Site Agent

What will you be doing as our new Site Manager within Anglian Water?

Based on designated sites, you’ll lead supervisors, delivery teams and subcontractors ensuring resources are utilised to an optimum level to meet budgets and delivery programmes to the highest quality and safety standards.

You’ll play a key role in ensuring operational issues are flagged to Project Delivery Managers whilst encouraging your team to work in a proactive and innovative fashion to solve on-site issues and keep projects on track.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide active positive leadership of Health & Safety on site to support and continue the industry leading low incident frequency rate we have

• Responsible for driving cultural change into the Delivery/Design Teams to eliminate / minimise physical and nonphysical waste – i.e. recycling techniques and standing time etc

• Oversee the management of site-based Supervisors, Delivery Teams and relevant areas of the supply chain to drive timely completion of projects, safely and within budget

• Coach and mitigate underperformance of site team members to reduce the possibility of conflict and optimise performance

• Ensure all initiatives are supported and implemented with minimal disruption by understanding preliminary and detailed design/project requirements and solutions

• Proactively maintain all key site documentation including Health & Safety, Operation & Maintenance Manuals, site changes and contracts to meet legislation and @one standards

• Specify procurement requirements of plant, materials and specialist subcontractors using an appropriate financial management accounting system

• Work closely with the project teams and program planner through our online portals to proactively manage site performance.

• To actively participate in collaborative planning and project rehearsals to ensure optimal buildability at design stage.

• Actively promote on site quality workmanship – a right first time approach, highlight and record defects pro-actively and rectification in a timely manner.

A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours….

To join us on our journey of providing industry - leading site leadership, you’ll hold a certificate in Site Safety Management (or attended a 5-day course) and a managerial CSCS card to compliment your extensive Water (Water Recycling would be advantageous), Mechanical and Electrical/ Construction industry experience. In addition, you’ll have attended SEATS (Site Environmental Awareness Training Scheme), First Aid at Work courses and be a certified Fire Marshall to ensure safety is at the heart of our team’s activities.

With a track record of leading teams full of different personalities, you’ll combine your excellent site knowledge with commercial nous to minimise cost and maximise value during project construction phases. Whilst not an IT expert, you’ll be comfortable using Microsoft Office packages to complete requirement administration and contribute to basic project / programme management skills. Leading by example by demonstrating fairness yet assertiveness, you’ll live our values of working safely and with innovation as we look to deliver the best site performance we have ever seen!

If you are looking for your next career move to add value to your experience and our operations, please apply today!

What can we offer:
At JNB you will be offered a competitive salary which is commensurate based on your experience. Our core benefits include:

• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays with the option to buy and carry over
• Flexible pension contributions up to 5% employee 10% employer
• Life assurance of 4 x salary
• Income protection
• Private medical insurance
• Health cash plan
• Car benefit (subject to role)
• Annual professional institution subscription costs
• Career and professional development opportunities

About JN Bentley
JN Bentley – part of the global engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald – is a leading civil engineering and construction company, delivering design-and-build projects with clients in the water sector and beyond, across the UK.

We directly employ over 1,300 people across 9 office locations and hundreds of construction sites nationwide. We have a turnover in excess of £300 million, delivered by our water utilities design and build business Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB), our environmental design and build business Jeremy Benn Associates-Bentley (JBA-B) and directly by JN Bentley.

At JN Bentley we believe that when we care about what we do, we do it better. Because we care about our people - keeping them safe, making sure they are happy, enjoy coming to work and feel valued - we are committed to creating a fun workplace, where people have a voice, are safe, reach their potential and prosper, and where the rewards are shared.

Equality, diversity and inclusion
JN Bentley Ltd is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. We promote an open and transparent culture and a workplace where everyone feels included and is treated fairly and with respect.

Construction, Operations, Site, Water

Full-Time

Sam.Ash@jnbentley.co.uk