About the role

Location - Central Belt Scotland / East Lothian 

Education / School Builds experience essential with some Civil experience desirable

Shape a career to be proud of as part of an award-winning team.

Our team shapes projects that connect communities and impact daily life for millions. Join our Regional Scotland team as a Site Agent within Education.

Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our well-established construction teams working on our significant future pipeline of large-scale Buildings projects within Education in the central belt and you will work with true experts who’ll share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement, and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning. Bring us your capability, and we’ll help you take it much, much further. 

What you'll be doing

As a Site Agent you will provide a strategic operational management plan to enable successful project delivery, strong leadership of a multi-disciplinary team, and facilitation of strong links with other teams within and external to the project/

You will have the following accountabilities:

• Take overall responsibility for the successful completion of the construction programme.
• Monitor delivery of the project, identifying risk and opportunities and working with key stakeholders to optimise project delivery.
• Assess the ‘buildability’ of the proposed design and ensure that Design teams produce feasible designs within the required timescales.
• Lead the delivery of construction works, ensuring compliance with all company processes and protocols.
• Manage and develop the supervisory and engineering team, and lead project steering groups/cross discipline action groups, as required.
• Responsible for the monitoring and management of construction budgets
• Live the Balfour Beatty Values
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm
• Support the delivery of CSUK’s Sustainability activities.

Who we're looking for

The following qualities/experience are essential.

• Practical understanding of construction techniques and detailing
• Experience in the management of a wide range of construction operations, including phasing
  and contingency planning, together with testing and handover.
• Strong commercial awareness and good technical knowledge
• Strong leadership and management skills, with a collaborative leadership style:
• CSCS Card and must be SMSTS qualified.
• Strong decision-making ability.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills Able to provide expert technical knowledge to
  support work winning.

The following qualities/experience are desirable

• Proven track record in managing and leading large teams, recruiting talent, mentoring and developing team members.
• Local & sector knowledge for supply chain and external contacts purposes, and for environmental and regulatory requirements.
• Successful track record in making independent, objective judgements.
• Has achieved professional accreditation and undertakes extra-curricular activities to advance the profession (eg RICS, MCIOB)

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.

We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.

Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit (url removed)/diversityandinclusion

We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://(url removed)/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all.  If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: (url removed)