Balfour Beatty plc
Civils foreman
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About The Role
At Balfour Beatty, we're shaping the future of infrastructure by delivering some of the UK's most ambitious and technically challenging projects. We're looking for an experienced Site Foreman to join our Regional Civils team on the Apollo Project Bridgwater.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering a high-profile civil engineering project, leading site operations, driving performance, and ensuring works are completed safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards. If you're passionate about leading teams, delivering quality, and making a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.
What you'll be doing
As a Site Foreman You Will
- Supervising and coordinating site teams, subcontractors and plant resources.
- Leading daily briefings and ensuring all works are carried out in line with Balfour Beatty's health, safety and environmental standards.
- Monitoring progress against programme and working closely with the Site Manager to achieve project milestones.
- Ensuring works are completed in accordance with specifications, drawings and quality requirements.
- Coordinating labour, materials and plant to maximise productivity.
- Identifying and resolving site issues quickly to minimise delays.
- Maintaining accurate site records, including diaries, inspections and permits.
- Supporting the development of apprentices and junior members of the team.
Who we're looking for
You Will Have The Following
- Experience delivering civil engineering or infrastructure projects.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills.
- A proactive approach to problem solving and decision making.
- Strong understanding of health, safety, environmental and quality requirements.
- Experience managing subcontractors and coordinating multiple work activities.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
- SSSTS or SMSTS qualification.
- CSCS card (appropriate level).
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Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
Benefits
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About Us
With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
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To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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