General Foreperson

At Kier we believe that – wherever we can, whether office or site-based – we should embrace an agile/flexible approach to working. We are proud to offer our employees the opportunity, where we can, to do this. Please don’t hesitate to ask during the recruitment process around agile working and flexibility – We’ll do our best to support you.

Location: Liverpool, England

Business area: Kier Construction - Build North & Scotland

Contract: Full time, permanent, Monday to Friday

Responsibilities

As Foreperson, you’ll be working within the Construction team, supporting them in you could be involved in building anything from a strategic asset costing hundreds of millions of pounds, to a small-budget school extension that creates priceless classroom space. Whatever you do, you’ll be making a difference on projects that matter, every day of your working life.

Your day to day will include:

• Supervising on site activities
• Providing task briefings for site operatives, checking progress
• Ensuring safety compliance and keeping the site management team up to date on any on site issues.
• Coordinating the movement of plant, labour and materials around site.
• Maintaining daily site records.

What are we looking for?

This role of Foreperson is great for you if:

• To be successful in this role you will have proven experience of supervising previous site activities to a high standard across similar construction projects, as well as being able to evidence previous experience of the set up and day to day running of the construction sites.
• We will need you to hold a valid CSCS ideally to Supervisor standards, along with a SSSTS or equivalent.

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.

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
• BENEFIT TWO
• BENEFIT THREE
• BENEFIT FOUR
• BENEFIT FIVE

And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website.

Who is Kier?

As a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector leading experience and fresh thinking to all that we do.

We are collaborative, trusted and focused, and we will empower you to achieve your career goals, and listen to your thoughts, ideas and challenges.

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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (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). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

Qualifications - Internal

Closing Date: 17 April 2023

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