Mercury Engineering, Your vision, our duty.

Mercury is the European leader in construction solutions. 

We build and manage complex engineering & construction projects for the world’s leading corporations. Our solutions help deliver technologies and life changing advancements that connect people, communities, and businesses, giving them the power to achieve incredible things. Our people have the courage to be innovative. Their determination and sharp focus enable us to deliver with certainty, time and time again.

We deliver our clients’ visions through leading edge construction solutions across multiple sectors, including Enterprise Data Centres, Advanced Technology & Life Sciences, Hyperscale Data Centres, Fire Protection.

At Mercury, it is our duty to encourage and back our people to realise their vision of themselves. We place them at the heart of what we do, providing challenging opportunities to develop within a great team in a supportive environment that allows them to reach their full potential.

 

Scope of the Role:

The trade foreman is the lead tradesperson on the job and coordinates the activities of the personnel within his or her team. It is the foreman’s responsibility to ensure that all work is delivered safely and of flawless quality. It is also this person’s job to make sure that all productivity targets are met. Priority will always be:

1. Safety.

2. Quality.

3. Productivity and Schedule

 

Key Responsibilities of the Role:

• Safety -Champion safety within your work crew & ensure a safe working environment All effected by the activities of your work crew.
• Quality/Lean - All lines or other subsection of work that is being offered to QA as complete must be free from all snags.
• Productivity/Schedule Engage with the planning team / white board owner to ensure that daily and weekly work plans are accurate; appropriate and that there is a high confidence level that commitments will be achieved.
• Deliver or lead the toolbox talks.
• The foreman will spend the majority of his or her time in the field. The white board sessions are expected to take about 20/30 mins per day, and there is likely to be another 30 mins per day in various planning/scheduling activities.
• Present a weekly report as per below. This should not take more than 1 hour per week to produce.
• The Foreman report will be signed off by his supervisor each week and issued to project administration.
• The report will be compiled by project administration and issued to Senior Management by COB on the following Monday.
• It is the responsibility of Management above the role of Foremen to ensure that ALL information, materials, equipment, training  and safety procedures are in place to allow the Foremen and their Work Crews to deliver a safe, quality and productive week’s work.

 

Essential Criteria for the Role:

• A trade qualification
• Good Computer skills in word, excel etc.
• Fluent English
• Flexible to travel
• Proven record of co-ordinating and managing large projects
• A minimum of 5 years in a Supervision role

 

Desirable Criteria:

• Excellent communication skills
• Team player with ability to build effective relationships at all levels
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work well within a friendly team
• Career driven, ambitious and enthusiastic
• Ability to work well under pressure and within a strict deadline environment
• Ability to drive a large-scale project
• A construction background
• Good Computer skills - Windows, MS Office

 

Mercury is an equal opportunities employer.

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