Role: Site Agent
Employer: AECOM
Duration: June - September 2020
The Lower Thames Crossing is the largest infrastructure project for a generation. It will be the longest road tunnel in the UK, stretching 2.6 miles. The route will include 14.3 miles of new road connecting the M2/A2, A13 and M25.
Operating as Site Agent within the Lower Thames Crossing Phase 3 Project some duties included;
o Responsible for actively managing the safe delivery of ground investigation activities.
o Oversee all aspects of the investigation, from site setup to ensuring adequate supervision by AECOM’s site personnel and the ground investigation subcontractor’s personnel.
o Ensure that all safety documentation is in place and complete.
o Attendance at all daily coordination meetings, monthly operative meetings, raising any areas of concern that have been identified.
o Responsible for ensuring that the approved RAMS are implemented, and the Works Information/Employer Instructions are complied with for the ground investigation and associated activities.
o Managing site problems, and help agree solutions where necessary, for site access and movement of plant/equipment to investigation locations.
o Identify issues that could impact programme and cost.
o Completion of audits and inspections.
o Providing support to the site engineers, geotechnical engineers and the site manager as required.
o Provide suitable cover for the site manager during annual leave or days of absence.
As first contracts go, it could not have been much better. A large scale infrastructure project in the south east operating as site agent working with a great team at AECOM and an equally great site team from Structural Soils. Both organisations worked closely and as one team which is always greatly beneficial to any project. I believe my experience from a contracting background helped to bridge that consultant/contractor gap that can sometimes appear. It was a whole new world for everyone due to COVID, with additional health and safety measures in place to aid social distancing and cleanliness.
It is always beneficial to your experience to work on large scale project such as this. They provide you with new skills, processes and knowledge that you can take to other, smaller scale projects, benefiting the industry as a whole.
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