Site Agent

We're looking for an Agent to join our Major Projects Nuclear department based in Hinkley Point C, Somerset, Bridgewater.

Location: Somerset, Bridgewater
Contract: Permanent

Responsibilities

As an Agent you'll be working within the major projects HPC team, supporting them by taking ownership of a project by managing resources (people, finance and physical assets) in a safe and timely manner to the required quality.

You will be joining our expending roads and networks team who are delivering the permanent roads and networks which link up the main buildings to allow the power station to be commissioned and put into operation, your day to day will include:

• Lead a significant section of the project, ensuring all labour, plant, materials and supply chain resources are accurately recorded.
• Support the implementation and monitoring of Performance and Health & Safety policies and procedures in accordance with Kierbam standards. Reporting and auditing using the clients Insight system.
• Promote integrated working with other members within the project to create a one-team ethos, including development of team members.
• Take full ownership and accountability for cost management of your project, ensuring robust control of Target Cost, actual costs and forecasts through commercial awareness and using site-based systems such as CEMAR.

Who are we looking for?

This role of Agent is great for you if:

• You have relevant qualifications – degree level, or equivalent experience
• Excellent communication and project management skills including leading and managing technical teams.
• Able to take the lead with client interfaces.
• Able to establish project requirements and drive the team to deliver the outcomes in terms of quality, cost and programme.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

Due to the nature of this role and the nature of the work at this site, you will be required to complete a Government Security Check (SC) Clearance / Counter Terrorism Check (CTC), which takes place during/before your employment, and is conducted by the Cabinet Office's United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including residency history. (Applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us - To read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit www.kier.co.uk/careers/making-ground). This role will also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

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