General Foreman
🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 21 March 2026
LOCATION
Bridgwater
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Construction
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SKILLS
Civil Engineering
Earthworks
Supervision
Safety Awareness
SSSTS
Planning
FULL DESCRIPTION
Operations - South West
· Bridgwater
General Foreman - Bridgwater
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Your Responsibilities:
- 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 [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] 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
- Any other duties as may reasonably be required
Person Specification:
- 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
- The ability and willingness to regularly work away from home, as well as on nights and weekends
Preferred competencies:
- PTS - Highly desirable
- First Aid - Highly desirable
- COSS - Highly desirable
- Machine tickets and experience
The Package
- Competitive Pay
- A collaborative and friendly working culture, focussed on investing in people
- 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
- Employee Assistance Programmes for advice and counselling
- 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
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