General Foreman

Your Responsibilities: As a General Foreman, you will be responsible for ensuring an effective deployment of personnel, plant, subcontractors and equipment to achieve the allocated site activities within the allowed programme period. You will be working on the Wales & Western CAM Framework for Network Rail, based from our depot in Bridgwater, undertaking railway maintenance work, including but not limited to Civils and Earthworks. The main functions of your role will be to: * Carry out inductions, daily site briefings and daily inspections, recording any changes to methods of work or site conditions * Organise, motivate and supervise your site operatives and subcontractors at all times * Have a full understanding of work objectives, programmes and project details to ensure the contract is carried out correctly to timescales, mark up programmes and drawings with the progress on a weekly basis * Promote and implement safety arrangements (including close call reporting) and methods of working to ensure compliance with our Health and Safety, Quality and Environmental policies, making any suggestions to ensure a safe site * Maintain and record daily site records, returns, ID, and any additional works found, reporting these to the Project or Site Manager, to be returned to Head Office * Liaise with the Site and Project Manager and Site Engineer on any necessary changes to site activities * Identify any further training needs and review competencies of site personnel Person Specification: The perfect candidate will have: * A background in Civil Engineering/ Earthworks projects – Essential (Rail highly desirable) * Experience in supervising, motivating and supporting the training of groups of team members on site – Essential * A strong knowledge and demonstrable behaviours in Safety Awareness * SSSTS – Essential * A good ability to plan and manage time * A positive and professional attitude, with the confidence and talent to deliver excellence to our clients * PTS - Essential Preferred competencies: * First Aid - Highly desirable * COSS - Highly desirable * Machine tickets and experience The Health, Safety and Wellbeing of all our Site members are at the forefront of what we do. With this in mind, as a rule we will only hire site members who live within one hours’ drive of our offices, so please be mindful of this before applying. All offers are subject to two employment references, a Drugs & Alcohol and medical test and driver's license check. The Package * Competitive Pay * Up to 22 days holiday + Statutory Bank Holidays * Company Sick Pay * Annual professional subscription costs * Excellent training & development opportunities, provided by our award nominated in house Training team * Paid Volunteering days and Charity events * Eye test vouchers & Annual Flu Jabs * Access to a committed Mental Health First Aider team * Company Pension and Death in Service scheme of 2x annual salary * A generous Employee Referral scheme of £1000 per successful hire