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Works Manager

November 21, 2022 | Comments Off on Works Manager

Kier Highways Major Projects South have been appointed as principal contractor for the delivery of the A417-Missing Link in Gloucestershire. The project will consist of 5.5km of new dual carriageway and 7 new build structures. The project will provide a free-flowing road network between the M5 in Gloucestershire and the M4 in Wiltshire. We are looking for a Works Manager to take responsibility for overseeing all early site works to facilitate the development of detailed design, moving into the overseeing of the multi-disciplined main site works in Autumn 2023. Within this role, you can enjoy private healthcare, company car or car allowance, competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave and even more.

Location: South - agile at first but will be expected to work from the A417 site 5 days a week when spades to ground

Contract: Permanent, Fulltime

Salary: £60k - £65k

Responsibilities

As a Works Manager, you'll be Implementing safe systems of work for site activities, ensuring the highest standards of health, safety and welfare are maintained ensuring projects are safely delivered on time, to budget and achieve the highest levels of customer satisfaction. You'll also develop strong working relationships with the regional construction manager, project managers and project directors

Your day to day will include:
  • provide inductions and supervision for early works operations and surveys.
  • deliver work packages to agreed programmes and liaise with operational delivery teams
  • attendance at regular meetings to ensure clear communication channels are in place, to report on progress; identify problems encountered and any variations to project both internally and externally
  • ensure project risks are identified and managed through effective mitigation measures through the construction period
  • oversee the co-ordination of operatives, subcontractors and supplier in a planned and controlled manner ensuring efficiency and minimising costs
Who are we looking for?

This role of Work Manager is great for you if have:
  • experience in a similar role within the highways sector including major earthworks
  • CSCS card holder
  • SMSTS
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.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
  • new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
  • one professional subscription funded to support your professional development
  • a fantastic, matched pension scheme
  • Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans
  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

Who is Kier?

We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

Closing date: 19 December 2022

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
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