Onsite Site Manager – Civils

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About the role

  • Site Manager overseeing civils constructions for transmission projects across the UK. Collaborate with diverse teams ensuring safe and efficient delivery while adhering to health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the on‑site management and delivery of contracted civils works packages, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently and in full compliance with Health & Safety legislation and CDM 2015.
  • Acting as Principal Contractor on site, ensuring compliance with Health & Safety, Environmental and CDM regulations
  • Ensuring constructability and working methods align with design drawings, engineering standards and technical requirements
  • Providing technical expertise on all aspects of civil and structural works, inspection regimes and testing requirements
  • Driving commercial and programme performance — monitoring time, cost and quality against agreed plans
  • Coordinating with Transmission Planners and Operational teams to ensure safe system access and minimise network impacts
  • Establishing and monitoring contractor quality management systems to achieve compliance and optimise lifecycle performance
  • Managing environmental obligations and supporting sustainability and biodiversity targets
  • Engaging effectively with landowners, stakeholders, local authorities and regulatory bodies
  • Working collaboratively with contractors to ensure safe, productive and positive site environments

Requirements

  • Significant experience in managing civils construction works within a transmission or heavy infrastructure environment
  • Strong understanding of civil and structural design drawings, inspection processes, and testing regimes
  • Knowledge of temporary works, groundworks, foundations, structures and associated civils activities in a substation setting
  • Experience delivering the Principal Contractor role under CDM regulations
  • Awareness of NEC contract conditions
  • Excellent leadership, negotiation and influencing skills
  • Strong planning and organisational capability
  • Confidence working in remote, challenging environments with a high degree of autonomy
  • Proficiency with IT systems and Microsoft Office
  • A proactive, safety‑driven approach and strong team‑working skills
  • Ability to maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Benefits

  • 36 days annual leave
  • Business mileage claimed at £0.45/mile upto 10,000 miles, £0.25 thereafter.
  • Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
  • Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
  • Payroll giving and charity matched funding
  • Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
  • Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
  • Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
  • Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
  • Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
  • Life Assurance (4x salary)
  • Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support
  • Plus, shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more
  • CIOB Chartership programmes available.

Job title

Site Manager – Civils

Job type

Experience level

Junior

Salary

£60,500 per year

Degree requirement

Associate's Degree

Location requirements

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