Agent

Kier Group; Crownhill; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking an Agent to join the KierBAM team at Plymouth, Devonport Royal Dockyard. The role focuses on delivering a major MOD project safely, on time, and to the required quality, with hands-on leadership and robust cost control.

The successful candidate will manage technical compliance, collaborate with site management and suppliers, and supervise a team while upholding high health, safety and environmental standards.

Qualifications

• Qualification (Management qualification / NVQ L3 / HNC / Degree) with SSSTS/SMSTS
• Experience with reinforced concrete and civils
• Familiar with Leica Survey equipment (GPS, Total Station, Optical & digital levels) for Setting Out & Survey
• Proven people and project management skills to lead technical teams and manage client interfaces
• Familiar with Quality Management Systems, RAMS, and commercial processes

Responsibilities

• Programming works, managing commercial performance, and ensuring effective utilisation of resources to meet those programmes
• Taking full ownership and accountability for profit and loss in the project, ensuring robust control of target costs and actual costs
• Ensuring all works are delivered in accordance with the specification, with accurate recording of labour, plant, materials, and supply chain resources
• Leading, supervising and mentoring your team members, whilst maintaining high personal standards in health and safety and environmental practices
• Communicating effectively at all levels including site management, technical specialists, commercial staff, planners, engineers, suppliers, and client representatives

Skills

People management

Project management

Quality Management

RAMS writing

Setting Out & Survey

Education

Management qualification / NVQ L3 / HNC / Degree

Tools

Leica Survey equipment

Job description

We're looking for an Agent to join our KierBAM team based in Plymouth – Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Location: Plymouth – Devonport Royal Dockyard
Hours: 42.5 hours per week

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

KierBAM are a Joint Venture partnership between Kier and Bam Nuttall. We are currently delivering an exciting redevelopment project at a Royal Navy site located in Plymouth. We're seeking an experienced Agent to manage the technical compliance of the project to the design specification, ensuring the assigned project is delivered safely, on time and to the required quality.

What will you be responsible for?

As an Agent, you'll be working within the KierBAM team, supporting them in delivering this important project in a live MOD facility. Your day to day will include:

• Programming works, managing commercial performance, and ensuring effective utilisation of resources to meet those programmes
• Taking full ownership and accountability for profit and loss in the project, ensuring robust control of target costs and actual costs
• Ensuring all works are delivered in accordance with the specification, with accurate recording of labour, plant, materials, and supply chain resources
• Leading, supervising and mentoring your team members, whilst maintaining high personal standards in health and safety and environmental practices
• Communicating effectively at all levels including site management, technical specialists, commercial staff, planners, engineers, suppliers, and client representatives

What are we looking for?

This role of Agent is great for you if:

• You hold a relevant qualification (Management qualification / NVQ L3 / HNC / Degree) and SSSTS/SMSTS certification
• You have demonstrable experience working with reinforced concrete and civils
• You're familiar with Leica Survey equipment (GPS, Total Station, Optical & digital levels) for Setting Out & Survey
• You have proven people and project management skills, with the ability to lead technical teams and manage client interfaces effectively
• You're familiar with Quality Management Systems, writing RAMS, and have awareness of commercial processes

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 Government Security Check (SC) Clearance / Counter Terrorism Check (CTC), which takes place during/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.

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