Site Agent - Brighton, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty

Verified Company

Brighton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Site
Agent to join our Regional team to work in
Brighton.

Role Purpose

To provide management, leadership and control of a multi-disciplinary team comprising Sub Agents, Section Engineers, Site Engineers & Foremen on projects in a live campus environment working closely with the client team to plan logistics and impacts on student activities.

The role requires close management of subcontractors and agreeing programmes, change management and raising early warnings to client team. Attending meetings with client team to discuss issues raised and works planned.

What you'll be doing
As a Site
Agent, your main accountabilities are as follows:

Core

Motivate section 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
Assists Lead in Incident Investigation and information gathering / review.
Appraises improvement options and actions / 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 prescribed Short Interval Control section meetings to review performance on site

Commercial

Sets targets and KPI's in line with budget forecast
Attends and provides reports for weekly project meetings and identifies improvement areas and allocates / implements appropriate actions to team members
Involved in the procurement of subcontractors and advises on commercial aspects / preferred attendances

- stify;">Produces the risk schedule for section, reviews and updates

Who we're looking for

The following qualities/experience are essential:

Core

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.
Excellent team player and leader, able to work competently and independently without supervision
Able and willing to make decisions following consideration of options based on best available information; track record of solution orientated approach to resolve issues
Excellent role model for team and demonstrates required behaviours to align to business, project and team objectives

Health Safety & Environmental

Understands method statements and can coach others in document production
Good working knowledge of current H & S legislation
Innovative approach to enhancing safe systems of work

Engineering Control

Experienced in resource allocation and up skilling
Competent in reading technical drawings and information, and understands the principle os design management.

Quality

Understands the Organisational Business Management Systems and processes
Clear understanding and experience of the requirements for handover and selfcertification of the works

Productivity

Able to analyse and offer improvement on a fully resourced stage programme in the accepted format / software
Understands subcontractor KPI's and has experience of using them to manage performance
Able to dynamically shift programme and ada