Job Description

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General information

City/town:

London

Job field:

Construction

External closing date:

Sunday, October 5, 2025

Type of contract:

Permanent

ID:

5486
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Description and requirements

Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an


inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.



We are looking for a Sub Agent to join our HS2 main works team in London .

What you'll do:

Collaborate with the supply chain and SCS team to understand activities, logic, critical paths, and key handover dates. Effectively communicate requirements before and after commencement of works. Maintain a detailed 12-week programme and record progress against plans. Recognise and communicate risks and opportunities in the Clause 32 programme. Work proactively with the Agent to develop contingency plans. Assist in developing efficient solutions while considering constructability and value. Maintain accurate daily records of construction progress. Support in administering subcontracts by understanding subcontractor responsibilities. Conduct weekly progress meetings and formal reviews with stakeholders. Assist the Temporary Works Coordinator to ensure compliance with best practices, liaising between different teams as needed. Define quality standards at an operational level ensuring all work meets these standards while also assisting in compiling handover information for legacy works.

What you'll bring to the role:

Experience working in a heavy-civils environment, with a focus on self-delivered reinforced concrete structures. Proven track record working delivering complex civil engineering projects, including reinforced concrete works, with strict adherence to timelines and quality standards. Experience in leading and managing projects under a self-delivery model, where the candidate has been directly responsible for the successful completion of reinforced concrete works, from planning through to execution, without reliance on subcontracting major work packages (exception made for provision of skilled labour). Strong understanding of construction methodologies, specifically related to heavy civils and reinforced concrete works. Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, and to foresee and mitigate potential issues during project execution.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using

recruitment@skanska.co.uk

or call 0330 105 2000 - Option 5 & 1, if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:

recruitment@skanska.co.uk

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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