Schemes Agent

**Schemes Agent**

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Generous pension scheme/Life assurance

Employee discount platform

Cycle to work scheme/Holiday purchase scheme/Referral scheme

Ongoing training and development including professional qualifications

Milestone Infrastructure is the UKs leading Highways Maintenance provider looking after over 24,000 miles of roads, 280,000 lighting assets and 20,000 miles of footways, always with a view to ensuring that all works are carried out as sustainably as possible and with mínimal impact to local communities.

In line with our ambitious plans for growth we are looking to recruit a Schemes Agent to join the Hampshire Highways team.

**Key duties & responsibilities**:

- Responsible for the operational delivery of all carriageways and resurfacing schemes within Hampshire Highways including:

- Management of our extensive supply chain,
- Management of the annual plan and contractors programme
- Be familiar with, and demonstrate commitment to the requirements of the Health & Safety and Environmental Policies,
- Establish a proactive health and safety culture in line with Milife
- Supporting the ongoing cultural change programme for alignment of delivery to Milestones core values and purpose
- Responsible for delivering contract efficiencies for HCC,
- Represent the Schemes Team on joint meetings with Hampshire CC
- Ensure the work is resourced with sufficient staff competent for the role expected from them.
- Proactively develop client relationships. Maintain sound communications with clients, depots and supply chain.
- Ensure a regular and robust timetable of internal meetings are implemented with relevant parties for which you are responsible.
- Ensure that their contractors receive or have access to copies of the Environmental Policy and are kept informed of environmental developments and issues,
- Ensure that the Environmental Policy and appropriate parts of Environmental Procedures are effectively managed and communicated to the workforce, particularly to those engaged on activities that have been identified as likely to have a significant environmental impact.

**Additional responsibilities**:

- Manage and deliver the contract tender margin
- Establish and maintain a proactive health and safety culture
- Enforce and comply with company policies and procedures
- Ensure contractual compliance and minimise defects and rework.
- Develop and maintain sound communications with both existing and proposed clients and supply chain.

**Essential skills & experience**:

- Strong people skills with experience in managing employees, customers, and suppliers,
- Track record in delivering multiple packages of work to agreed programmes and timescales.
- A clear understanding of the health and safety, environmental and other requirements associated with the process of delivering multiple packages of highway works.
- A high level of emotional and social intelligence,
- Demonstrable experience in highways
- Understanding of financial and contract payment mechanisms
- Computer literacy with basic MS packages,
- Able to work to tight deadlines under pressure,
- Manage and prioritise own workload,

**Qualifications**:

- SSSTS, IOSHH
- CSCS
- NRSWA - Supervisor