Foreman - England

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Foreman to join our Balvac team. For over 90 years our business has been delivering innovative structural repair, strengthening, protection and maintenance solutions to sustainably extend the life of our nation's infrastructure. Our clients include National Highways as well as some of the major local authorities across the UK. Whilst our key focus is Transport Infrastructure, we also provide professional services across power, energy, industrial, defence, coastal & marine sectors. With an ever-increasing portfolio and a major expansion planned, we are looking to identify several talented individuals (Contracts Engineers, Site Agents, Project Managers & Specialist Services Engineers) based across the country to join this high-octane energy driven team. As a Foreman you will work unsupervised in a Site Supervision role running a small to medium sized project or support a Site manager running a larger site.What you'll be doing As a Foreman, your responsibilities include the following:

• Day to day control, planning, organisation and supervision of internal resource and subcontractors
• Ensure that the works are constructed in accordance with the contract drawings, specification and Project Management Plan
• Brief out construction method statements, ensuring that the works are constructed efficiently and safely
• To be familiar with and apply the procedures and processes detailed in the project Health, Safety and Environmental plans, and to promote a safe working culture
• Ensuring the works are undertaken safely and in accordance with Health, Safety & Environmental legislation and the site HS&E plans
• Support and drive behavioural safety on site
• To be responsible for the monitoring, progress reporting and achieving of goals for the work under his/her responsibility
• Anticipating and resolving problems
• Maintain good housekeeping around site plus management and segregation of waste.
  
  Experience in delivery of structural repair/specialist repair projects
• Experience of working on Infrastructure schemes
• Ability to manage individuals and teams efficiently
• Ability to manage individual scheme costs
• Ability to manage Health and Safety including Behavioural Safety
• Ability to lead, communicate and influence with others to deliver targets.
  
  What makes Balfour Beatty a great place to work? Is it the limitless career opportunities, our inclusive culture, the scale and complexity of our projects or working alongside the industry's finest experts? Hear from our colleagues across the UK, US and Hong Kong on why you should shape a career at Balfour Beatty. Visit our website to find out more and explore our exciting career opportunities: www.balfourbeattycareers.com #ShapeEverything, Balvac is a leading specialist structural repair, strengthening and refurbishment contractor and wholly owned subsidiary of the Balfour Beatty Group. We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation.
Our core business is the structural repair strengthening, protection and refurbishment of existing civil and building structure across the UK. We are active in highways, rail infrastructure, power including nuclear licensed sites and industrial facilities. Specialist capabilities include: Concrete repair, including wet and dry spray concrete, Crack injection, Leak sealing injection, Structural strengthening including the use of FRP composite materials, Corrosion Protection and Cathodic Protection, Post tensioning to bridges, tanks and nuclear reactor vessels, Concrete carriageway rehabilitation using vacuum assisted void grouting and slab realignment techniques., 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

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…