General Foreman / Assistant Works Manager

My client is a long established, leading, Civil Engineering and Groundworks Specialist Contractor.

They can deliver a vast range of groundwork solutions which include:

• Bulk excavation and land remediation
• Earthworks
• Reinforced Earth Bunds
• Site clearance
• Road construction to adoptable standards
• Sewers to adoptable standards and domestic drainage
• Pond Lining and attenuation tank construction
• Tarmac surfacing
• Retaining structures and tanking systems
• Culverts
• In-situ concrete structures
• 278 Works
• Block paving
• Sheet Piling
• Sub-structure block and brickwork
• Block and beam flooring (including sub-contract design)
• In situ concrete construction
• R/C works including steel fixing and form work shuttering
• Various foundation types including piling, ground beams, rafts and Insulslab.

Due to planned growth and an influx of work in their Southwestern Region, they are looking to appoint, on a permanent basis, a General Foreman / Assistant Works Manager to work on a major groundworks project which forms part of a major new garden city.

The project has an anticipated lifespan of at least two years and has the potential for at least a further 5 years. The company have been on site for the last 9 years.

The incoming General Foreman / Assistant Works Manager will be responsible for delivering infrastructure works for a major new housing estate. This will involve earthworks, Section 278 works, roads construction, new drainage, culvert installation, and much more.

The ideal candidate will be based within a commutable distance from the site which is located in Sherford, near Plymouth.

You will be supported by a dedicated project team which consists of a 'hands on' Director and a seasoned Works Manager.

Duties include:

• Ordering plant, labour and materials
• Leading toolbox talks, daily briefings and site inductions
• Working with the Site Agent and commercial team to raise early warning notices
• Promote the highest levels of health and safety on site
• Liaise with stakeholders on public facing projects
• Ensure your work force is working safely, effectively and efficiently
• Reading drawings with the site engineer to coordinate gangs and overcome design difficulties
• Ensure risk assessments and method statements and being adhered to

The business will be able to keep you working on the Southwestern Coast, offering a variety of projects, security and package that reflects your contribution to the company.

Please contact Antony Whorton at Fawkes & Reece (South) to discuss the role in more detail.