Site Agent

About the role

Job Title
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Site Agent

Location: Dundee

Project Type: Civils

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 ASTI tracks project between Dundee and Stonehaven refers to the 400kV upgrade of the Fetteresso to Tealing transmission line, one of SSEN Transmission’s key Pathway to 2030 reinforcements. The project will deliver a modern, high‑capacity overhead line and substation interfaces that are essential for connecting future offshore wind generation. Balfour Beatty’s scope includes delivering new overhead line infrastructure, substation works, and early‑stage engineering input as part of SSEN’s £10bn ASTI programme.

By joining the ASTI East project from Fetteresso to Tealing, candidates will gain hands‑on experience delivering one of the UK’s most significant energy‑transition programmes, developing advanced 400kV transmission 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
• Produces the risk schedule for section, reviews and updates
• Prepares a cost plan and manages cost value

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 team to ensure tasks are carried out effectively and key messages cascaded
• Strong work ethic with flexibility to work unsociable hours/nights as required by the programme
• Able to work on own initiative and seek out opportunities in line with level of responsibility
• Holds a current driving license and…