Site Agent

Overview

Volker Fitzpatrick offers a range and depth of civil engineering, infrastructure and building services. We contribute to vital parts of the nation’s life through projects of strategic importance, while delivering those less visible, yet essential, works required by both private and public sectors. We build, renew, maintain highways, airports, railway infrastructure, and commercial, industrial and educational buildings. We are looking for a Site Agent, ideally with Civils/Rail experience, to join our team as part of the Southern Renewals Enterprise.

This role will be based from our Basingstoke office, covering Structures projects across primarily the Wessex & Sussex routes.

• Manage the delivery of several concurrent projects within the Structures portfolio, including New & Replacement Bridges, Structural Refurbishments and Retaining Structures.

• Experience working on Structures projects, ideally in a Rail environment.
• Proven technical and project management abilities
• Strong organisational and management skills
• Knowledge of the requirements and implementation of CDM regulations
• Ability to produce Work Package Plans, Task Briefing Sheets, and implement safe systems of work
• Detailed knowledge of Safety, Quality and Environmental issues relevant to the project environment
• Sufficient experience required in construction
• 5 years' experience in delivery of Projects on Network Rail Infrastructure
• PTS
• CITB SMTS or equivalent
• CSCS
• Temporary Works Co-ordinator

Volker Fitzpatrick is under the umbrella of Volker Wessels UK, a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure. By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within Volker Wessels UK, Volker Fitzpatrick ensures our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Private medical care
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Shopping and restaurant vouchers, rewards, and discounts
• Training and development opportunities — comprehensive skills-based training
• Family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity benefits
• Flexible working opportunities
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mental health, physical health, and financial support
• 24/7 Virtual GP service

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, Volker Wessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

Volker Wessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.