Site Agent; Highways & Infrastructure

Position: Site Agent (Highways & Infrastructure)
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

## Site Agent (Highways & Infrastructure)
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Data zakończenia: 24 lipca 2026 (można jeszcze aplikować przez 15 dni/dzień)job requisition :
Capita is recruiting a Site Agent to lead the on‐site delivery of highways and civil engineering projects across North Tyneside. This is a key leadership role responsible for the safe, efficient and commercially sound delivery of works on site.
Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, the Site Agent will take full responsibility for managing site activity, overseeing operatives and supervisory teams, and ensuring projects are delivered in line with programme, quality, health & safety and budgetary requirements.
This is a fixed term position.
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* Job title:

** Site Agent (Highways & Infrastructure)
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* Job Description:

**** What you’ll be doing:
*** Taking overall control of day‐to‐day site operations on highways and infrastructure projects
* Managing and coordinating site teams, including Site Managers, Site Engineers, General Foremen, operatives and subcontractors
* Ensuring all works are delivered safely and in compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation, including CDM
* Planning, organising and sequencing works to achieve programme and productivity targets
* Managing resources including labour, plant, materials and subcontractors
* Monitoring progress and managing risk, issues and change on site
* Managing materials supply to control cost and support efficient delivery
* Maintaining accurate site records and ensuring project documentation and management systems are up to date
* Building effective working relationships with clients, stakeholders and internal support teams
* Supporting commercial delivery, including cost control, forecasting and financial recovery of works
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* What we’re looking for:

**## Essential experience and skills
* Proven experience in a Site Agent or senior site management role within construction or highways
* CSCS certification
* SMSTS or equivalent construction management qualification
* Strong understanding of health and safety legislation, including CDM
* Experience estimating and controlling labour, plant and material costs
* Experience monitoring and managing contract programmes
* Ability to use Microsoft Office and Excel
* Strong leadership and communication skills, able to engage effectively at all levels
* A full UK driving licence## Desirable experience
* Extensive knowledge of
** highways construction processes
*** Experience using
** Microsoft Project
*** Understanding of project productivity expectations
* Experience working within organisations delivering projects using
** both in‐house and subcontracted teams**
* ** First Aid at Work
** qualification
* * About Capita
** Capita is an outsourcer, helping clients across the public and private sectors run complex business processes more efficiently, creating better consumer experiences. Operating across 8 countries, Capita’s 41,000 colleagues support primarily UK and European clients with people-based services underpinned by market-leading technology.
We’re a vital support service for our clients, enabling the everyday interactions that we expect to run seamlessly, to run seamlessly.
A publicly listed business with adjusted revenue of £2.6bn, Capita’s areas of focus are Central Government, Local Public Service, Defence, Learning, Fire & Security, Contact Centres and Pensions Solutions. We’re embracing change to respond to the ever-changing needs of society, creating better outcomes for all our stakeholders
** What’s in it for you?**
* ** 23
* * days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
* The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
* Auto-enrolment to our company pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks...and plenty more
* Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing,…