Agent

We’re looking for an Agent to join our Highways Major Projects – Lune Gorge project to specify, schedule and manage the engineering resources (people, and physical assets) to ensure the technical compliance and implement the plan safely, on time, to budget and to the required quality while maximising customers' satisfaction and business gross profit. We are looking for a team player who wants to progress within the business. Support for your development will be given. Lune Gorge is technically demanding, challenging and rewarding and will be a noteworthy project to be involved in. Within this role, you can enjoy private healthcare, company car or car allowance, one professional subscription funded to support your professional development and even more.

Can you imagine a world without roads or bridges? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Highways and make a difference. Connecting roads, connecting people.

Location: Northwest - remote working available, with travel to the office and sites

Contract: Permanent, Fulltime.

Salary: £55k

Responsibilities

As Agent, you’ll be working to implement all of Kier Group's policies including those for Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality (SHE) and risk management and to promote Kier Group’s values towards its customers in order to meet or exceed their expectations and fulfil the vision of becoming the most highly respected company in the industry

Your day to day will include:

• managing design and pre-construction, construction to close out to meet all contractual requirements
• assisting the project management team in ensuring the effective and efficient site management of the project quality objectives. Promote continuous improvement, lean practices and share good practice at project level and within the business
• lead, manage and motivate the engineering and design staff on the scheme

Who are we looking for?

This role of Agent is great for you if have:

• Construction related degree / HNC
• CSCS card
• Full clean driving licence

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
• 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
• Green Car Scheme

And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.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: https://www.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: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

Closing date: 28 March 2023

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