Site Agent (Civil Works)

Keep the programme on track, the subbies busy and the site safe for the low-cost housing developer in Atlantis. People who do well here are steady, honest and not scared to ask when something is unclear.

This post is Atlantis-based, with most of your time spent at a low-cost housing developer.

• Chair the weekly site meeting and record actions for the principal agent
• Keep the site diary, daily labour returns and plant hours up to date
• Set out foundations, grid lines and levels with the surveyor or a dumpy level
• Coordinate subcontractors for plumbing, electrical, roofing and glazing
• Book NHBRC and municipal inspections at the right stages

• You can read architectural and structural drawings and pick up clashes
• Firm with labour, fair with subcontractors
• Good with MS Project or a similar programme tool
• At least 5 years on building or civil sites, 2 of them in a supervisory post
• Working knowledge of the Construction Regulations 2014 under the OHS Act
• Code 08 licence and your own reliable transport between sites

• Site accommodation on out-of-town projects
• Cellphone and laptop supplied
• Project completion bonus linked to handover date

• If you have SACPCMP registration, put the number and category under your name.
• Mention the contract types you have worked on, like JBCC or GCC. It shows you understand claims and variations.