
Desirable:
- ONC, full trade qualification or NVQ level 4 qualification or equivalent. Extended experience and a general level of education may be sufficient.
- A Foreman with experience in similar works and carrying out similar tasks.
- An understanding of the:
- Health & Safety at Work Act 1974,
- Construction Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 1996
- Construction Design and Management Regulations 2007
- Management of health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and
- Other relevant legislation
- Supervisory CSCS Card (Gold)
- Have demonstrable experience of leadership, building and motivating teams
- Experience of effective problem solving on major tunnelling projects
- The ability to keep records, and work within budgets.
Advantageous:
- Holds a Confined Spaces Training Certificate
- Holds a Tunnel Safety Card
- CITB Site Manager Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)
- Computer and language skills
The successful candidate will not only benefit from working with a top tier organisation, but they will also benefit from working with a firm who prides on looking after their candidates. The client offers a competitive salary up to £45k + package.