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Site Agent
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential. Colas Ltd's Airports and Infrastructure Projects (AIP) contracting division are currently looking to recruit a Site Agent. The AIP division draws from the experience and resources of the International Colas Group, one of the largest civil and military airfield contracting organisations in the world, to provide a service second to none in this specialist sector.
Location: Birmingham
Department: Contracting
Estimator
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential. To work closely with the Commercial Manager, the Commercial Analyst and other members of the team in the preparation of tenders.
Location: Birmingham
Department: Contracting
Senior Quantity Surveyor
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential. Provide commercial expertise to aid with the delivery of the contracted work by taking the commercial lead in a geographical focused team. The provision of accurate and timely commercial reports and advice to the management team whilst ensuring the contract achieves the appropriate commercial targets.
Location: Hull
Department: UK Projects
Apprentice Laboratory Technician
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential. To be involved with Safety Procedures in the laboratory. Undertake technical service work in the laboratory on various Colas products, and to assist with site work and visits as required. Help in maintaining the laboratory facilities in good order. Maintain all laboratory records for work undertaken. Aid with quality procedures and other projects as required. Assist in testing and equipment calibrations in accordance with the relevant standards and/or procedures. (These tests/procedures should only be performed when competency has been successfully assessed). Provide support with the evaluation of the results of tests and calibrations as required, including reporting opinions and interpretations. Undertake training (internal/external) as required.
Location: Rowfant
Department: Industrial
Surfacing Quantity Surveyor
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential. The Surfacing team provide a full contracting service for surface treatments and surfacing solutions. We deliver highly durable, quality surfacing and operate an in-house laboratory ensuring compliance and consistency. Our solutions include conventional products as well as numerous proprietary systems along with our specialist treatments.
Location: Newcastle
Department: Contracting
Site Agent
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential. Colas Highways Contracting Midlands holds an extensive portfolio of capability and experience delivering all highways civil engineering requirements, focussed on a true “fence to fence” highways solution. Our diverse range of services include public realm improvements, junction improvements, car parks including park and ride facilities, footways, cycleways and other infrastructure for non-motorised users, carriageway construction and surfacing, drainage improvements, signalisation, road lining & Carriageway studs and more.
Location: Birmingham
Department: Contracting
Project Manager
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential. Colas Highways Contracting Yorkshire holds an extensive portfolio of capability and experience delivering all highways civil engineering requirements, focussed on a true “fence to fence” highways solution. Our diverse range of services include public realm improvements, junction improvements, car parks including park and ride facilities, footways, cycleways and other infrastructure for non-motorised users, carriageway construction and surfacing, drainage improvements, signalisation, road lining & Carriageway studs and more.
Location: Leeds
Department: Contracting
Senior Quantity Surveyor - Yorkshire
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential. The Senior Quantity Surveyor is required to provide commercial support to the project team, maintaining commercial information and ensuring compliance with contractual requirements and ensure that the Company and project objectives are achieved. They will liaise with customer representatives, subcontractors and other third parties on commercial issues including agreement of variations, claims and payments.
Location: Leeds
Department: UK Projects
Senior Engineer/Sub Agent
Location: Grimsby To manage the engineering on a section / project to ensure the works are delivered to meet the client’s expectations generally working within larger teams or self-sufficient on smaller projects. They should be comfortable with decision making and have a sound understanding of not only the safety, programme and quality implications of decisions but also the commercial implications.
Location: Hull
Department: UK Projects
Degree Apprentice Quantity Surveyor
Location: Hull/ Grismby The role is initially focused on learning and as you gain experience and confidence in the role this moves on to providing greater support to the project commercial team.
Location: Hull
Department: UK Projects
Senior Engineer/ Sub Agent
Job Summary To manage the engineering on a section / project to ensure the works are delivered to meet the client’s expectations generally working within larger teams or self-sufficient on smaller projects. They should be comfortable with decision making and have a sound understanding of not only the safety, programme and quality implications of decisions but also the commercial implications.
Location: Grimsby
Department: UK Projects
Site/ Section Engineer
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential. We currently have an opportunity available within our UK Projects Division for a Site Engineer / Section Engineer to join us. The UK Projects team work on high profile projects within the field of major infrastructure sector such as airfields, highways and marine.
Location: Grimsby
Department: UK Projects
General Foreman
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential. We currently have an opportunity available within our UK Projects Division for a General Foreman to join us. The UK Projects team work on high profile projects within the field of major infrastructure sector such as airfields, highways and marine.
Location: Hull
Department: UK Projects
Routine Maintenance Management Systems Technician (6 Month FTC)
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential. We currently have a 6 month contract opportunity (potential to go permanent) available within our Enterprise Asset Management area of the business which offers a consultancy service with vast global experience and innovative technologies for strategic, tactical and operational asset management. Colas EAM has been involved with major projects such as the Birmingham airport runway extension worth £55m and the Portsmouth Park and Ride and Interchange re-design, a project worth in excess of £20m in value.
Location: Ireland
Department: Asset Management
Project Manager (Business Transformation)
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential. We currently have an exciting new opportunity available managing projects within the Colas Group’s ‘Copernic’ business area which delivers continuous improvement and transformation projects for Colas UK in relation to business processes across the company.
Location: Rowfant
Department: Support Services
Highway Asset Inspector
About Colas Ltd Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential. We currently have an opportunity for a Highway Asset Inspector to join our highly successful Portsmouth PFI contract within Colas’ Asset Management division. Colas have a long -term contract with Portsmouth Council to maintain and improve all aspects of the highways including roads, pavements, signage, street lighting, grounds maintenance and street cleaning.
Location: Portsmouth
Department: Asset Management
GIS Technician (6 month FTC)
About Colas Ltd Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential. We currently have a 6 month contract opportunity (potential to go permanent) available within our Enterprise Asset Management area of the business which offers a consultancy service with vast global experience and innovative technologies for strategic, tactical and operational asset management. Colas EAM has been involved with major projects such as the Birmingham airport runway extension worth £55m and the Portsmouth Park and Ride and Interchange re-design, a project worth in excess of £20m in value.
Location: Ireland
Department: Asset Management
Lab Assistant
About Colas Ltd Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential. We currently have an opportunity available within our Products division for a Lab Assistant at our product-testing lab in Warrington. Our products business area is a key innovator in the industry for the production and supply of high quality, bitumen based highways maintenance and repair products. We are always working on new products, which we test at our laboratory to ensure consistency of quality and health and safety standards.
Location: Warrington
Department: Industrial
Surface Dressing Operative
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential.
Location: Rowfant
Department: Contracting
Surface Dressing Operative - Birmingham
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential.
Location: Birmingham
Department: Contracting
Surface Dressing Operative
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential.
Location: Grantham
Department: Contracting
Surface Dressing Operative
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential.
Location: Newcastle
Department: Contracting
Surface Dressing Operative
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential.
Location: Gatwick
Department: Contracting
Surface Dressing Operative
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential.
Location: Portsmouth
Department: Contracting
Surface Dressing Operative
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential.
Location: Warrington
Department: Contracting
Surface Dressing Operative
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential.
Location: Leeds
Department: Contracting
Highways Apprentice
We are looking for Highway Apprentices to join our team in Newcastle.
Location: Newcastle
Department: Contracting
