Senior Site Agent - Water

? Location: Hampshire / Southampton Area
? Contract Type: Freelance
? IR35 Status: Outside IR35

We're looking for an experienced Freelance Senior Agent to support the delivery of a major infrastructure project in the Hampshire/Southampton area. This is a key leadership role within the delivery team, ensuring work is executed to the highest standards of safety, quality, and efficiency, while coordinating subcontractors, key partners, and internal teams.

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  Lead and manage site teams, subcontractors, and key alliance partners to deliver project objectives.
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  Ensure full understanding and alignment with client requirements and project goals across all teams.
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  Provide line management, performance reviews, and development support to direct reports.
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  Oversee all engineering, measurement, and subcontract works in compliance with contract terms.
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  Manage and maintain the construction programme, ensuring the team understands the critical path and their respective roles.
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  Promote a culture of continuous improvement and value engineering across the project.
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  Organise and participate in coordination, progress, and resource meetings as required.
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  Monitor and coordinate all Quality Assurance processes on site.
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  Control and track project costs against budget and forecast, identifying any deviations early.
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  Lead risk and opportunity management, ensuring regular updates to the project risk register and action plans.
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  Drive effective change control management, ensuring changes are communicated, tracked, and properly authorised.

Essential:

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  Extensive civil engineering/construction site experience.
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  Proven experience in a leadership or Agent role.
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  Degree or HNC/HND in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
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  Working towards or already hold Chartered Membership of a recognised institution (e.g., ICE, CIOB).

Desirable:

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  Experience on major infrastructure projects ( 30m+).
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  Temporary works coordination experience.
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  Familiarity with high-risk activities such as confined space working, lifting operations, corrosion protection, traffic management, and scaffold inspection.
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  Experience managing design inputs and liaising with designers and temporary works engineers.

If you're an experienced Senior Agent seeking a flexible freelance opportunity outside IR35, and want to be part of a high-performing delivery team in the Hampshire/Southampton area, we'd love to hear from you.