General Foreman

7 months ago


Exeter, United Kingdom Kier Group Full time

We're looking for a General Foreman to join our Regional Civils team based in Cornwall.

**Location**: Cornwall - Site Based

**Contract**: Full time, permanent

**Salary**: up to £56k depending on experience

**What will you be responsible for?**

As a General Foreman, you'll be working within the Regional Civils team, supporting them in delivering numerous civils projects on the Southwest Environment Agency Collaborative Delivery Framework where Kier is acting as the Principal Contractor. Working in conjunction with the Site Team to ensure Earthworks, Concrete works and Drainage works are carried out accurately and that quality is maintained; records are kept; abortive or defective work is avoided, and that satisfactory progress is achieved.

Your day to day will include:

- Deliver work packages to agreed programmes and liaise with operational delivery teams.
- Attendance at regular meetings to ensure clear communication channels are in place, to report on progress; identify problems and any keep records of any variations to the scope of works both internally and externally.
- Focus on Health and Safety, making sure all risk assessments are completed and submitted and that all works are carried out in accordance with Kier's Health and Safety policies and procedures.
- Oversee the co-ordination of operatives, subcontractors, and suppliers in your section of works in a planned and controlled manner ensuring efficiency and minimising costs.
- Ensure the project is safely delivered on time, to budget and achieve the highest levels of customer satisfaction.

**What are we looking for?**

This role of General Foreman is great for you if:

- CSCS Gold Card and SMSTS
- First Aid Training and Health and Safety awareness
- An awareness of commercial and temporary works
- Previous experience in a similar role
- Previous experience managing a small team

**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.


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