Sub Agent
Role Overview
Join M Group’s Defence & Adjacent Markets Division as a Project Engineer / Sub Agent, supporting safe, efficient, high-quality delivery on technically demanding projects.
The position suits an experienced Site Engineer seeking more responsibility, leadership development, and progression toward Site Agent or Site Manager roles.
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Role overview
Join M Group’s Defence & Adjacent Markets Division as a Project Engineer / Sub Agent, supporting safe, efficient, high-quality delivery on technically demanding projects.
The position suits an experienced Site Engineer seeking more responsibility, leadership development, and progression toward Site Agent or Site Manager roles.
Responsibilities
- Support daily site planning, coordination, and delivery; assist managers with programme, resources, subcontractors, and interfaces.
- Review RAMS, maintain engineering control and records, and communicate drawings, specifications, and contract requirements.
- Monitor progress and constraints; coordinate inspections, permits, temporary works, and technical queries.
- Promote safety, environmental performance, and quality; support measurement, records, change control, and basic commercial activities.
- Build effective relationships with clients, designers, subcontractors, and the project team.
Requirements
- Proven Site Engineer experience in construction, civil engineering, or infrastructure delivery.
- Practical knowledge of site operations, safe systems of work, and construction sequencing; experience with RAMS and ITPs.
- Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, and construction information; understanding of quality assurance, engineering records, and document control.
- Basic construction commercial knowledge covering quantities, records, variations, and cost awareness.
- Confident communicator able to coordinate teams and challenge unsafe or poor-quality work; organised, proactive, and willing to own site issues.
- Relevant civil engineering, construction, or technical qualification, or equivalent practical experience.
Desirable experience
- Experience on defence, secure, regulated, safety-critical, or National Grid projects is desirable.
- Site-team or subcontractor supervision, awareness of temporary works, permits and assurance, and relevant health and safety or site-management training are desirable.
Workplace and travel
- The advert says the role would suit someone based in Bedfordshire or the East Midlands; travel to project locations and occasional overnight stays may be required.
Benefits
- Benefits include a pension scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, mental health support, retail discounts, life assurance, cycle-to-work scheme, enhanced parental leave, recognition, and online GP service.
- The role also offers a discretionary bonus scheme and a referral reward.
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