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Role: General Foreman
Salary: Up to £60,000- £65,000
Location: Lichfield to Kenilworth sites (Birmingham based sites)
This client is seeking an experienced General Foreman with a background in civil engineering, particularly in roads, utilities, and groundworks, to join their team on a major infrastructure project in the Midlands. This is a long-term opportunity for a motivated and detail-oriented professional who has hands-on experience in managing site activities on similar large-scale projects.
The ideal candidate will possess tier two experience and have a proven track record in site management, particularly in the civil engineering discipline, with a focus on roadworks, utility installations, and groundworks.
Responsibilities:
Safety:
- Promote and maintain safe working practices on-site.
- Implement company policies and legal requirements, with a focus on HSE legislation and quality standards.
- Conduct and document site inspections.
- Ensure all work aligns with approved method statements, conduct and revise risk assessments, and deliver toolbox talks/briefings.
- Verify that site personnel have the necessary job-specific training and are recorded in the training register.
- Lead by example to foster a culture of safety.
Management:
- Ensure work is completed on time and within budget.
- Actively drive project progress, optimising methods to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.
- Schedule, coordinate, and supervise daily activities of site teams.
- Ensure teams complete all required documentation in accordance with customer and company standards.
- Track and record daily production outputs.
Equipment and Materials Management:
- Actively challenge equipment usage to minimise costs.
- Order and manage both hired and internal equipment on a daily basis.
- Coordinate the delivery and collection of materials as needed.
General Responsibilities:
- Liaise with customers, suppliers, and third parties as necessary.
- Assist in promoting best practices.
- Help represent the company to clients.
Key Measures & Targets:
- Deliver services on time and meet cost and quality standards.
- Contribute to the company's compliance with CDM and health and safety targets.
- Support the company's environmental objectives.
Key Relationships:
- Collaborate with design and engineering teams and other technical staff.
- Work alongside project-based personnel, including Contracts Managers, Project Managers, Site Agents, and Site Engineers.
- Engage with clients, suppliers, and other third parties.
Benefits:
- 10% pension
- 10% car allowance
- 4 years of long term work secured
- £60,000- £65,000 salary
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
