Site Agent

Kier Group; St. Neots; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Site Agent for the East West Rail programme in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. You will lead site operations, coordinate crews and stakeholders, and ensure survey and investigation works meet safety, quality and environmental standards.

Applicants should have civil engineering qualifications (HNC/HND or degree), a valid SMSTS, and a full UK driving licence with willingness to travel across the project area. This is a hybrid role with permanent full-time hours (45 per week).

Qualifications

• Experience delivering civil engineering or major infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of health and safety, CDM 2015 and safe systems of work.
• Full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel across the project area.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day delivery of survey and investigation activities across multiple sites.
• Manage supervisors, engineers, operatives, subcontractors and suppliers on site.
• Ensure works comply with health and safety policies, CDM 2015, RAMS and permits.
• Coordinate land access, stakeholder engagement and relationships with landowners.
• Monitor progress against programmes and maintain accurate records and quality documentation.

Skills

Site management

Health & safety

CDM 2015

Stakeholder engagement

Driving licence

Travel flexibility

Education

HNC/HND or degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management

Job description

We're looking for a Site Agent to join our East West Rail team in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the safe, efficient and compliant delivery of intrusive survey works across a major UK infrastructure programme.

As Site Agent, you'll lead site operations, coordinate contractors and stakeholders, and ensure works are delivered to the highest standards of safety, quality and environmental compliance. Working closely with project teams, landowners and local stakeholders, you'll help drive progress across the East West Rail programme while contributing to the successful delivery of a project that will improve connectivity for communities and businesses across the region.

Location: St Neots, Cambridgeshire – hybrid working
Hours: Permanent Fulltime 45 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Site Agent, you'll be coordinating Ground Investigation, Archaeological Trial Trenching, ecological and utility-related activities, together with associated enabling, logistics and reinstatement works across multiple land parcels. Your day to day will include:

• Leading the day-to-day delivery of survey and investigation activities across multiple sites
• Managing supervisors, engineers, operatives, subcontractors and specialist suppliers to ensure clear understanding of responsibilities
• Ensuring all works comply with health and safety policies, CDM 2015 requirements and approved RAMS and permits
• Coordinating land access, stakeholder engagement and maintaining professional relationships with landowners and community members
• Monitoring progress against programmes, managing resources and maintaining accurate records and quality documentation

What are we looking for?

This role of Site Agent is ideal for someone who:

• Has experience delivering civil engineering, rail, highways, utilities, ground investigation or major infrastructure projects and enjoys leading site-based operations
• Brings strong knowledge of construction health and safety, CDM 2015 and safe systems of work, ensuring projects are delivered safely and compliantly.
• Holds an HNC/HND or degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management, or equivalent industry experience
• Has a current SMSTS qualification and a proactive approach to leading teams, managing contractors and driving high standards on site
• Builds effective relationships with stakeholders, landowners and delivery partners, supported by a full UK driving licence and the flexibility to travel across the project area

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

• Site Agent Mobilisation- job description EWR.docx