About the role
Job Title: Site Agent – Balvac
Location: (UK‑Wide: Leeds / Derby)
Company: Balvac
Balfour Beatty’s specialist Balvac business is expanding, and we’re looking for an experienced Site Agent to support the delivery of structural repair, strengthening and refurbishment projects across the UK. With a home base in Leeds, Derby or Birmingham, you’ll work nationwide on some of the country’s most critical infrastructure schemes.
What you’ll be doing
About the Role
As a Balvac Site Agent, you’ll lead day‑to‑day on‑site operations, managing direct labour and subcontractors to deliver safe, high‑quality and efficient project outcomes. You’ll be responsible for ensuring compliance, driving productivity and maintaining a strong safety culture across a variety of structural repair and infrastructure projects.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead site teams to deliver multiple projects to programme, budget and specification
* Ensure compliance with Balfour Beatty policies, procedures and the Business Management System
* Oversee site setting‑out and dimensional control
* Develop and review risk assessments, method statements, PMPs, ITPs, Construction Phase Plans
* Produce project programmes and track progress, outputs and productivity
* Drive Zero Harm and behavioural safety initiatives
* Apply Lean construction techniques including daily visual meetings and BIM360Field
* Identify and resolve engineering and construction issues proactively
* Manage construction records, O&M documentation and as‑built information
Who we’re looking for
You will have the following:
* Experience delivering structural repair / specialist repair projects
* Background in infrastructure or civil engineering works
* Strong leadership, communication and team‑management skills
* Ability to manage scheme budgets and commercial elements
* Robust understanding of Health, Safety & Environmental requirements
* Organised, proactive and committed to operational excellence
Why Join Balvac?
You’ll be part of a nationally recognised specialist team supporting the long‑term resilience of UK infrastructure. Balvac offers a technically rich environment, award‑winning expertise and opportunities to develop your career on diverse and challenging projects.
About us
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 us grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation.
Our core business is the structural repair, strengthening, protection and refurbishment of existing civil and building structures across the UK, with activities in highways, rail infrastructure, power, nuclear licensed sites and industrial facilities.
Specialist capabilities include: concrete repair (wet and dry spray concrete, crack injection, leak sealing injection), structural strengthening (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.
We are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer, committed to working with people who have disabilities and long‑term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment and to offer applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Further information on our diversity initiatives can be found at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone. Disability Confident information can be found at https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/.
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