Site Agent

About the role

We're looking for an organised, and proactive Site Agent to join our team. You'll be involved in a variety of civil engineering projects including coastal defence and highway improvement schemes, helping us deliver safe, high quality results for the communities we serve. If you enjoy variety in your day‑to‑day work and like working with people, this could be a great fit.

• Supporting the smooth running of daily site operations.
• Working closely with our site teams, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Helping to plan work, track progress, and keep site records up to date.
• Making sure safety, quality and environmental standards are met.
• Collaborating with clients, designers, and other partners to keep projects moving forward.
• Assisting with planning, resourcing and cost management.
• Encouraging good teamwork and a positive atmosphere on site.

You’ll have:

• Experience as a Site Agent or Senior Site Engineer
• A background in coastal, marine, or highway projects.
• Good communication and leadership skills, with a practical, hands‑on approach.
• An understanding of industry safety and construction practices.
• Relevant qualifications such as a degree, HNC/HND, or equivalent.
• SMSTS, CSCS, and First Aid.

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro‑rata).
• Family‑friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, ENEI, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long‑term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence “Employer Recognition Scheme” and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long‑term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabil

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at candidate recruit