Sector: Rail ¦Civil Engineering Asset Maintenance (CAM)
Location: Inverness
About Our Business Unit
A dynamic and fast-paced environment engaged in a variety of multi-disciplinary civil engineering projects. We work with diverse clients, including Local Authorities, Network Rail, and Environmental agencies.
Our projects typically encompass civil engineering works and infrastructure developments such as:
- Highways & Roads
- Underbridges, Overbridges, and Footbridges
- Tunnels
- Flood Alleviation & Repairs
- Earthworks & Embankments
- Rail Platforms and Station Infrastructure
Currently, we operate several live infrastructure projects and long-term frameworks, including Civils Asset Management (CAM), Renewals Enhancement Framework (REF), and a Slabtrack framework.
The Role
You will be responsible for planning and delivering successful project outcomes by:
- Ensuring the Health, Safety, and Welfare of all personnel and others under your supervision, in compliance with the Supervisors’ Health and Safety Responsibility Statement.
- Effectively implementing all company and client health, safety, and environmental initiatives.
- Reporting unsafe practices or conditions.
- Promoting a culture of continuous improvement and best practice.
- Leading, supervising, and monitoring both direct and subcontracted teams.
- Delivering work within agreed timelines and budgets, in accordance with:
- All relevant legislation
- Contract terms and conditions
- The Contract Health and Safety Plan
- The Contract Quality/Environmental Plan
- Client-approved Work Package Plans and Task Briefing Sheets
- Approved Construction Drawings and Specifications
- Company policies and procedures within the Business Management System
- Ensuring quality standards are met ‘right first time.’
- Monitoring progress to ensure project objectives are achieved.
- Managing scope changes effectively, from identification to implementation.
- Maintaining accurate records such as diaries, allocation sheets, and plant logs.
- Providing regular progress reports to the Project Manager or Site Agent.
- Escalating unresolved issues at site level to the Project Manager or Site Agent.
- Identifying and addressing training needs for directly employed operatives under your supervision.
Candidate Requirements
- Prior experience as a Supervisor within the railway maintenance industry.
- Valid PTS (Personal Track Safety) certification.
- Demonstrable experience in civil engineering or rail infrastructure projects with relevant competencies and certifications.
What We Offer
- Permanent, weekly-paid positions with competitive salary and additional uplifts for overtime, weekend, and night shifts.
- Generous holiday entitlement: 25 days plus bank holidays, increasing with service.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Life insurance coverage.
- Health plans including Westfield Health Cash Plan and Rewards.
- Opportunities for personal and professional growth within our organisation.
- Continuous training and development.
- A safe, supportive work environment prioritising employee welfare.
- Forums and channels to voice your opinions and suggestions.
Join us in contributing to vital rail projects across Scotland and advancing your career within a supportive and inclusive environment.
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The Company
Why AmcoGiffen?
You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.
AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.
Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen
We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.
We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.
Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.
AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.
Health & Wellbeing
Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.
Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!
For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:
[email protected]
Recruitment Manager
