Sub Agent

Position: Sub Agent - Water

Location: United Utilities Region

Salary Guide: £60,000 - £70,000 Plus Car/Allowance & Excellent Package

Our client is a Tier 1 D&B Contractor operating predominantly in the water industry who have been awarded a programme of work to deliver non-infrastructure water and wastewater projects for United Utilities and they are recruiting for Sub Agents to help deliver these projects throughout the North West.

Your role will be to work with a Project Manager on a single or portfolio of projects providing support and taking the lead on project governance, supply chain relationships, takeover and client facing outputs. Supporting the development and continuous improvement of the project team and supply chain, striving to deliver enhanced health, safety, quality & environmental outcomes, customer satisfaction and commercial success. You will act as the PM's Deputy and support the PM in liaison with the Client.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the project team in ensuring that all legal and industry standards impacted by the project are achieved.
• Ensuring that H&S management arrangements and people are in place for the duration of the project.
• Administration of the Project Management Plan ensuring that Quality Assurance has been accommodated for in all parts.
• Ensure that all staff working on the project have enough training and experience for the role they are performing.
• Have an understanding of all aspects of the client contract and the contracts cascaded to the project supply chain.
• Supporting the PM & QS in supply chain notifications of potential EWN's, CE's, CI or change in scope.
• Working with the PM & QS to ensure supply chain project costs do not exceed allowances.
• Ensure that project outputs are cascaded and communicated as appropriate to design and construction project team members.
• Manage accountability of internal and external stakeholders in relation to programme obligations.
• Escalate to the Project Manager or QS any key project issues and risks with mitigation plans and actions.
• Quality management and reporting to be in place and client KPI's to be managed.
• Continuous improvement against contractual key performance indicators.
• Assist in the resource profiling of the project programme & project team.
• Supporting the Site Manager in look ahead and supply chain progress reporting.
• Attend Client meetings, reporting back to the PM on any issues or actions that arise.

Skills, Qualifications & Experience:

• Educated to HND/HNC and vocational professional/management qualifications or transferable role specific experience.
• Good working knowledge of all relevant H&S legislation and in particular duty holder relationships of CDM.
• H&S qualification SMSTS/IOSH/NEBOSH
• Member of relevant professional body (e.g. APM, CMI, ICE)
• Working towards professional recognition with a chartered body.
• Experience of the delivery of multi-disciplinary projects.
• Internal & external stakeholder management.
• Excellent communicator.
• Self-motivated, resilient, and tenacious under pressure.
• Leadership & management skills.
• Full driving licence.

Desirable:

• Experience in water treatment plants
• Have good knowledge of digital delivery tools.