Civils / Utilities Site Agent - Reading, United Kingdom - Kier Group

Kier Group

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Reading, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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

Location:
Reading or Oxford regions - presence on site will be required but remote working may be available when possible

Contract:
Permanent, full-time position - flexible and part-time hours may be available if desired, just let us know

Responsibilities

As our
Site Agent you'll join Kier who are a strategic partner to Thames Water Capital Frameworks across the Thames Water supply and treatment regions.

Delivered by our Utilities and Infrastructure team who make up the Kier Natural Resources business unit, we deliver design & build services for new and existing Infrastructure assets (below ground) and non-Infrastructure assets (above ground).

Your day to day will include:

Line Management duties of Sub-Agent, Site Engineers, and Foreman
Implementation and monitoring of SHE policies and procedures of direct and supply chain workforce, along with site incident management / escalation
Plan and measure day to day work activities for effective utilisation of direct and supply chain resources to meet shortterm and contract programme milestones
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)

What are we looking for?
This role of
Site Agent is great for you if you have:

Industry experience working on capital projects
5 Day Site Managers Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) Certificate
Hold full UK Driving Licence

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.
- professional subscription - you will get one professional subscription funded to support your professional development.
- pension - you will be able to join the Kier Retirement Savings Plan (KRSP)

Kier rewards
You will have access to discounted shopping including restaurants, insurance companies, and supermarkets.

- employee referral scheme - refer a friend or family member to work for Kier

And so much more You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website.

Who is Kier?

As a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector leading experience and fresh thinking to all that we do.

We are collaborative, trusted and focused, and we will empower you to achieve your career goals, and listen to your thoughts, ideas and challenges.

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.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here.

**Closing Date: 2 August 2023