Site Agent - Wastewater

Red Sky Personnel Ltd; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Salary sacrifice schemes

Job summary

Red Sky Personnel Ltd. in Brighton is seeking an experienced Site Agent to deliver wastewater and sewage treatment projects across the Southern Water region. The role is hybrid: three days on site, two days at home, with responsibility for programmes and commercials.

You will lead site teams, liaise with the client, and ensure safety, quality and on-time delivery on live sites. Travel across the region is required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Site Agent, Engineer or Sub Agent on civil projects.
• Strong planning skills to build and report on programmes.
• Good commercial awareness with costs, valuations and changes.
• Willingness to travel to sites across the region.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day delivery of civil works at wastewater treatment sites from mobilisation to handover.
• Manage multiple projects, balancing on-site and home-based planning tasks.
• Develop and monitor programmes, resolve delays or clashes.
• Oversee project commercials including costs, valuations and variations.
• Maintain strong client relationships and deliver site activities safely and to quality.

Skills

SMSTS

CSCS Manager level

Driving licence

Client liaison

Programme planning

Education

Civil engineering degree (preferred)

Job description

Red Sky Personnel are recruiting an experienced Site Agent to be based in Brighton and deliver wastewater and sewage treatment works projects across the Southern Water region. This is a hybrid role: three days a week on site and two days a week working from home.

The Role

• Leading the day-to-day delivery of civil engineering works at wastewater and sewage treatment works for Southern Water, from mobilisation through to completion and handover.
• Managing multiple projects across the region, splitting your time between sites three days a week and home-based planning and reporting two days a week.
• Producing and managing programmes, monitoring progress against plan and resolving delays or clashes early.
• Managing the commercial position of your projects, including costs, valuations, variations and change.
• Acting as the day-to-day point of contact for the client, building strong working relationships and keeping them informed.
• Managing and directing site teams, supervisors and subcontractors, and ensuring work is delivered safely, to quality and on time.
• Ensuring compliance with CDM 2015 and health, safety and environmental requirements on live operational sites.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience as a Site Agent, Engineer or Sub Agent or similar on civil engineering projects, ideally at wastewater or sewage treatment works or in the wider water sector.
• A civil engineering qualification (degree preferred) or equivalent experience.
• Strong planning skills, with the ability to build, manage and report on programmes.
• Strong commercial awareness, with experience managing costs, valuations and change.
• Confident dealing directly with clients on live operational sites.
• SMSTS and a valid CSCS card (Manager level), with a good understanding of CDM 2015.
• A full UK driving licence and the right to work in the UK. You will need to be able to travel to sites across the region.

Pay & Contract

• Salary of £60,000 to £67,000, depending on experience.
• Car allowance.
• Salary sacrifice schemes.
• Hybrid working: three days a week on site, two days a week from home