Agent

We’re looking for an Agent to join our regional civils team based in Doxey, Staffordshire. Within this role you can enjoy 26 days annual leave, sharesave scheme, family friendly policies and even more.

Location: Doxey, Staffordshire
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Competitive +benefits

Responsibilities

In the role of Agent you’ll be working within our regional civils team, supporting them on the ECW2 (Early Civil Works) contract on HS2 Phase 2a. This includes highway modification sites ranging from passing bays and road widenings to a new bridge across the M6 at Yarnfield. Kier are responsible of the detailed design and construction of the these works. The contract also includes Route wide (new railway line) ecological and environmental surveys and is to be completed by 2024.

Your day to day will include:

• manage resources (people, finance and physical assets) in order to fulfil the assigned project(s) safely

• programming works, commercial performance and the effective utilisation of resources to meet those programmes

• take full ownership and accountability for cost management allocated section, ensuring robust control of Target Cost, actual costs, and forecasts through commercial awareness.

  
  

What do we need from you?

This role of Agent is great for you if:

• Relevant qualifications – degree level, or equivalent experience

• Chartered Member of the ICE (or working towards) or similar.

• Proven capability working on major multidisciplinary projects, in a regulated setting.

• Excellent communication and project management skills including leading and managing technical teams.

• Able to establish project requirements and drive the team to deliver the outcomes in terms of quality, cost and programme.

We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

• new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more.

• professional subscription - you will get one professional subscription funded to support your professional development.

• pension - you will be able to join the Kier Retirement Savings Plan (KRSP)

• Kier rewards - You will have access to discounted shopping including restaurants, insurance companies, and supermarkets.

• employee referral scheme - refer a friend or family member to work for Kier

And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

Who is Kier?

We’re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: https://www.kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf