We're looking for a Sub Agent to join our Royal Dockyard team based in Plymouth – Devonport.
Location: Plymouth – Devonport
Hours: 45 hours per week
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
Many positions within the project are subject to national security clearance restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.
KierBAM are a Joint Venture partnership between Kier and Bam Nuttall, currently delivering an exciting redevelopment project at a Royal Navy site in Plymouth. We're seeking an experienced Sub Agent to join our collaborative team in this rewarding and challenging role within a live MOD facility.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Sub Agent, you'll be working within the Royal Dockyard team, supporting them in delivering this important project. Your day to day will include:
- Leading, supervising and mentoring team members whilst maintaining high personal standards in health, safety and environmental practices
- Monitoring and recording delivery against agreed programmes, identifying challenges and creating solutions to minimise impacts
- Managing resources effectively including labour, plant, materials and subcontractors to ensure timely delivery
- Communicating effectively with site management, technical specialists, planners, engineers, suppliers and client representatives
- Reviewing and ensuring risk assessments, method statements and quality processes are in place and followed before works commence
What are we looking for?
This role of Sub Agent is great for you if:
- You hold a Degree, HND, HNC or NVQ in Construction, Engineering or Logistics, or equivalent qualification
- You have a proven track record in delivering construction, civils or logistics operations with excellent organisational skills
- You possess SMSTS/SSSTS and CSCS certification at the appropriate level
- You demonstrate excellent communication, leadership and problem-solving abilities with a collaborative approach
- You have strong management skills with experience in controlling teams and are commercially aware with keen attention to detail
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
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 initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
Due to the nature of this role and the nature of the work at this site, you will be required to complete a BPSS check, which takes place before your employment, and is conducted by the Cabinet Office's United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including residency history. Applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us - to read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit Making Ground. This role will also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
