Site Agent (Highways)

City, Birmingham
QA Contracts LTD

QA Contracts Ltd are looking for a Site Agent/Site Manager with extensive Highways experience to start a project in Birmingham ASAP. This role will be temporary to permanent (3 months temporary then going direct if you are a suitable candidate)

The job is an extension of an existing highway which will involve on line and offline works, the project is set to run for the next 12-16 months.

Working in a high profile, Tier 1 environment with attention to health, safety, environment, and quality. You must be able to work under your own initiative. Have a Can-do attitude. Be a good communicator. Assertive Team Leader. Able to work under pressure. Ability to build collaborative relationships.

Key Accountabilities to include but not limited to:

Health, Safety and Environment

• Strong, visible, proactive leadership with regards to health, safety, environment and quality standards
• Contribute to the achievement of our clients safety targets and zero tolerance of unsafe working practices and occurrences
• To establish and implement site systems and controls consistent with our clients company standards and project requirements
• To ensure the production and communication of risk assessment and methods statements to the site supervision
• Support and endorse our clients Behavioural Safety programme and the use of hazard and good practice observation reporting (or Customer led initiatives similar to above where required)
• Support staff and frontline workers health and wellbeing

Programme and Production

• Contributing to the value engineering and buildability of the project Agreement of programmes and methods of construction with Planner and other appropriate production personnel
• Ensuring that resource requirements, production outputs, overhead targets etc, are established, monitored and controlled
• Carry out constructive analysis of fully resourced programme and ensure production of operational target programmes to reflect the overall contract programme
• Lead on short term planning and dissemination of short-term programmes to the site team and supply chain

Operational Excellence

• Leadership and management of a team
• Organisation of resources for the overall control and execution of the works including the selection of sub-contractors to carry out the works where necessary
• To secure materials and plant necessary to meet specifications and planned programme of work. Manage wastage and allowances of materials
• Ensure that RAMS, ITPs, MARs are signed off before any work commences. Ensure all testing regimes are in place and work inspection requests and check sheets are implemented and adhered to
• Manage all permitting and approvals
• Identify temporary works requirements and produce or manage the production of detailed and accurate temporary works designs and safe implementation
• Ensure project quality standards and handover requirements are met. Ensure non-conformance reports are produced, investigated and closed out in timely manner

Experience/Knowledge:

• Considerable experience in Civil Engineering, with strong technical knowledge. Demonstrable experience with the construction of all elements of highways works
• Knowledge of the requirements and implementation of CDM Regulations
• Good knowledge of specifications and testing regime relevant to general civil engineering / specification for highway works
• Ability to produce RAMS, Task Briefing Sheets, and safe systems of work. Knowledge of Safety, Quality and Environmental systems
• Experience of managing a small team using own initiative. Good organisational skills

Qualifications:

• Degree/HNC/HND in civil engineering or similar
• Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers or equivalent desirable
• IOSH Managing Safely
• SMSTS and CSCS Card
• Temporary Works Supervisor / Coordinator desirable
• First Aider, Fire Marshall desirable

Fit for work medical (or safety critical medical) desirable