Sub Agent

**Sub Agent**

28 days' annual leave plus 8 days' bank holiday

Pension scheme / Life Assurance

Private health care

Company car/ car allowance and fuel card

Employee discount platform

Holiday purchase scheme / Cycle to work scheme

Milestone Infrastructure is currently looking to recruit a Sub-Agent to work on our projects based in and around Oxfordshire.

As a Sub-Agent, you will be part of Milestone Infrastructure's Projects Sector team who are responsible for the delivery of a variety of civil engineering projects.

Milestone Infrastructure (formally Skanska Infrastructure Services) has been delivering civil engineering projects in Oxfordshire since 2014. Over time, we have seen the value, complexity and scope of these projects increase and become more diverse. You will be joining a well established project delivery team and be a key person in the delivery of projects with interfaces including Network Rail, National Highways, Oxfordshire Network Management team and many other key stakeholders.

**As the **Site Sub Agent** your duties & responsibilities will be**:

- Manage operational resources in an effective manner ensuring projects are completed to programme, budget and within required SHEQ standards.
- Support, mentor, and coach members within the team to ensure effective career development.
- Deliver time, cost and quality performance in accordance with targets, process and procedures.
- To liaise with Clients and internal management to ensure compliance with Standards, DSR, Policy & Procedures and Industry Regulations and Legislation.
- Close liaison and continuous communication with other Managers within the business to ensure efficient operations and best utilisation of all resources in order to meet estimated outputs, deliver to programme, within budget to achieve correct financial return.
- Ensure Construction Phase Plans, method statements and safe systems of work are in-place before work is started and that required safety standards are always maintained.
- Ensure subcontractor site personnel are competent and fully trained to undertake their work.
- Fully engage with commercial teams and take responsibility for the commercial performance of the project.
- Keep accurate records including site diary, records of works activities, resource allocations and as-built information.
- Lead the project team in the development of construction programmes, phasing plans and method statements.
- Ensure compliance with CDM Regulations and duties of Principal Contractor role, ensuring adherence to Client H&S Plans, development of Construction Phase H&S Plans, compilation of Project Specific Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS), delivery of Site Safety Toolbox Talks and completion of regular Site Safety Inspections and Audits
- Plan and prepare site work packs and issue the information to supply chain and relevant parties.

**Skills & Knowledge Requirements**
- A good level of experience in civil engineering and workforce supervision including earthworks; drainage and structures in a highway and/or rail environment
- A good level of commercial acumen to facilitate cost control
- Good team worker and communicator
- The ability to drive excellent relationships with contacts at all levels including the client and colleagues;
- The ability to remain flexible in your approach to the role whilst embracing change and helping to drive that change through;
- Experience of working on NEC3 contracts including the mechanisms for notifications.
- Excellent communication skills - verbal and written - to ensure clarity in all situations and to effectively influence client decision making
- Highly organised and able to juggle priorities, whilst multi-tasking for many stakeholders, and still remaining focussed on what’s most important