Sub Agent

Balfour Beatty plc; Grays; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary negotiable

25 days annual leave

Pension savings schemes

Discretionary staff benefits

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Sub Agent to support the Design Engineering team on the Lower Thames Crossing project, a landmark UK infrastructure scheme delivering a new road and tunnel.

You will lead programme control, design management, and site delivery, working with engineers, subcontractors and stakeholders to hit challenging milestones.

The role offers a competitive salary, 25 days annual leave, pension and extensive BB benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams and coordinating designers, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Strong planning, scheduling and programme management skills.
• Knowledge of construction legislation, safety requirements and industry best practice.

Responsibilities

• Promote health, safety and wellbeing across the project.
• Produce and monitor stage programmes using Microsoft Project.
• Coordinate design development, RFIs and technical interfaces.
• Support Package Manager in delivering enabling works and main works.
• Lead quality assurance including inspection and test plans and records.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder coordination

Problem solving

Planning

Safety & compliance

Driving licence

Education

Civil engineering qualification or construction management

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

About The Role

Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for a Sub Agent to support the Design Engineering team in delivering projects related to our Lower Thames Crossing project. The Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) is one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure projects. LTC is a new road that will connect Kent and Essex through a tunnel beneath the River Thames and will be the greenest road ever built in the UK - creating six times more green space than road. The reliable new route will almost double road capacity over the river east of London to reduce congestion and give millions of people more choice on where they live, work and spend their valuable time. We have a diverse programme team on LTC that reflects the communities we work in and fosters an inclusive culture by actively supporting the programme's Purpose, Principles and Cultural Pillars and growing employee networks. As a Sub Agent, you will support the Design Engineering team in delivering schemes related to our Lower Thames Crossing project.

What you'll be doing

• Health, Safety & Wellbeing: Promote a safe working culture in compliance with legislation, industry best practice, project procedures, Beyond Zero Harm principles.
• Programme & Project Controls: Produce, resource, update and monitor stage programmes using Microsoft Project. Ensure suitably trained resources are available before works commence, identify interfaces, constraints and implement corrective actions where required.
• Engineering & Design Management: Coordinate design development, RFIs and technical interfaces, ensuring construction methodology, buildability, sequencing and programme requirements are incorporated.
• Construction Delivery: Support the Package Manager in delivering compound establishment, welfare facilities, access arrangements, temporary infrastructure, Early Enabling Works and associated main works. Coordinate self-delivered, subcontracted and third-party activities to achieve programme milestones and support an orderly transition into main works.
• Quality Assurance: Lead the quality management process and establish the required standards. Ensure engineers, foremen and subcontractors understand specification, inspection and reporting requirements. Produce or review Inspection and Test Plans, material approvals, quality records and associated assurance documentation.
• Stakeholder & Community Engagement: Liaise with designers, consultants, operational teams, suppliers, subcontractors, document control and the communications team to resolve delivery issues and ensure stakeholders and the public are informed in accordance with the communications plan and DCO requirements.
• Environmental Sustainability, Carbon & Social Value: Ensure compliance with the Environmental Management Plan, project carbon requirements and social value commitments. Approve relevant documentation and integrate environmental and carbon considerations into planning, procurement, construction and site inspections.
• Handover: Ensure all handover deliverables, including construction certificates, red-line and as-built drawings, O&M manuals, project records and health and safety files, are produced to the required scope and incorporated into the stage programme.
• Management & Leadership: Provide day-to-day leadership, mentoring and support to Section Engineers, Site Engineers and apprentices. Set individual objectives, communicate performance expectations, and coordinate the engineering resources required for delivery.

Who we're looking for

• Proven experience in a Sub-Agent or comparable delivery role on a large civil engineering or infrastructure project.
• Practical experience coordinating designers, subcontractors, suppliers and construction teams.
• Working knowledge of construction legislation, safe delivery requirements and industry good practice.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder coordination and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to plan work, manage competing priorities and deliver to demanding programme dates.
• Able to produce three-month stage programmes to monitor progress and reporting
• Civil engineering or construction management qualification, or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Valid SMSTS certification and CSCS card.
• Full UK driving licence due to regular travel between project offices and site locations.
• Ability to satisfy project pre-employment requirements, including fit-for-work medical, pre-start drugs and alcohol testing, and BPSS security clearance requiring a basic DBS check

Still interested? then come and become colleagues with 26,000 staff and join a business which recorded 8.6bn in revenues last year, achieved industry leading customer satisfaction scores and has unrivalled employee engagement statistics.

An excellent range of benefits awaits the successful candidate:

• An attractive / negotiated salary
• 25 days annual leave
• Pension savings schemes
• A whole host of other BB staff employee bens (discounts, exclusive offers etc)
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Scores of other Balfour Beatty opportunities available as well via our balfourbeattycareers.com portal.

Benefits

• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UKs most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasnt rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package thats right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

About Us

Balfour Beatty’s Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail]