Agent - Manchester, United Kingdom - Kier Group

Kier Group

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We're looking for an Agent to join our Highways Major Projects - Lune Gorge project to specify, schedule and manage the engineering resources (people, and physical assets) to ensure the technical compliance and implement the plan safely, on time, to budget and to the required quality while maximising customers' satisfaction and business gross profit.

We are looking for a team player who wants to progress within the business. Support for your development will be given. Lune Gorge is technically demanding, challenging and rewarding and will be a noteworthy project to be involved in.

Within this role, you can enjoy private healthcare, company car or car allowance, one professional subscription funded to support your professional development and even more.

Can you imagine a world without roads or bridges? Nor can we Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Highways and make a difference.

Connecting roads, connecting people.

Location:
Northwest - remote working available, with travel to the office and sites

Contract:
Permanent, Fulltime.

Salary:
£55k

Responsibilities
As Agent, you'll be working to implement all of Kier Group's policies including those for Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality (SHE) and risk management and to promote Kier Group's values towards its customers in order to meet or exceed their expectations and fulfil the vision of becoming the most highly respected company in the industry

Your day to day will include:

managing design and pre-construction, construction to close out to meet all contractual requirements

- assisting the project management team in ensuring the effective and efficient site management of the project quality objectives. Promote continuous improvement, lean practices and share good practice at project level and within the business
- lead, manage and motivate the engineering and design staff on the scheme

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

Construction related degree / HNC
CSCS card
Full clean driving licence

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

A fantastic, matched pension scheme
Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans.
24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
Green Car Scheme

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: 28 March 2023

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