Agent
We're looking for an Agent to join Kier Transportation and work alongside our Oxford Station team based in Oxford.
Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment.
Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire
Business Area: Transportation, Rail
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
What will your responsibilities be?
As an Agent, you'll be working within the Oxford team and with Network Rail, to deliver Oxford Station Phase 2 works which will increase capacity through Oxford Station to accommodate additional services planned from 2024. You will manage the technical compliance of the project to the design specification to fulfil the assigned project (or section) safely, on time and to the required quality.
Your day to day will include:
* Lead a significant section of the project as the Site Agent.
* Take full ownership and accountability for cost management of your project, ensuring robust control of Target Cost, actual costs, and forecasts through commercial awareness.
* Create a programme to plan and measure the day-to-day activities and medium-term plan against the contract programme.
* Support the implementation and monitoring of Health & Safety policies and procedures in accordance with Kier and Network Rail standards.
* Promote integrated working with other members within the project to create a one-team ethos, including development of team members.
What are we looking for?
This role of Sub Agent is great for you if:
* Relevant qualifications – degree level, or equivalent experience
* Chartered Member of the ICE (or working towards).
* Proven capability working on Network Rail projects, or in a comparable setting.
* Able to establish project requirements and drive the team to deliver the outcomes in terms of quality, cost and programme.
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here .
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here .
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