Site agent

About the role

Job Title
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Site Agent

Location: Aberdeen

Project Type: Civils / Energy

Company: Balfour Beatty Group

Balfour Beatty is a leading national infrastructure and construction company with more than a century of heritage in Scotland, delivering key projects that strengthen communities and improve national connectivity.

The Netherton Hub is a major new energy infrastructure development located near Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, forming a key part of SSEN Transmission’s multi‑billion‑pound Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) programme and its wider Pathway to 2030 upgrade of the Scottish transmission network.

Designed to strengthen the UK’s ability to transport renewable electricity from the north of Scotland to high‑demand centres nationwide, the hub will incorporate a new High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converter station, a 400 kV substation, a 132 kV substation, and associated operational facilities. Once complete, it will enable efficient long‑distance transmission of offshore and onshore renewable energy, supporting both UK and Scottish Government net‑zero targets while delivering significant economic benefits, job creation, and local supply‑chain opportunities.

By joining the ASTI Netherton Hub project, candidates will gain hands‑on experience delivering one of the UK’s most significant energy programmes, developing advanced personal and professional skills, benefiting from long‑term career progression within a national framework, and playing a direct role in strengthening Scotland’s renewable‑powered future

Core

• Live the Balfour Beatty Values
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm
• Support the delivery of CSUK’s Sustainability activities
• Motivate section team and manage performance; monitor the competency of team members and undertake training/ coaching as appropriate

Health Safety & Environmental

• Sets targets and KPI’s in line with Project / Business objectives and monitors performance
• Carries out periodic Safety & Environment Tours as required by the Project H & S Plan
• Assists Lead in Incident Investigation and information gathering / review.
• Appraises improvement options and actions / instigates as appropriate
• Leads periodic risk reviews and takes output forward to the Project Risk Register
• Monitors effectiveness of the H & S Management System
• Keeps up to date with changes in legislation and cascades information to the team

Engineering Control

• Ensures that sufficient resources are allocated to the Works Section and that each has an appropriate level of ability
• Identifies and arranges training as required

Quality

• Sets targets and KPI’s in line with Project objectives and monitors performance
• Ensures site audits are undertaken and takes appropriate action on the findings
• Appraises improvement options and leads / instigates actions as appropriate
• Implements systems and processes to manage the quality of the constructive works
• Involved in working groups focused on Improvement Areas
• Overall ownership of Handover Documentation for Section

Productivity

• Sets targets and KPI’s in line with key outputs and monitors performance, reporting Section Progress
• Carry out constructive analysis of fully resourced programme
• Manages sub-contractor performance based on KPI’s
• Ensures production of operational target programmes to reflect overall construction programme
• Chairs prescribed Short Interval Control section meetings to review performance on site

Commercial

• Sets targets and KPI’s in line with budget forecast
• Attends and provides reports for weekly project meetings and identifies improvement areas and allocates / implements appropriate actions to team members
• Involved in the procurement of subcontractors and advises on commercial aspects / preferred attendances

The following qualities/experience are essential:

Core

• Able to clearly communicate the requirements of a safe system of work to ensure that these are followed accurately. Suggests and implements improvements to systems and capable of stopping operations when necessary.
• Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes with clarity; experienced at encouraging direct reports to do the same and managing a…