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Morrison Utility Services Limited.; Colchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company in Colchester seeks a skilled civil engineer to lead a site team on various projects. The role involves managing site activities and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Ideal candidates should have significant experience in civil engineering and workforce supervision, alongside strong team management and customer skills. This position offers comprehensive benefits including pension schemes, health care, and a company car.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Retail discounts

Life assurance

Company car and fuel card

Private health care

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Good level of experience in civil engineering and workforce supervision.
• Effective team management and leadership skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with excellent customer skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead site team to successful completion of works.
• Manage change on site in line with NEC contract conditions.
• Monitor site activities against target programmes.

Skills

Civil engineering experience

Workforce supervision

Commercial acumen

Team management

Customer skills

Job description

Overview

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.

Location

Where will you be working? M Group Highways At M Group Highways, we're supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We don't just build roads and bridges- we're building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work. You'll be joining our Civils projects team working on Sizewell C- We deliver specialist civil engineering for the private and public sectors across the UK, building strong relationships based on a collaborative approach Want to come and be a part of it?.

Responsibilities

What will you be doing? You'll lead associated site team including M Group supervision and subcontractors to successful completion of works. You'll be responsible for managing change on site in line with the NEC contract conditions. We'll ask you to monitor site activities against target programmes reporting exceptions in outputs, delays etc. Along with all works activities to ensure that they meet the Works Specification and are being delivered in a safe manner following the principles of our behavioural based safety initiative, It Starts With Me; you'll client meetings to provide them with a delivery update and manage any adverse issues.

Qualifications

• A good level of experience in civil engineering and workforce supervision including earthworks; drainage and structures in a highways environment;
• A good level of commercial acumen to facilitate cost control;
• Effective team management, leadership and influencing skills to get the best from everyone;
• Excellent customer skills and the ability to work collaboratively in all situations;
• The ability to remain flexible in your approach to the role whilst embracing change and helping to manage the change process.

Company Culture & Inclusion

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 are 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.

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.

Benefits

• 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
• Private health care and health care cash plan for you and your family
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Personal Accident Cover