Senior General Foreperson

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Job Description

Costain's framework with Heathrow is the Major Programme Partner (MPP) role with Principal Contractor and Principal Designer responsibility for delivery of all works within the construction and handover phases of the T2 Baggage Programme (T2BP).

The T2 Baggage Programme is a £700m+ complex baggage and infrastructure programme intended to extend and protect existing T1 baggage operation until the new T2A baggage system has been designed, constructed, tested and is operational. The program is split into seven tranches/projects.

This role will be to support the works manager to coordinate the safe delivery of all operational activities on site, ensuring Health and Safety, Quality and Environment needs are met along with programme and budget requirements.

You will take the lead with front line supervisors from HS2 and the supply chain to ensure our values are built into their culture and our objectives are achieved, this includes helping them to develop throughout the contract.

Flexible working: We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. This might be part-time, remote working, or compressed hours for example. Anyone who applies for a role can ask about flexibility at interview. In return, we will explore what is possible for the role.

You will take the lead with front line supervisors from Costain and the supply chain to ensure our values are built into their culture and our objectives are achieved, this includes helping them to develop throughout the contract.

This project is mainly sub-contractors managing, there may be some future self-delivery but critical to the role is the management of works, liaising & building relationships with the client.

To manage the safety of the direct & in-direct teams in a fully operational airport environment

To liaise with delivery leads / construction managers to help deliver their programmed works

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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Responsibilities

• Ensure the coordination of all section of works are completed. To ensure communication between all parts of the operation team including suppliers, subcontractors, engineering, safety and environmental team and client's team.
• Build and develop the team to deliver all aspects of the project requirements; identify training requirements, review the performance of the workforce and ensure delivery of briefings.
• Provide, monitor and control labour plant and materials to meet the programme.
• Manage sub-contractors and direct workforce.
• Ensure high standard of quality on the works to meet the specification requirements 'first time' and minimise rework.
• Assist engineering team with working method and outputs for production of method statements and programme.
• Ensure accurate, legible and up-to-date allocation sheets are recorded and provided at shift close with delivery tickets and plant returns to the engineering and commercial teams.
• Ensure all records for example inspections, works permits and briefings are up to date and in place.
• Carry out regular safety and environmental inspections and implement recommended courses of action as identified from progress monitoring and management inspections.
• Keep a full and accurate daily site diary, including any changes / variations, subcontractors' attendance, and records of work related discussions with client / designer / RE / project team
• Line management of front-line supervisors
• Ad hoc duties as job requires.
• The management of the workforce on site to ensure that safe methods of work are used and the effect on the environment is minimized.
• To ensure all Costain Way procedures are followed.

Qualifications

Essential:

• NVQ Level 4 - Construction Site Supervision
• SMSTS
• Black card
• SEATS
• Basic computer competence
• First Aid 3 day
• Cranage experience
• Client interface skills / maturity
• Excellent Leadership Skills
• Flexible approach to working.
• People management and recent experience of managing multiple foreman, supervisors and operatives.

Desirable :

• Crane supervisor
• Appointed person
• NRSWA/supervisor
• Experience in Rail or Aviation
• Driving licence

About Us

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.

We do share individual feedback following an interview.

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