Job summary

Matchtech are working alongside a major civils client, who are currently looking to recruit a Construction Site Agent to work on our Suffolk Highways contract in Ipswich.

Key skills required for this role

Site Agent, Highways

Important

Highways Site Agent - Ipswich

Job description

As the Construction Site Agent you will be part of our Construction Team who are responsible for Construction of all Planned Works.
Suffolk Highways is a new contract secured by our client for up to 20 years. Under the contract, our client are responsible for delivering a wide range of highway maintenance and improvement activities to Suffolk County Council.
You will enable them to meet their key contract aim of ensuring high-quality highway services are delivered for the benefit of residents, businesses, and highway users in Suffolk.
As the Construction Site Agent your duties & responsibilities will be:

• Manage and supervise schemes on-site to ensure that work is carried out safely, on time, to budget and in accordance with the HSEQ standards.
• Efficient organisation of labour, materials, equipment and subcontractor resources.
• Liaise with other stakeholders as required to deliver schemes (network managers, LA's, community groups, Designers etc).
• Ensure Construction Phase Plans, method statements and safe systems of work are in-place before work is started and that required safety standards are maintained at all times.
• Ensure in-house and subcontractors site personnel are competent and fully trained to undertake their work.
• Fully engaged with commercial teams and takes responsibility for the commercial performance of the project.
• Keep accurate records including site diary, records of works activities, resource allocations and as-built information.
• Supports the Scheme Delivery Manager to develop construction programmes, phasing plans and method statements.
• Develop relationships and work closely with Key Supply Chain partners.
• Assists with Early Contractor Involvement and build ability considerations including Traffic Management incorporating.
• Participate in Value Management process and Value Engineering reviews as required.
• Compliance with client way of working and QSE processes, procedures, reporting and performance requirements.

Qualifications

• IOSH/ SMSTS.
• CSCS.
• HNC or Degree Qualified (Not essential).
• Clean, full Driving licence.

Qualities and attributes

• Committed to caring for people's safety
• Good team worker and communicator
• Ability to control costs within agreed budgets
• Innovative - ability to identify better ways of doing things