Agent

Reading, England, United Kingdom

12/13/2024

Job Description

Costain are working with Thames Water on a variety of water and wastewater projects and have fantastic opportunities for individuals to join our growing AMP7 delivery team, working predominantly across the Thames Valley and Thames South regions. There is a mix of projects ranging from smaller capital maintenance to large civil new build schemes.

Responsibilities

• Develop programmes and forecast budgets with the Senior Agent, derive simple indices to assess actual programme and productivity achieved and prepare reports for weekly and monthly reviews.
• Be fully conversant with supply chain contract conditions and responsibilities, manage their works and account measurement with the commercial team.
• Requisitioning resources in a timely manner to ensure that they are correctly specified and readily available so as not to impede the construction programme.
• Reconciliation of planned versus actual resources for compilation of weekly reports and the control and ordering of resources.
• Complete inspection and test plans, risk assessments and method statements for the control of the works ensuring that all necessary documentation are produced in a timely manner.
• Keep a full and accurate daily site diary, including any changes / variations, subcontractors’ attendance, and records of work-related discussions with client / designer project team.
• Manage supervise and mentor site and assistant engineers to ensure high levels of engineering control and appropriate records.
• Regularly review with the Senior Agent the performance, training and development needs of your direct reports.
  
  

Qualifications

• Civil Engineering related qualification (HNC, HND, BSc MSc, BEng, MEng).
• Site Management Safety Training Scheme SMSTS.
• Relevant CSCS Card
• CPCS Lifting Appointed Person.
• Other relevant training (preferred includes Appointed Person, relevant lifting training and temporary works co-ordination)
• Understanding of Engineering Principles and extensive technical knowledge of construction techniques and best practices
• Knowledge of construction contract law and forms of contract through formal training.
• Computer competence (MS Word, Excel, Document control system, Primavera software).
• Successful experience at Senior Engineer level
• Good communication skills for interface with members of the public and other stakeholders
• Current Driving Licence
  
  

About Us

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.