Agent

We're looking for an Agent to join our Highways team based in Tebay to assist the project team in setting and delivering a high performing contract on the M6 Lune Gorge project.

Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Location: Tebay - site based

Contract: Permanent Fulltime

Salary: £55,000 - £62,000 per annum + £6,700 annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As an Agent, you'll specify, schedule and manage the engineering resources (people, and physical assets) to ensure the technical compliance of the assigned scheme to the design specification and to implement the plan safely, on time and to the required quality while maximising customers' satisfaction and gross profit.

Your day to day will include:

· Management of Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality (SHEQ) matters for areas of direct responsibility

· Manage design & pre-construction, construction to close out to meet all contractual requirements

· Assist the Construction and Quality Managers in ensuring the effective and efficient site management of the project quality objectives. Promote continuous improvement and share good practice at project level and within the business

· To lead, manage and motivate the engineering and design staff on the scheme and to establish its full contribution to the organisation

What are we looking for?

This role of Agent is great if you have:

· Relevant construction related Degree / HNC

· Have knowledge, experience and competency with regards to works on structures and in particular bridges

· Relevant CSCS card and NH passport

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier