Job No. BBUK12270
Site Agent – A57 Highways Project - Manchester
Highways
Project Management
Manchester
Permanent
About the role
Balfour Beatty Highways maintain, manage and operate major highway networks across the UK and support local authorities creating communities where people want to live work and play.
We are looking for a proactive and experienced Site Agent to take on a leadership role in our A57 Highways project. You will be responsible for managing and leading a multidisciplinary team consisting of Sub Agents, Section Engineers, and Site Engineers, with a key focus on delivering projects to the highest standards of quality, safety, and efficiency.
As a Site Agent, you’ll also take charge of smaller projects, monitor budgets, manage resources, and ensure the successful completion of your project segment. You’ll be joining a team that’s passionate about safety, innovation, and sustainability in all aspects of our work.
What you’ll be doing

Health, Safety & Environmental Management

• Lead the way with a relentless focus on Zero Harm and continuously champion the safety culture on site.
• Conduct safety tours, incident investigations, and identify improvements.
• Keep up to date with relevant legislation and guide your team accordingly.

Engineering Control

• Allocate resources effectively and ensure the team is adequately trained and capable.
• Monitor engineering processes and ensure quality control across the project.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

• Implement systems and processes that align with project objectives and company policies.
• Conduct site audits, implement corrective actions, and take ownership of handover documentation for the section.

Productivity & Performance Management

• Set performance targets aligned with project objectives and oversee team performance.
• Lead weekly team meetings to assess site progress and manage sub-contractor performance based on KPIs.

Commercial & Budget Management

• Manage costs effectively, prepare cost plans, and track the financial progress of the project.
• Ensure that subcontractor procurement, cost recovery, and risk schedules are managed and updated as required.

Who we’re looking for

Essential:

• Proven experience in managing and leading multidisciplinary teams in construction projects, ideally in highway works.
• Strong knowledge of health and safety regulations, accident investigations, and environmental considerations.
• Experience in managing construction budgets, tracking progress, and ensuring cost-effective project delivery.
• Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to manage and mentor junior staff.
• A proactive, solution-oriented approach with the ability to adapt and manage challenges on site.
• SMSTS qualified and holds a valid CSCS card.
• Excellent communication and decision-making skills.
• Experience in managing infrastructure works including drainage, pavement reconstruction, roadworks, and surfacing operations.

Desirable:

• Formal qualification in leadership (e.g., ILM, APM) or working towards.
• Experience with NEC contracts or other relevant forms of contracts.
• Professional accreditation (e.g., ICE, IHT).

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
Balfour Beatty’s Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.
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 www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also 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://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
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: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com

• 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