About the company

The company are one of the oldest civil engineering companies in the country and are based in the North West. They are a group of companies and I am working on behalf of the Civil Engineering arm of the business which currently turns over £100M a year. They have an extremely high staff retention rate and are very rarely looking for new staff however they have just won a lot of new work and are looking for senior operational staff for these projects that are all in the North West. Their clients include National Highways, the Environment Agency, United utilities and private clients. Projects range in value from £50,000 up to £2M and types of projects include flood prevention works, wastewater and drainage works, reservoirs, canals and rivers, renewable energy works, highways infrastructure works, bridges, culverts and retaining walls, highways construction and maintenance works as well as footways and cycleways works.

About the role

My client are now looking for a general foreman to support the project manager on a project at Leeds/Bradford airport. You will be looking after drainage packages and will be running a team aswell.

The successful candidate will need to construct and deliver the allocated section of work within a specified time frame with correctly allocated resources. You're going to need to optimise outputs and reduce the need for overtime working to allow all colleagues to keep a good working pattern throughout the week. If you're selected you would also be involved in reading, understanding and explaining drawing specifications. It's important to note that you'll also need to ensure safety compliances and promote safe working practices. As the potential new general foreman you'll be in charge of monitoring construction activity on site and make sure that they meet up to the quality standards put in place.

Benefits and Rewards

You'll be working for a growing company who have a strong belief in development and progression of their current staff and they offer a training program to help you progress into the next stage of your career.

You'll be rewarded with a very competitive salary of £50,000 - £60,000 + a company car or car allowance.

Requirements

You are required to have a good standard of education preferably to Foundation Degree level (HND,HNC or equivalent qualification) in either Construction management or civil engineering.

To be considered for this position, you should have experience working as a General Foreman within Civil Engineering for a Tier 1 or Tier 2 company. Your work history should be stable; ideally you should have worked at your previous companies for a number of years