Senior Site Agent Civil Engineer

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure services company is seeking a Senior Site Agent to oversee large-scale water projects in the Thames Valley region. The role requires 10+ years in civil engineering, with specific experience in the water industry. Responsibilities include managing project teams, ensuring compliance with legal obligations, and maintaining quality control. The position offers a competitive benefits package including a company car, health cash plan, and generous leave policies.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Life assurance

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Discretionary bonus scheme

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in Civil Engineering role, specifically in water projects.
• Proficient in managing concrete structures and deep excavations.
• Familiar with service avoidance techniques and trenchless solutions.

Responsibilities

• Manage design and build of service reservoirs.
• Establish and maintain safe working cultures.
• Conduct daily briefings and report on safety issues.
• Oversee procurement and minimize material spend.
• Certify works to the Project Manager weekly.

Skills

Strong experience in civil engineering

Water industry experience

Good technical and computer skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

NHD in Civil Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Suite

CSCS card

SMSTS

First Aid 3 Days

EUSR SHEA Water

NRSWA

Confined Space ticket

CAT and Genny

Lifting Supervisor certificate

Temporary Works Supervisor certificate

Full clean driving licence

Job description

About The Role
Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.
Want to be a part of it?
What will you be doing?

As our Senior Site Agent you'll have strong experience in the civil engineering construction field preferably with water industry experience. You'll be working on our Thames Water Capital Delivery Framework covering Thames Valley Region of our client.
Managing the design & build of service reservoirs.

You'll need to establish establish safe working cultures and practices, comply with company procedures and legal obligations. Hold daily briefings with your team.
You'll be working with the Project Manager and Construction Manager, managing site leaders, operatives and sub-contractors.

You'll be responsible for reporting any instances of near miss, issue daily and weekly permits. Ensuring SHE returns are done weekly. Carrying out temporary works & lifting inspections.
You'll manage the quality process from start to finish and promote best practice. Ensuring work is delivered defect/snag free.


You'll be responsible for the procurement of materials and minimise spend. Control Hire and Off-Hire plant. Helping to ensure projects are delivered on time and to budget.

You'll certify works to the Project Manager and Commercial Team on a weekly basis. Identify Commercial issues on site and communicate to the Management Team to raise early warning notice and technical queries.
What you’ll bring
Extensive management experience of a Site Agent Civil Engineering role (10 years). Experience should include the water industry, preferably with concrete structures, earthworks including deep excavations, lifting operations, service avoidance techniques, trenchless solutions and working in Operational Water Sites. Good technical and computer skills, ability to operate Microsoft suite.
Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree/ or NHD in Civil Engineering.
• CSCS card and SMSTS
• First Aid 3 Days
• EUSR SHEA Water
• NRSWA
• Confined Space ticket
• CAT and Genny
• Appointed Person – Lifting Supervisor
• Temporary Works Supervisor
• Full clean driving licence
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

- Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
- My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
- Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Personal Accident Cover

About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

- We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
- We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
- We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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