Costain Group
Senior General Foreperson
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Senior General Foreperson - Southern Water Framework
CMDP+ is looking to strengthen their team with a Senior General Foreperson for our Southern Water Framework. MWH Treatment and Costain Group are part of the CMDP+ joint venture that will deliver a range of construction schemes to maintain and improve Southern Water’s water supply and wastewater treatment works within the South and Southeast regions.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the coordination of works between all parts of the operational project team.
- Build and develop the team to deliver all aspects of the project requirements; identify training, review performance, and ensure delivery of briefings.
- Provide, monitor, and control labour, plant, and materials to meet the programme.
- Manage the supply chain and the direct workforce.
- Ensure a high standard of quality on the works to meet the specification ‘first time’ and minimize rework.
- Assist the engineering team with working methods and outputs for the production of method statements and programme.
- Ensure accurate, legible, and up-to-date allocation sheets are recorded and provided at shift close with delivery tickets and plant returns to the engineering and commercial teams.
- Ensure all records, for example inspections, works permits, and briefings, are up to date and in place.
- Carry out regular safety and environmental inspections and implement recommended courses of action as identified from progress monitoring and management inspections.
- Keep a full and accurate daily site diary, including any changes / variations, supply chain attendance, and records of work-related discussions with the client / designer / project team.
- Input into program and budget setting and monitor against progress.
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Qualifications
Essential
- Understanding of construction techniques and best practice.
- Knowledge of the construction contract and forms of contract through formal training.
- Computer competence (Email, Word, Excel, Document control system).
- Successful experience at General Foreperson level.
- Recognised Civil Engineering and water experience.
- Understanding of Engineering Principles.
- Extensive technical knowledge of construction techniques and best practices.
- Training in Health & Safety and Environmental management (IOSH for example).
- Experience of managing large sites.
- Deep pipeline experience.
- Experience of installing large diameter pipes in restricted working areas.
Desirable
- CSCS Gold Card
- Site Management Safety Training Scheme SMSTS.
- NVQ Level 4 - Construction Site Supervision.
- NVQ 6 Black Card.
- Confined space Cat and genny.
- Temp works supervisor.
- HNC/HND in Civil Engineering (Desirable).
- Traffic Management Lantra 12a/b qualification (Desirable).
- Traffic safety control Officer (TSCO) (Desirable).
- Vocational Training (successful experience of project supervision) (Desirable).
About Costain
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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CMDP is a joint venture between Costain and MWHT and delivers a range of schemes to maintain and improve Southern Water’s water supply and wastewater treatment works in the eastern half of its region (Kent & Sussex).
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