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Senior General Foreman

Job Posted: 10 days ago

Salary: £ 60,000 - 75,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Seaford, East Sussex

Expire in: 18 days

Job Description

Senior General Foreman

Location: Exceat, near Seaford (Initial scheme; pipeline across Sussex)

Position Type: Permanent

Salary: £60,000 - £75,000 (DOE) + Car/Allowance (£5k-£6k), 25 Days Holiday & Pension

Start Date: ASAP

Project Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior General Foreman for a leading Main Contractor to deliver a high-profile, £11m highway bridge replacement scheme in Exceat, near Seaford.

The initial project involves structural bridge works, heavy earthworks, highway tie-ins, and complex civil engineering elements. Following completion, you will transition into a permanent operational leadership role across an ongoing regional pipeline of local authority highways, S278 works, and Environment Agency schemes in Sussex.

Key Responsibilities

Site Operations: Drive day-to-day site activities, managing direct labour, plant, and sub-contractors across earthworks, structural concrete, bridge construction, and highway packages.

Health & Safety: Enforce strict zero-harm standards, review RAMS, deliver inductions/toolbox talks, and maintain environmental and tidal working controls.

Planning & Progress: Partner with the PM on short-term look-ahead programmes, tracking daily outputs against targets, managing site diaries, and coordinating tidal shift logistics where required.

Requirements

Experience: Proven track record as a Senior General Foreman with a Main Contractor in heavy civils, highways, earthworks, and bridge schemes.

Certifications: SMSTS and CSCS Card (Black or Gold) are mandatory. First Aid is desirable.

Working Pattern: 5 days a week on site (07:30/08:00 - 17:00/17:30). Flexibility for potential shift work tied to tidal hours is required.

If this is something that interests you please apply or reach out directlly. 

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business

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