Location
Ashford, Middlesex, with travel across multiple sites in the Thames Valley and Thames South regions.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Costain is working with Thames Water on a variety of water and wastewater projects and has fantastic opportunities within the growing AMP8 delivery team. Projects range from smaller capital maintenance to large civil new build schemes. We are seeking a Floating General Foreperson to safely manage people and all operational activities on medium to large projects, ensuring HSQE, programme, and budget requirements are met. This role involves travel across multiple sites within the Thames regions.

Key responsibilities include ensuring the existing water treatment process is not affected by construction activities, maintaining high standards of safety and environmental protection, leading construction works and representing Costain on site, overseeing and establishing close working relationships with supply chain and direct resources, conducting Tool Box Talks and Start of Shift Briefings, monitoring programme and budget, maintaining site records, providing construction input to project design, and organising and supervising works to maintain health, safety, and environmental standards.

The role also involves planning and assisting Site Agents, reviewing programmes daily, recording resources and outputs, maintaining accurate daily site diaries, adhering fully to Costain policies and procedures, managing subcontractors and direct workforce through Foremen and Front Line Supervisors, liaising with internal and external stakeholders including the Operator's staff, and ensuring good relations are maintained at all times.

Experience
- Recognised experience in civil and structural engineering works related to water retaining structures and large diameter pipes.
- Extensive construction industry experience, particularly within the Clean Water Sector.
- Experience managing and coordinating small teams of Foremen, Section Foremen, or Front Line Supervisors.
- Experience working on non-infrastructure projects within the Clean Water Sector.
- Reasonable computer skills including MS Word, Excel, and document control systems.

About you
- Enthusiastic and highly conscientious.
- Commercially aware.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Committed to collaborative working to deliver quality products under pressure without compromising Health & Safety and Quality.
- Ability to maintain good relations with staff and stakeholders.

Qualifications
- Essential: SMSTS, Relevant CSCS Card or equivalent (Supervisor Gold), EUSR safety passport and EUSR water hygiene, First Aid, Confined Space Training, CPl or CP2 Cat and Genny Training, Temporary Works Supervisor, Lifting Supervisor/Slinger.
- Training in Health & Safety and Environmental Management (e.g., IOSH).
- Extensive technical knowledge of construction techniques and best practices.
- Desirable: HNC/HND in Civil/Structural Engineering, experience supervising mechanical and electrical works, Costain CBS training and implementation experience, vocational training with successful project supervision experience.