Site Agent

Costain are working with Anglian Water on a variety of water projects and have fantastic opportunities for individuals to join our growing delivery team, working predominantly across the Lincolnshire region.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with Key Alliance partners and subcontractors
• Organise and manage the systems of work for your allocated discipline including management of the relevant supply chain.
• Develop programmes and forecast budgets with the Senior Agent, derive simple indices to assess actual programme and productivity achieved and prepare reports for weekly and monthly reviews.
• Be fully conversant with supply chain contract conditions and responsibilities, manage their works and account measurement with the commercial team.
• Requisitioning resources in a timely manner to ensure that they are correctly specified and readily available so as not to impede the construction programme.
• Reconciliation of planned versus actual resources for compilation of weekly reports and the control and ordering of resources.
• Complete inspection and test plans, risk assessments and method statements for the control of the works ensuring that all necessary documentation are produced in a timely manner.
• Be fully responsible for the overall quality management and assurance of the project, including handover to the client.
• Communicate to the QA any non-conformances
• Work closely with the QS and Commercial Team to ensure all change, early warnings and issues are captured and communicated in a timely manner. Identify key risks and opportunities. Formulate recovery strategies where possible
• Manage the budget which includes the production of regular Bottom-Up Forecasts as well as change items.
• Provide leadership in safety, health, and wellbeing across all responsible works
• Manage supervise and mentor site and assistant engineers to ensure high levels of engineering control and appropriate records.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Understanding of Engineering Principles and extensive technical knowledge of construction techniques and best practices
• Knowledge of construction contract law and forms of contract through formal training.
• Computer competence (MS Word, Excel, Document control system, Primavera software).
• Successful experience at Senior Engineer / Agent level
• Effective communication skills for interface with members of the public and other stakeholders

Qualifications

• Civil Engineering related qualification (HNC, HND, BSc MSc, BEng, MEng).
• Site Management Safety Training Scheme SMSTS.
• CPCS Lifting Appointed Person.
• Other relevant training (preferred includes Appointed Person, relevant lifting training, and temporary works co-ordination)
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Experience of working on Anglian Water projects in Civils, MEP, MEICA or Testing & Commissioning
• Experience of Major Projects and working within mixed organisation teams.