Morgan Sindall Infrastructure
General Foreman
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Flitwick, Bedfordshire
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About The Role
We are seeking an experienced General Foreman to join our Rail Business Unit and play a key role in the delivery of a significant Accessibility for All (AfA) Scheme at Flitwick. Working within the Network Rail Eastern Framework, this high-profile project involves multiple multidisciplinary interfaces and offers the opportunity to contribute to a major enhancement programme that will improve accessibility for rail passengers.
Working alongside the Site Agent and Engineering team, you will take ownership of the day-to-day management of site operations, ensuring works are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards.
As General Foreman, you will be responsible for coordinating and supervising site activities, labour, plant, materials, and subcontractors to ensure successful project delivery. You will be a visible leader on site, championing safety, performance, quality, and collaboration.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day site activities and supervise site operations.
- Coordinate and control all site works, ensuring compliance with programme requirements.
- Lead site teams and subcontractors to achieve safe and efficient delivery.
- Deliver toolbox talks, task briefings, and safety communications.
- Monitor labour, materials, plant, and subcontractor performance.
- Maintain site records and diaries, ensuring accurate reporting of activities.
- Work closely with the Site Agent, Engineers, and wider project team to review progress and resolve issues.
- Ensure compliance with all SHEQ, environmental, and statutory requirements.
- Monitor quality standards and ensure works are completed in accordance with specifications and drawings.
- Identify and communicate risks, issues, contractual variations, and opportunities for improvement.
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About You
You will be an established General Foreman or Site Supervisor with experience delivering railway infrastructure projects and leading operational teams in a live rail environment.
Essential Requirements
- Experience managing site operations within the railway industry.
- Experience supervising multidisciplinary construction activities.
- SMSTS Certification.
- Personal Track Safety (PTS).
- Strong understanding of site safety, quality, and delivery requirements.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and team management skills.
- Ability to plan works effectively and drive programme performance.
Desirable
- NVQ Level 3 or 4 (or equivalent vocational qualification).
- CSCS Card.
- First Aid Qualification.
- CITB 5-Day Site Management qualification.
What You'll Bring
- A proactive and collaborative approach.
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- The ability to motivate and develop teams.
- Effective resource management and planning capability.
- Commitment to achieving high standards of safety, quality, and delivery.
About The Rail Business Unit
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Millions of people rely on Britain’s rail network to take them safely and efficiently across the country every day. Morgan Sindall helps this happen by providing renewed and enhanced rail infrastructure with the minimum of passenger disruption.
Our customers receive a multi-disciplined service covering electrification, power supply, tunnelling and a full range of civil engineering and building capabilities including structures, lineside infrastructure, and station enhancements. This is complemented by track and signalling works from our supply chain partners to provide a complete rail offering.
Our expertise is focused not only on effective delivery of projects within a railway environment, but also on minimising disruption for railway users through the adoption of innovative working practices and techniques. These include ‘live launch’ bridge construction, in which we can install bridges while allowing railways beneath to remain operational.
From landmark station refurbishment projects and platform extensions to tunnelling works and bridge launches, we have a record of delivering rail projects that are helping to provide a rail network fit for the 21st century.
Morgan Sindall is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation. We are also an Investors in People company.
Morgan Sindall is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.
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