Site Agent

Costain have won extensive work across the water sector this year to support the AMP 8 investment cycle. We have been appointed by United Utilities as one of 7 partners to the Enterprise, delivering £5.5bn of projects in the Asset Management Period 8 (AMP8) between 2025 - 2030, and AMP 9 (2030 - 2035). Our scope is to provide project management, design, construction and commissioning services on design and build schemes throughout the North West and Cumbria region covered by United Utilities. Projects vary in value, covering both infrastructure and non-infrastructure assets on water and wastewater sites with wider Enterprise partners

The Site Agent will support the delivery of planned work across the United Utilities (UU) region and develop key relationships within UU operational personnel, supply chain partners and the wider UU delivery teams. The role will deliver multiple on-going projects to the specified quality, maximising commercial performance and maintaining high standards of health & safety and environmental impact
- Line management and development of site teams
- Ensure production and implementation of project plans, RAMs, ITPs and waste management
- Be responsible for robust and comprehensive site records (diaries, allocation sheets etc)
- Ensure supply chain remain compliant with the framework management plan
- Create a safety culture to strive toward zero LTI and RIDDOR incidents
- Maintain a commercial focus with a high level of challenge on project scope and choosing efficient delivery strategies
- Work closely with all project teams to ensure sites have suitably competent and skilled resources required to complete tasks
- Ensure delivery teams are engaged at operational level and supportive of the projects and services and their potential impacts
- Ensure consistent and reliable reporting of project SHE metrics, progress, cost, change etc.
- Ensure key project risks are identified early, and mitigated where possible
- Previous experience of working on multidisciplinary projects
- Experience working with MEICA interfaces and or in a water environment would be beneficial but is not essential
- A team player who can develop good team working relationships and demonstrate collaborative behaviours
- Experience of managing and delivering projects (or packages of work within larger projects) safely to quality, time and budget
- Practical experience and familiarity of delivery to NEC forms of contract
- Ability to build trusted relationships with key stakeholders, within your team and across the operational sites, Client team, Enterprise, our Framework team (including design and supply chain partners) & Costain group
- Computer competence (standard Microsoft tools, document control system, Primavera software, etc)
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Full UK driving licence
- HNC/HND or degree in a relevant civil engineering discipline
- SMSTS qualification
- Relevant CSCS card

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Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

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