General Foreman

Strabag; Kendal; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

STRABAG SE is seeking a General Foreman to supervise highway improvement works in the Cumbria/Kendal area, ensuring safe, efficient delivery and direct supervision of labour and subcontractors.

You will work under RAMS/ITP requirements, coordinate with site engineers, manage resources, and lead daily safety briefings and toolbox talks to maintain high standards on live highway sites.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a General Foreman on highway or civil engineering projects.
• Strong practical background in highway improvements (earthworks, drainage, kerbing, pavement construction and surfacing).
• Experience delivering works in or adjacent to live highway environments with traffic management.
• Good understanding of Permit to Dig requirements, underground services and utility coordination.
• Good working knowledge of traffic management requirements and site safety controls.
• Ability to coordinate labour, plant, materials, subcontractors and multiple work fronts.
• Strong communication, leadership, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• SSSTS or SMSTS (SMSTS advantageous).
• CSCS Supervisor card or other appropriate card.
• Temporary Works Supervisor (advantageous).
• First Aid at Work (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Supervise the day-to-day delivery of highway improvement works across allocated work fronts, including direct labour and subcontractors.
• Coordinate site activities to ensure works are carried out safely, efficiently and in accordance with approved drawings, RAMS and ITP requirements.
• Plan and coordinate labour, plant and materials for upcoming activities, ensuring resources are available when required.
• Drive site productivity and progress against the short-term programme, identifying and resolving practical constraints affecting delivery.
• Implement and maintain safe systems of work in accordance with company procedures, RAMS and statutory requirements.
• Deliver daily briefings, safe starts and toolbox talks relevant to planned activities.
• Supervise the Permit to Dig process and ensure works are coordinated with utility records and site controls.
• Oversee traffic management arrangements within the work area, ensuring adherence to traffic management plans.
• Monitor site activities for compliance with environmental controls and temporary works requirements.
• Identify hazards and unsafe practices and take corrective action; drive daily and short-term programme.
• Coordinate and support foremen, supervisors and site gangs to maintain safe and productive working.
• Provide regular updates on progress, constraints, labour, plant, materials and upcoming resource requirements.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Organisational skills

Problem solving

Site supervision

Tools

CSCS Supervisor card

SSSTS/SMSTS (SMSTS advantageous)

Temporary Works Supervisor

First Aid at Work

Job description

We are looking for a General Foreman to be based in the Northern Section (Cumbria, Kendal) working on the HARP Project. You will be responsible for the day-to-day supervision and delivery of highway improvement works across allocated work fronts. 

What matters to us

• Proven experience as a General Foreman on highway or civil engineering projects.
• Strong practical background in highway improvements, including earthworks, drainage, kerbing, pavement construction and surfacing.
• Experience delivering works in or adjacent to live highway environments and working under traffic management arrangements.
• Good understanding of Permit to Dig requirements, underground services and utility coordination.
• Good working knowledge of traffic management requirements and site safety controls.
• Ability to coordinate labour, plant, materials, subcontractors and multiple work fronts effectively.
• Strong communication, leadership, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• SSSTS or SMSTS (SMSTS advantageous).
• CSCS Supervisor card or other appropriate card.
• Temporary Works Supervisor (advantageous).
• First Aid at Work (desirable).

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Your contribution to our company

Site Supervision & Delivery

• Supervise the day-to-day delivery of highway improvement works across allocated work fronts, including direct labour and subcontractors.
• Coordinate site activities to ensure works are carried out safely, efficiently and in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, RAMS and ITP requirements.
• Plan and coordinate labour, plant and materials for upcoming activities, ensuring resources are available when required.
• Drive site productivity and progress against the short-term programme, identifying and resolving practical constraints affecting delivery.

Health, Safety & Environmental Management

• Implement and maintain safe systems of work in accordance with company procedures, approved RAMS and statutory requirements.
• Deliver daily briefings, safe starts and toolbox talks relevant to the planned activities.
• Supervise the Permit to Dig process and ensure works are coordinated with utility records, service locations and site engineering controls.
• Oversee traffic management arrangements within the work area, ensuring they are installed and maintained in accordance with approved traffic management plans.
• Monitor site activities for compliance with environmental controls, temporary works requirements and agreed working methods.
• Identify hazards, unsafe conditions and poor working practices, and take immediate corrective action where required.
• Drive the daily and short-term site programme for the allocated work fronts.
• Contribute to the preparation and review of 2-week and 6-week look-ahead programmes.
• Coordinate daily and weekly work plans with the Agent, engineers, supervisors and subcontractors to maintain an efficient sequence of works.
• Provide regular updates on progress, constraints, labour, plant, materials and upcoming resource requirements.

Engineering & Technical Support

• Work closely with Site Engineers to ensure works are set out correctly and constructed to the required line, level and specification.
• Provide practical buildability, access and sequencing input to support efficient delivery of highway improvement works.
• Coordinate interfaces associated with drainage, earthworks, kerbing, pavement construction, surfacing, utilities and other highway-related activities.

Quality Management

• Ensure works are delivered in accordance with the project quality plan, ITPs, hold points and inspection requirements.
• Carry out regular checks on workmanship, materials and completed works, raising issues where standards are not being achieved.
• Support inspections, testing, snagging and close-out activities, including provision of information required for as-built records.
• Act as a key day-to-day point of contact on site for supervisors, labour, subcontractors and the project team.
• Promote a positive safety culture and lead by example in site standards and behaviours.
• Coordinate and support foremen, supervisors and site gangs to maintain safe and productive working.
• Escalate significant safety, quality, programme or resource issues promptly to the Agent / Construction Manager, together with proposed solutions where possible.

What you stand to gain

This happens after the successful application

1. Screening of applications – careful review and evaluation of submitted documents

2. Decision, whether to invite an applicant to an interview

3. Getting to know the candidate in a virtual or personal setting – the number of interviews may vary depending on the position

4. Welcome to STRABAG SE– clarifying the offer and the final details regarding the candidate’s entry

At STRABAG around 89,000 people working on progress at more than 2,400 locations worldwide. Uniqueness and individual strengths characterise both our projects and each of us as individuals. Whether its building construction, civil engineering, road construction, underground engineering, bridge building, tunnelling, construction material production, project development or building management – we are always one step ahead so that we can become the most innovative and sustainable construction technology company in Europe. Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities are integral to this, who we are as a company and how we work.

Together we work as partners to complete projects successfully and grow with new challenges. Together we achieve great things. Let’s progress!

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