Civils Site Agent - Reading, United Kingdom - Kier Group

Kier Group

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Reading, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for a Civils Site Agent to lead operational site-based teams on multi-disciplined schemes, involving the construction and upgrading of treatment and distribution assets.

Location:
Reading & Oxford regions

Contract:
Permanent, full-time position.

In this exciting role, to join Kier who are a strategic partner to Thames Water Capital Frameworks across the Thames Water supply and treatment regions.

Delivered through an innovative internal joint venture between Kier Utilities and Kier Infrastructure Major Projects, we deliver design & build services for new and existing Infrastructure assets (below ground) and non-Infrastructure assets (above ground).

Key Responsibilities

Line Management duties of Sub-Agent, Site Engineers, and Foreman as applicable
Site Incident management and escalation within prescribed timescales
Implementation and monitoring of SHE policies and procedures in accordance with the Kier Integrated Management System
Managing the submission and acceptance of key SHE deliverables issued to the client including The Construction Phase Plan
Engage with the direct and supply chain workforce on matters of Health, Safety and Wellbeing, leading by example on leading indicators to promote engagement
Plan and measure day to day work activities for effective utilisation of direct and supply chain resources to meet shortterm and contract programme milestones
Accountability for commercial forecast on your schemes, ensuring robust control of actual costs, participate in forecast reviews, final cost & value review with commercial team
Identify opportunities to increase value through effective change management, ensuring Instructions are received and processed to realise a change to Target Cost as applicable.
Maintaining quality standards set out in the Project Execution Plan and Inspection and Testing Plan (ITP)

Who are we looking for?

Hold full UK Driving Licence
Industry experience ideally including water/ wastewater capital projects'
5 Day Site Managers Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) Certificate
Competent judgement, problemsolving skills and commercial awareness
Thames Water Passport (Can be arranged on commencement)

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

Some of our favourites include:

New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
26 Days annual leave
Green car scheme
Matched pension up to 7.5%

Who is Kier?

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress.

We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more.

Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

Closing Date: 25 May 2023**
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