General Foreman in Bath

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

M Group Highways is supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We don’t just build roads and bridges - we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work. You’ll be joining our Civils projects team - we deliver specialist civil engineering for the private and public sectors across the UK, building strong relationships based on a collaborative approach.

What will you be doing?

• You’ll supervise and manage construction works for the Project team, using your experience to suggest suitable construction methods.
• You’ll carry out all briefing and put operatives to work, ensuring the highest possible Health, Safety & Environmental standards.
• You’ll build a good relationship with the client to meet their expectations.
• You’ll coach and mentor staff and operatives, supervising and putting to work site yardmen.
• Ensuring quality procedures and compliance and notifying the site team of issues on site and suggestions of how to overcome them.
• You’ll work with the Site Agent in monitoring HSEQ aspects of the project.
• You’ll keep a full diary of site activities and have input into the planning process reporting on progress to date and blockers and movers.

What you’ll bring:

• Drive for results pushes for self and others to achieve targets.
• Communication Skills - Communicates well on all types of topics.
• Organising and managing work - Sets clear objectives and measures progress.
• Managing health, safety and green - Communicates a compelling and inspired health and safety vision.
• Ethics and Values - Adheres to an appropriate (and effective) set of core values and beliefs.
• Dealing with ambiguity - Can act and decide without having the full picture.
• Developing direct reports and others - Provides challenging assignments with stretching targets.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme.
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Employee assistance programme.
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts.
• Life assurance.
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave.
• Reward and recognition scheme.
• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from.
• Private health care and health care cash plan for you.
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Holiday purchase scheme.
• Personal Accident Cover.

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations and ways of working align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet.
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations.
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.