Costain have won extensive work across the water sector to support the AMP 8 investment cycle. We have been appointed by Northumbrian Water to the Living Water Enterprise to help shape and deliver its strategic infrastructure upgrade programme with contracts valued up to c.£670m to Costain over 15 years.

We are looking for an experienced General Foreperson to sit within the Project Delivery team and drive delivery through the Project both in pre-construction and on-site delivery.

As our new General Foreperson, you’ll be responsible for the operational delivery on specific wastewater projects supporting pre-construction buildability and onsite delivery, supported by a wider delivery team. The role requires an individual with strong strategic thinking and ability to engage and communicate with a wide range of stakeholders including client teams, designers and direct reports to drive safety and quality delivery at all stages.

At Costain, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we’d love to hear from you—even if you don’t tick every box. Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need.

Responsibilities

Ensure coordination across individual wastewater projects
Communicate between all parts of the operation team including suppliers, subcontractors, engineering, safety and environmental and client’s team
Work within the team to deliver all aspects of the project requirements; identify training requirements, review the performance of the workforce, and ensure delivery of briefings
Ensure high standard of quality on the works to meet the specification requirements ‘first time’ and minimise rework
Ensure accurate, legible, and up-to-date allocation sheets are recorded and provided at shift close with delivery tickets and plant returns to the engineering and commercial teams
Ensure all records for example inspections, works permits and briefings are up to date and in place
Carry out regular safety and environmental inspections and implement recommended courses of action as identified from progress monitoring and management inspections
Keep a full and accurate daily site diary, including any changes / variations, subcontractors’ attendance, and records of work-related discussions with client / designer / RE / project team

Qualifications

Previous experience of multidisciplinary projects including Civils and MEICA (preferably in the water sector)
A proven collaborative individual who is experienced in projects of work including wastewater infrastructure / medium or large-scale projects
Experienced in leading multi-contractor and multi-disciplined teams
Ability to review information, consult with relevant persons and organisations to make agile decisions
Can demonstrate the ability to out-perform against a tight budget through effective programme development, risk and opportunity management and use of production and innovation
Experience in stakeholder management; including customers, client, site operators, landowners and utility companies
SMSTS qualification
Gold (Supervisor) or Black (Construction Site Management) CSCS card
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Company

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

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