Agent

Huddersfield, England, United Kingdom

11/4/2024

Building a sustainable tomorrow

The Transpennine Route Upgrade is a major investment to be made in the railway between York and Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield. This is a multi-billion-pound, transformative, long-term railway infrastructure programme that will improve connectivity in the North. It will support economic growth in the North and deliver real benefits for passengers and communities along this pivotal rail artery. The TRU West Alliance is delivering a key part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade that will increase capacity and provide space for millions more passengers in the north every year.

Involving multiple bridge reconstructions, significant earthworks, refurbishment of historical listed structures besides well the construction of several new stations and a multi span viaduct; TRU has an exciting portfolio of Civil engineering works to suit your interests and skillset. We have exciting opportunities to join our dynamic team in the Huddersfield to Dewsbury corridor as Agents working on the construction phase of this prestigious scheme.

Your mission

Key Tasks

• Managing overall responsibility for delivery of sections of work safely, to time and on budget.
• Setting a personal example in health safety and environmental matters through strong, visible leadership (including safety tours).
• Acting as a champion for all Alliance and supply chain employees. Actively supporting HSQE initiatives, both on the project and across business.
• Driving quality delivery through effective planning.
• Maintaining a good working relationship within the Alliance Project Team and promoting the values and behaviours with Stakeholders and the supply chain.
• Maintaining a close working relationship with the Alliance procurement team to ensure compliant and advantageous procurement arrangements for the project.
• Establishing close working relationships with works supervisory staff (work managers and general foremen) to ensure the cost-effective management of labour and plants.
• Undertake 1-1 meetings, perform performance development reviews, and support the development and training needs of junior staff.
  
  

Who are we looking for?

Your Qualifications, Skills, And Experience Should Include

• Successful management of a number of contracts or large packages of work on major infrastructure projects.
• Working knowledge of various construction techniques and a knowledge of the UK rail industry (although this is not essential for the right candidates)
• Should possess effective verbal and writing communication skills at all levels.
• Contributed to the successful management of health and safety on site by being able to identify and mitigate risks.
• It is preferable to have either significant earthwork or heavy structure experience.
• Experience working on projects based on collaborative forms of contracts is desirable.
• Experience working on multi-disciplinary projects is desirable.
• Qualified or working towards Chartered Engineer status is desirable.
  
  

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family friendly policies
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development
  
  

BAM Nuttall is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.

Who are we?

The art of building is about building for communities; it’s about building for life.

Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.

Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.

Our recruitment process, what you need to know?

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.

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