Senior Agent M1 Junction 10 to 13 Dhs Enhancements - Luton, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty
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Luton, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Description

About the role
To provide management, leadership and control of a multi-disciplinary team comprising Agents and Sub Agents, Section Engineers, Site Engineers.


What you'll be doing
As a/an Agent, you will have the following accountabilities:

Core

  • Live the Balfour Beatty Values
  • Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm
  • Support the delivery of Sustainability activities
  • Motivate team and manage performance; monitor the competency of team members and undertake training/ coaching as appropriate

Health Safety & Environmental

  • Sets targets and KPI's in line with Project / Business objectives and monitors performance
  • Carries out periodic Safety & Environment Tours as required by the Project H & S Plan
  • Leads / Reviews Accident / Incident Investigations. Reviews and appraises findings and leads / directs the appropriate action arising (HFACS and Four Page Reports)
  • Appraises improvement options and leads action / instigates as appropriate
  • Leads periodic risk reviews and takes output forward to the Project Risk Register
  • Monitors effectiveness of the H & S Management System
  • Keeps up to date with changes in legislation and cascades information to the team

Engineering Control

  • Ensures that sufficient resources are allocated to the Works Section and that each has an appropriate level of ability
  • Identifies and arranges training as required

Quality

  • Sets targets and KPI's in line with Project objectives and monitors performance
  • Ensures site audits are undertaken and takes appropriate action on the findings
  • Appraises improvement options and leads / instigates actions as appropriate
  • Implements systems and processes to manage the quality of the constructive works
  • Involved in working groups focused on Improvement Areas
  • Overall ownership of Handover Documentation for Section

Productivity

  • Sets targets and KPI's in line with key outputs and monitors performance, reporting Section Progress
  • Carry out constructive analysis of fully resourced programme
  • Manages subcontractor performance based on KPI's
  • Ensures production of operational target programmes to reflect overall construction programme
  • Chairs weekly team meetings to review performance on site

Commercial

  • Sets targets and KPI's in line with budget forecast
  • Chairs weekly cost meetings and identifies improvement areas and allocates appropriate actions to team members
  • Prepares a cost plan and manages cost vs value
  • Involved in the procurement of subcontractors and advises on commercial aspects / preferred attendances
  • Produces the risk schedule for section, reviews and updates

Who we're looking for

You will have the following:

  • Able to clearly communicate the requirements of a safe system of work to ensure that these are followed accurately. Suggests and implements improvements to systems and capable of stopping operations when necessary.
  • Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes with clarity; experienced at encouraging direct reports to do the same and managing a team to ensure tasks are carried out effectively and key messages cascaded
  • Strong work ethic with flexibility to work unsociable hours/nights as required by the programme
  • Able to work on own initiative and seek out opportunities in line with level of responsibility
  • Holds a current driving license and CSCS Card.
  • SMSTS qualified.

Why work for us


Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.


About us

Balfour Beatty Highways delivers major schemes including smart motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways.

We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put our customer, the road user, at the heart of everything we do.

We work safely, delivering net carbon reductions and social value to the communities within which we work.


As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment.

We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.


Job Reference:
BBUK03892

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