Site Agent

John Sisk & Son; Chesterfield; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and family-owned construction firm as a Site Agent, where you will lead large-scale projects and ensure site safety and efficiency. This role emphasizes strong people management, effective communication, and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder relationships. You will play a pivotal role in project delivery, overseeing site operations, and maintaining quality control. The company values its employees and offers a range of benefits, including flexible working arrangements and professional development opportunities. If you're ready to make a significant impact in the construction industry, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

Company Car or Car Allowance

26 Days Holiday (Option to Purchase 5 More)

Employer Pension

Competitive Mileage Rate

Travel Expenses

Flexible and Remote Working

Enhanced Parental Leave

Professional and Educational Development

Qualifications

• Over 10 years of experience in managing large-scale construction projects.
• Strong knowledge of HSEQS protocols and industrial relations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations and ensure safety protocols are adhered to.
• Manage relationships with subcontractors and coordinate site activities.

Skills

People Management

Communication Skills

Conflict Resolution

Project Management

Consensus Building

Education

Trade or Technical Background

IOSH or Equivalent H&S Management Training

Tools

BIM Strategy Understanding

Temporary Works & Excavation Safety

Lifting & Cranage Operations

Job description

Overview

The Site Agent has overall responsibility for a specific site, typically a large-scale project. They are the construction leader on the ground, managing the day-to-day supervision of the construction site. The Site Agent will monitor the preparation of the site prior to project launch and oversee the safe and efficient operation of the site throughout the construction phase.

John Sisk & Son have been building excellence as a family-owned international construction company by offering trust, certainty, and value to our clients whilst being at the heart of change.

Responsibilities

• Participates in compiling the initial programme and has full awareness of weekly targets.
• Plans and oversees the site setup, ensuring that the appropriate facilities are in place prior to the project launch.
• Manages the relationship with the sub-contractors while working onsite.
• Takes ownership for ensuring that HSEQS protocols are always adhered to on sites.
• Maintains quality control procedures.
• Ensures that the TWR is in place and is up to date.
• Monitors onsite energy and waste data.
• Is responsible for ensuring an efficient registration system is in place to monitor all individuals entering and leaving the site.
• Flags any issues with the Contract Management/Commercial Teams that may impact the effective delivery of the project (e.g., materials, works schedules, resources, H&S matters, or issues relating to cost or delivery schedule).
• Drives the pace of the project and plans the work in the field.
• Coordinates and prioritizes the sequence of activities on site.
• Manages a team of foremen and other site staff.

Experience

• Strong people management experience.
• Knowledge of good industrial relations practices.
• Ability to deal with conflicting priorities and difficult stakeholders, particularly subcontractors.
• Ability to communicate with colleagues and clients in a warm and persuasive way, both formally and informally, and able to alter style and method to suit the audience.
• Can build consensus.
• Strong people skills and able to manage a variety of subcontractor supervision.
• More than ten years’ experience working across a range of sectoral projects.
• Experience of leading others and a track record of delivering medium to large scale projects.
• Flood/Water experience desirable.

Qualifications

• Trade or technical background.
• IOSH or equivalent H&S management training.
• Temporary Works & Excavation Safety.
• Permitting requirements for live energy works.
• Working at Heights & Scaffolding.
• Lifting & Cranage operations.
• Other HSEQS training as per site HSE plan.
• New technology in construction systems.
• Understanding of the BIM strategy.

Additional Information

• Competitive salary.
• Company car or car allowance.
• 26 days holiday (option to purchase 5 more).
• Employer pension.
• Competitive mileage rate.
• Travel expenses.
• Flexible and remote working.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Professional and educational development.

Our people are at the heart of our success, and our proposition to them is work with purpose, have time for life, build a career with no limits, and surround yourself with great people.

Our Internal Recruitment Team fulfills all vacancies on a direct basis. Unsolicited contact by unapproved agencies (sharing speculative CVs) will not be accepted, and introductory fees will not apply.

*The full job specification is available on request.

At Sisk, we are committed to attracting and hiring diverse talent into our organization. We know the confidence gap and imposter phenomenon can get in the way of meeting remarkable candidates. We also know that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't feel they meet all the criteria. Give your transferable skills the chance to tell the full story. It’s not all about your technical expertise. Don’t hold back, we’d love to hear from you.