OHL Civils Sub Agent

About the role

Balfour Beatty Regional Civils is proud to be delivering a major overhead line infrastructure project through a joint venture partnership with our Power T&D business, supporting the UK’s growing energy and transmission network. As part of this high-profile programme of works, we are looking to recruit an experienced Sub Agent to join our team based in Bristol.

This role presents an excellent opportunity for a driven civil engineering professional to play a key role in the safe and successful delivery of complex infrastructure works within the power and utilities sector. Working within a collaborative joint venture environment, you will be involved in coordinating site operations, driving programme delivery, managing subcontractors, and maintaining the highest standards of health, safety, quality, and environmental performance.

• Supporting the planning and delivery of civils works on overhead line projects
• Managing site operations to ensure safety, quality, programme, and commercial targets are achieved
• Coordinating subcontractors, suppliers, and site teams
• Assisting with short-term programming, method statements, and risk assessments
• Monitoring progress and reporting on project performance
• Ensuring works are delivered in line with Balfour Beatty standards and procedures
• Building strong relationships with client and JV stakeholders

• Proven experience in a Sub Agent or Site Engineer role within civil engineering
• Experience in overhead line, power, utilities, or infrastructure projects (desirable)
• Strong knowledge of CDM regulations and health & safety practices
• HNC/HND or Degree in Civil Engineering (or equivalent)
• SMSTS and CSCS (Manager level)
• Excellent organisational, leadership, and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively within a joint venture environment.

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.

Why join us?

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.

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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