General Foreman

General Foreman – Local Authority Highways Improvement Scheme – Farrington Gurney, Somerset
£375 per day | CIS Umbrella | Initial 4-Month Contract with Strong Scope for Extension
Our client, a Tier 1 contractor, is seeking an experienced General Foreman to join the team delivering a local county highways improvement scheme in Farrington Gurney, within the Bath & North East Somerset region.
This is a great opportunity to join a Tier 1 contractor with a confirmed pipeline of 5 further schemes across the Bath/Somerset region next year, offering genuine long-term security well beyond the initial contract.
The Role

  • Supervising and managing construction works for the project team
  • Ensuring the highest possible Health, Safety & Environmental standards are employed across all projects, adhering to the client’s health and safety and environmental policies and supporting a strong safety-first culture that’s integral to the client’s working environment
  • Ensuring subcontractor compliance with the client’s standards at all times
  • Allocating resource daily to ensure work activities are sufficiently resourced by competent persons
  • Ensuring required plant, tools and materials are available for the working party, and flagging when stocks are running low to the Site Agent
  • Reviewing working documentation to ensure content is sufficient and relevant to the tasks being carried out
  • Accepting permits and including them in the work pack/issuing to the working party
  • Carrying out Setting to Work of relevant operatives, working supervisors and subcontractors
  • Delivering and recording Daily Activity Briefs/Pre-Job Briefs, end of shift debriefs, and Toolbox Talks
  • Supervising operatives, working supervisors and subcontractors, including implementation of required health, safety, wellbeing, environment and quality standards
  • Ensuring all works are covered by a safe system of working, with all necessary briefings carried out
  • Reviewing records completed by operatives and working supervisors, and supplying records to the Site Agent
  • Assisting the Site Agent with management and programming of works, and requirements for plant and materials
  • Responsible for plant delivery sign-offs, checks/audits and utilisation
  • Completing HSE inspections (minimum 2 per month)
  • Ensuring relevant Codes of Conduct are respected and followed within the site team, leading by example
  • Completing return to work and employee documentation as required
  • Driving and implementing innovation ideas
  • Attending progress meetings when required
  • Reporting all HSE incidents to line supervisor

What You’ll Need

  • SSSTS / SMSTS
  • CSCS card
  • UK/EEC driving licence
  • Good level of experience in civil engineering and workforce supervision, including earthworks, drainage, structures and highways
  • Previous experience working with a Tier 1 contractor
  • Highways, traffic management, and utilities experience, including planning traffic management
  • Experience managing operational teams
  • Good team worker and communicator, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate with client and operational teams
  • Adaptable to changing priorities
  • Computer literate, with a basic understanding of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
  • Evidence of managing health & safety in construction

Why Apply

  • Join a Tier 1 contractor with a confirmed regional pipeline into next year
  • Strong day rate with genuine scope for extension across multiple upcoming schemes
  • Be part of a well-funded, high-profile local authority improvement programme in the Somer Valley area

Site Engineer

Site Engineer – Local Authority Highways Improvement Scheme – Farrington Gurney, Somerset
£350 per day | CIS Umbrella | Initial 4-Month Contract with Strong Scope for Extension
Our client, a Tier 1 contractor, is seeking an experienced Site Engineer to join the team delivering a local county highways improvement scheme in Farrington Gurney, within the Bath & North East Somerset region.
This is a great opportunity to join a Tier 1 contractor with a confirmed pipeline of 5 further schemes across the Bath/Somerset region next year, offering genuine long-term security well beyond the initial contract.
The Role

  • Managing all engineering activities including engineering control, setting out, and providing direction to the workforce
  • Leading quality control systems to ensure compliance with project design and specifications
  • Assisting and managing the permit process, including CAT scanning and issuing permits
  • Keeping accurate records including site diary, records of works activities, resource allocations, and as-built information using AutoCAD
  • Surveying kerb lines and supporting highways construction, surfacing, and minor earthworks activities
  • Ensuring the highest possible Health, Safety & Environmental standards are employed across all projects, adhering to company policy and actively supporting a strong safety-first culture that’s integral to the client’s working environment

What You’ll Need

  • Good level of experience in civil engineering and workforce supervision, including earthworks, drainage, structures, and highways
  • Working knowledge of AutoCAD, QA processes, and site diary/record-keeping
  • Experience surveying kerb lines and supporting surfacing works
  • Ability to remain flexible in your approach, embracing and helping to drive change
  • Highly organised, able to juggle priorities and multi-task across multiple stakeholders while staying focused on what matters most
  • Ambitious, with a constant focus on improving performance and making the best of every situation

Why Apply

  • Join a Tier 1 contractor with a confirmed regional pipeline into next year
  • Strong day rate with genuine scope for extension across multiple upcoming schemes
  • Be part of a well-funded, high-profile local authority improvement programme in the Somer Valley area

Site Agent

Site Agent – Local Authority Highways Improvement Scheme – Farrington Gurney, Somerset
£400 per day | CIS Umbrella | Initial 4-Month Contract with Strong Scope for Extension
Our client, a Tier 1 contractor, is seeking an experienced Site Agent to lead delivery of a local county highways improvement scheme in Farrington Gurney, within the Bath & North East Somerset region.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a Tier 1 contractor with a confirmed pipeline of 5 further schemes across the Bath/Somerset region next year, offering genuine long-term security well beyond the initial contract.
The Role

  • Leading the site team, including supervision of the workforce and subcontractors
  • Planning and supervising works, monitoring site activities against target programmes and reporting exceptions
  • Planning, reviewing, and re-planning works using Microsoft Project or equivalent planning software
  • Planning and managing traffic management arrangements, including MIT (Managed/Multi-phase Traffic Management)
  • Carrying out daily site briefings and supervising subcontractor task briefings
  • Ensuring adequate records are maintained through site photographs, daily diaries, and as-built drawings
  • Monitoring all works activities to ensure compliance with the Works Specification and safe delivery
  • Attending client meetings to provide delivery updates and manage issues
  • Writing and maintaining the contract programme, and formal communications to clients and subcontractors
  • Taking ownership of safety and environmental compliance throughout the scheme

What You’ll Need

  • Strong civil engineering experience with proven workforce supervision
  • Ideally, previous experience working for a Tier 1 highways contractor
  • Experience working on NEC contracts
  • Good commercial acumen
  • Effective team management, leadership, and influencing skills
  • Excellent customer and communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Ability to build strong relationships with all site and client contacts
  • Highly organised, with the ability to remain flexible and juggle competing priorities

Why Apply

  • Join a Tier 1 contractor with a confirmed regional pipeline into next year
  • Strong day rate with genuine scope for extension across multiple upcoming schemes
  • Play a leading role in a well-funded, high-profile local authority improvement programme

Highfield are a Certified Carbon Neutral Business

Submit a Vacancy

Need to hire BIM talent? Complete this form and a member of the team will be in touch.

"*" indicates required fields