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Job Description
To safely manage people and all operational activities on medium to large projects ensuring HSQE, programme and budget requirements are met.
Responsibilities
- Manage sub-contractors and the workforce
- Communicate with rest of site team including engineers, quantity surveyors, safety officers and the client to ensure full understanding of information.
- Build and develop the team to deliver all aspects of the project requirements Provide, monitor and control labour, plant and materials to meet the programme. Ensure daily diaries and allocation sheets are up to date.
- Ensure safe systems of work over all activities.
- Ensure all records, e.g. plant, delivery tickets, temporary works and permits are up to date and in place. Assist line manager / engineers with programming and production of activity plans.
- Contribute to weekly meetings and QF regarding safety, progress, resourcing, costs and programme. Ensure all statutory weekly or daily inspections are carried out, e.g. weekly safety and environment tours.
- Assist and promote the development of the workforce e.g. identify training requirements, review the performance of the workforce and ensure delivery of tool box talks.
- Ensure high standard of quality on the works to at least meet the specification requirements.
Essential
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Successful experience as a foreman
- In-depth knowledge of company policy and procedures, safety legislation and environment issues
- Able to read drawings and construct to them, work to a programme and keep written and electronic records.
- Demonstrate experience in relevant civil engineering activities and temporary works. Able to develop and promote safe systems of work.
- Good people management skills and experience in team building.
- Excellent communication skills.
Desirable
- To take responsibility of your Personal Development and continuing Personal Development
- Qualified first aider
- Balancing Our Needs course
Qualifications
Essential
- Attendance of SMSTS
- Attendance of Site Briefing Presenters course
- Attendance of Annual Management of Health & Safety and Your Safety is My Safety
Desirable
- NVQ Level 6 in Construction Management
- Successful Completion of the FLM Manager programme
- Member of a professional body
- NEC course
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.
Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.
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