Senior Agent Heathrow Tranche 5

Costain; Hounslow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure solutions provider in Hounslow seeks a Senior Agent to manage all project lifecycle stages for complex baggage systems at Heathrow. The candidate will ensure project delivery within budget and schedule, promote safety, and collaborate with design and construction teams. A degree in Civil Engineering and experience with baggage systems is essential for this full-time position.

Qualifications

• Champions Sustainability, Safety, Health and Environment.
• Comprehend Engineering and Construction Principles.
• Lead project from allocation to endpoint.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe delivery of project elements within KPIs.
• Develop the optimal construction sequence.
• Coordinate with design management team.

Skills

Sustainability, Safety, Health and Environment

Engineering and Construction Principles

Commercial Awareness

Process Improvements

Organisational Skills

Customer Focus

Education

Degree level/HNC/HND in Civil Engineering

Site Management Safety Training Scheme SMSTS

Tools

AutoCAD 3D

Civil3D

BIM360

Bentley MicroStation 3D Modelling

Job description

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Job Description

Costain is the Major Programme Partner (MPP) and the Asset Renewal Partner (ARP) for Terminals 1 and 2, two of six major programmes of work that Heathrow has committed to deliver within the H7 quinquennium.

Within the MPP framework, Costain is the Principal Contractor and Principal Designer for the T2 Baggage Programme (T2BP), which is a £700m+ complex baggage and infrastructure programme intended to extend and protect existing Terminal 1 baggage operation until the new Terminal 2A baggage system has been designed, constructed, tested, and operational.

You will be working as the Tranche 5 Senior Agent reporting into the Tranche Lead. Your role will involve leading all stages of the project lifecycle, taking our expertise to enhance the Heathrow team project capability from design, manufacture, supply, install, commission, integrate, transition, and hand over a completely functional, operable, and maintainable non-baggage infrastructure required to accommodate the new T2 Baggage Handling System for T2 (T2BHS). The role involves working closely with our Client and other Tier 1 suppliers, embracing the 'one team' approach and aligning ourselves with their values and behaviours.

You will be accountable for the safe delivery of the following elements of scope, ensuring these are delivered within the KPI set by the Client, which will include establishing and delivering against an agreed schedule and budget:

• Develop the optimal construction sequence and phasing with all Tier 1 suppliers as well of those of the client
• Undertake Constructability reviews
• Work with planner to develop a fully integrated delivery schedule
• Manage the package managers for each discipline
• Construction of CSA elements and MEPh systems across levels A0, 00, 10, 20, 25 and 30
• Creation of new structural openings within floor slabs and the building's external envelope
• Internal and external service diversions
• Construction of a new external link bridge connecting levels of the building for the baggage system, including cladding.
• Creation of new accommodation facilities for baggage system operators and engineers
• Alterations and additions to the building's existing MEPh, BMS, security and fire safety installations

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Responsibilities

• Promote, champion, and implement all best practices, safety management, and safety initiatives across all design and site delivery aspects, ensuring a safe and healthy working environment.
• Setting clearly defined objectives for self and others to deliver plans. Taking appropriate ownership and accountability. Identifies and organises resources to accomplish tasks. Ensuring plans have targets, measures, and clear accountabilities.
• Identify and organise resources to accomplish tasks. Ensuring plans have targets, measures, and clear accountabilities.
• Developed and managed trackers and reporting processes to provide progress updates on packages, delivering internal and external reporting with overall responsibility for meeting the project's performance requirements.
• Coordinating and assisting the design management team to confirm designer schedules and outputs and ensuring the relevant designers progress the design in line with the agreed delivery schedule and designing completeness.
• Promoting the best build sequences to improve constructability and site delivery in the design and delivery phases
• Drive efficiency and continual productivity improvements, creating best practices for the team and adding value for our customers.
• Providing input and advice during the procurement process. Assisting the procurement and commercial teams in developing budgets and any incentivisation targets.
• Ensuring all pre-commencement deliverables are clarified, completed and demonstratable.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Essential

• Champions Sustainability, Safety, Health and Environment by putting personal safety and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do and helping the environment and communities to thrive
• Understanding of Engineering and Construction Principles for civil, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation requirements.
• Being commercially aware and astute, continuously reviewing and identifying any opportunities for added value, improving the incentive targets whilst minimising any reputational, financial, and legal risks
• Passionate about improving performance through best practices, process improvements and continuous improvement practices.
• Co-ordination of sub-contractor activities, including chairing regular co-ordination meetings with staff and subcontractors
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage a busy workload, balancing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Care about doing a great job and exceeding expectations with the quality of what you do.
• Having integrity by always doing the right thing in the right way
• Must be customer focussed by striving for excellence through understanding, anticipating and meeting their needs
• Lead a project/s from the stage in which it is allocated to us to its endpoint, working with the various disciplines, the supply chain and Heathrow (our partner)

Desirable

• Previous experience working at Heathrow and appreciation of their Governance lifecycle
• Experience in delivering baggage systems
• Proficient user of AutoCAD 3D, Civil3D, BIM360, Bentley MicroStation 3D Modelling and Point Cloud

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level/HNC/HND qualification in Civil Engineering or relevant professional experience
• Site Management Safety Training Scheme SMSTS.
• Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS MAP)
• Qualification In APM PMQ

Desirable

• Site Environmental Awareness Training Scheme (SEATS)
• CITB Temporary Works Coordinator
• CPCS Appointed Persons: Lifting Operations A61

About Us

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

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