Site Agent in Waltham Cross

About The Role

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?

At M Group Highways, we’re 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?

• Manage operational resources in an effective manner ensuring projects are completed to programme, budget and within required SHEQ standards.
• Support, mentor, and coach members within the team to ensure effective career development.
• Deliver time, cost and quality performance in accordance with targets, process and procedures.
• Liaise with Clients and internal management to ensure compliance with Standards, DSR, Policy & Procedures and Industry Regulations and Legislation.
• Close liaison and continuous communication with other Managers within the business to ensure efficient operations and best utilisation of all resources in order to meet estimated outputs, deliver to programme, within budget to achieve correct financial return.
• Build effective relationships with senior members of the supply chain and client teams.
• Adopt a proactive approach on the project to identify best practice, implement improvements, gather and feedback knowledge and inform the team on what good looks like.
• Ensure Construction Phase Plans, method statements and safe systems of work are in place before work is started and that required safety standards are always maintained.
• Ensure subcontractor site personnel are competent and fully trained to undertake their work.
• Fully engage with commercial teams and take responsibility for the commercial performance of the project.
• Keep accurate records including site diary, records of works activities, resource allocations and as-built information.
• Lead the project team in the development of construction programmes, phasing plans and method statements.
• Ensure compliance with CDM Regulations and duties of Principal Contractor role, ensuring adherence to Client H&S Plans, development of Construction Phase H&S Plans, compilation of Project Specific Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS), delivery of Site Safety Toolbox Talks and completion of regular Site Safety Inspections and Audits.

What you’ll bring:

• A good level of experience in civil engineering and workforce supervision including earthworks; drainage, structures, and Highways.
• A good level of commercial acumen to facilitate cost control.
• Proven Leadership qualities.
• Good team worker and communicator.
• Innovative - ability to identify and drive better ways of doing things.
• Passionate about values and helping to create a positive, open and collaborative culture, choosing to work safely and influencing others to do the same.
• Committed to caring for people’s safety.
• Responsible taking ownership and accountability for your role and willing to make decisions.
• Ensuring that you are clear about your part in what we do and supportive of others.
• Driven constantly focused on improving performance, doing everything to the best of your ability and making the best of every situation.
• Ethical - strong ethical values.

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.
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme.
• Private health care and health care cash plan for you and your family.
• 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.