About the role
We are looking for an experienced Site Agent to join our UKCS Living Places business, taking a leading role in the delivery of highway maintenance and improvement works across Lincolnshire.
You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of site activities, leading supervisors, operatives and supply chain partners to ensure works are delivered safely, efficiently and right first time. This role combines structured planned works with a strong reactive element, requiring flexibility, sound judgement and excellent stakeholder management.
This is a key operational role where you will act as the link between operational teams, commercial colleagues and the client, ensuring performance targets, safety standards and programme commitments are consistently achieved.
What you'll be doing
- Providing leadership, management and control of site teams, including supervisors, operatives, schedulers and subcontractors
- Managing both planned and reactive highway works, ensuring defects and urgent issues are addressed promptly and effectively
- Allocating resources efficiently to meet workload demands, adjusting priorities as required to maintain performance and service levels
- Overseeing daily site operations to ensure productivity, quality and safety standards are met at all times
- Maintaining strong communication with the client and internal stakeholders, managing expectations around delivery, performance and issue resolution
- Monitoring works against contract KPIs and ensuring compliance with health, safety, environmental and quality requirements
- Carrying out site inspections, audits and safety tours, ensuring safe systems of work are implemented and followed
- Ensuring commercial awareness on site, supporting the tracking of jobs from planning through to completion
- Supporting supervisors with coaching, development and performance management, promoting a positive and high‑performing team culture
- Identifying risks, issues and resource pressures early and escalating where appropriate
- Coordinating with traffic management, street works and other third parties to deliver works safely and efficiently, including on complex or high‑impact sites
Who we're looking for
- Proven experience working as a Site Agent or similar role within highways, infrastructure or maintenance environments
- Strong leadership capability with experience managing multi‑disciplinary teams and subcontractors
- A safety‑first mindset with a strong understanding of health, safety and environmental requirements
- SMSTS qualified, with a valid CSCS card and a full UK driving licence
- Confident decision‑maker with a proactive, solution‑focused approach
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to work effectively with clients and operational teams
- Competent in site documentation, reporting and the use of IT systems
- Flexible and resilient, with the ability to manage reactive workloads and changing priorities
- A motivated team player who leads by example and takes ownership of delivering high standards
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [email protected]
Job Reference: BBUK19261
