Senior Site Agent

London, Hampton, Middlesex (site-based with travel required)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Site Agent to join our Thames team, part of Galliford Try.

As a Senior Site Agent, you will take full responsibility for managing your section of works, ensuring delivery meets client and company performance expectations. This is a site-based role with travel across multiple locations, so flexibility is essential.

• Take ownership of day-to-day management of allocated works, including supervision and monitoring of site teams and supply chain partners.
• Plan, control, and monitor progress, coordinating sections of the project as allocated.
• Manage multiple work packages in conjunction with the commercial team, taking full ownership of costs for your section.
• Capture and manage any changes in scope (operations, commercial, programme, or design).
• Understand temporary works requirements and implement value engineering solutions.
• Attend external meetings with clients and stakeholders, building strong relationships.
• Report progress and performance to the Project Manager and assist with cost forecasting, valuation, and reporting systems.
• Lead weekly and monthly site meetings and ensure all teams work to the latest design information.
• Undertake material take-offs, order materials, and reconcile usage.
• Carry out regular Health & Safety checks and CDM audits, ensuring compliance with RAMS, Permit to Work systems, inductions, and safety briefings.
• Resolve unexpected technical issues and maintain strict quality control procedures.
• Ensure site diaries are kept up to date and lead direct reports effectively, including annual PDRs.
• Monitor capability of staff and contractors for current and future workloads, reporting to senior management.
• Identify and assist in introducing new processes, techniques, and innovations on site.

(This is not an exhaustive list of duties.)

• HNC or higher in a relevant discipline.
• SMSTS and relevant CSCS card.
• Proficient in Office 365
• Significant civil engineering experience.
• Ability to manage multiple or large packages of work.
• Skilled in reading and interpreting data, drawings, specifications, and schedules.
• Highly organised with strong prioritisation skills.
• Adept at interfacing with site teams, subcontractors, designers, and clients.
• Strong knowledge of CDM 2015 and NEC contracts.
• Proven leadership, delegation, and advanced problem-solving skills.
• CAD experience (desirable).
• Temporary Works Coordinator (desirable).
• First Aid certification (desirable).

With an impressive order book of over £3.8 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment.

With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

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