About the role
Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for a Sub-Agent to join our Highways A66 project.
Balfour Beatty Highways maintain, manage and operate major highway networks across the UK and support local authorities creating communities where people want to live work and play.
As a Sub-Agent, you will be tasked to lead and control a section of the works, according to a specific discipline, and oversee management of a team of Section Engineers & Site Engineers within same discipline.
What you'll be doing
- Motivate team and manage performance; monitor the competency of team members and undertake training/ coaching as appropriate
- Reviews Method Statements and Risk Assessments and makes improvements as appropriate
- Carries out field audits and confirms the sufficiency of control documentation
- Guides and coaches subordinates in resolution of construction issues, drawing on experience and accepted industry best practice
- Carries out Independent Inspections of their own section and of others
- Carries out Site Audits to check works and documentation compliance
- Liaise with designer to resolve technical issues
- Produces a fully resourced stage programme in the accepted format/software
Who we're looking for
The following qualities/experience are essential:
- Strong work ethic with flexibility to work unsociable hours/nights
- Holds a current driving license and CSCS Card. SSSTS or SMSTS qualified
- Strong communication skills with good interpersonal and influencing skills
- Solution orientated approach to issue resolution
- Good working knowledge of current H&S Legislation
- Allocates correct resource levels and identifies additional requirements
- Track record of solution orientated approach to issue resolution
- Strong understanding of requirements for handover, including certification
- Able to measure and track KPIs for enhanced productivity
- Awareness of procurement practice
- Wide ranging independent judgement evident (desirable)
Still interested? then come and become colleagues with 26,000 staff and join a business which recorded 8.6bn in revenues last year, achieved industry leading customer satisfaction scores and has unrivalled employee engagement statistics.
An excellent range of benefits awaits the successful candidate:
- An attractive salary
- Pension savings schemes
- Company car
- A whole host of other BB staff employee bens (discounts, exclusive offers etc)
- Refer a friend bonus scheme
- Scores of other Balfour Beatty opportunities available as well via our balfourbeattycareers.com portal.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UKs 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 wasnt rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package thats right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- 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’s Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.
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
We are 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: BBUK19704
