Capital Works Manager

Kier Group; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure firm in the UK seeks a Capital Works Manager for its highways team. The successful candidate will oversee the planning and delivery of Capital Works schemes in Somerset, managing contractors and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. Applicants should have significant experience in highways or civil engineering and hold an NRSWA certification. This is a full-time position that offers some flexibility for remote working alongside the essential office travel.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in scheme delivery within highways, civil engineering or infrastructure environments.
• Extensive experience in contractor and supply chain management.
• Proven ability in client liaison, stakeholder engagement and presenting to senior audiences.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate scheme development and manage contractors.
• Act as a key contact for Somerset Council on structural scheme delivery.
• Monitor scheme budgets with accurate cost forecasting.

Skills

Scheme delivery experience in highways

Contractor management

Stakeholder engagement

NRSWA (Supervisors) certification

Job description

Capital Works Manager – Highways – Glastonbury, Somerset

We're looking for a Capital Works Manager to join our highways team based in Glastonbury, Somerset. In this role you'll take ownership of planning, programming and delivery of Capital Works schemes within the Somerset Highways Term Service Contract. A full driving licence is essential as you'll be traveling between offices, depots and sites across Somerset.

Location: Glastonbury, Somerset – regular travel to the office is required, with some flexibility for remote working. You will also need to visit offices, depots, and sites across Somerset.

Hours: Permanent full‑time 40 hours per week.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Capital Works Manager, you'll coordinate scheme development, manage contractors and supply chain partners, and ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and in line with client expectations.

• Leading the end‑to‑end planning and programming of Capital Works schemes with clear milestones and deliverables.
• Acting as a key point of contact for Somerset Council on structural scheme delivery.
• Managing supply chain partners to meet programme delivery, quality, cost and compliance requirements.
• Monitoring scheme budgets with accurate cost forecasting and commercial reporting.
• Promoting a strong safety culture and ensuring full compliance with CDM Regulations, SHEMS, traffic management standards and environmental requirements.

What are we looking for?

• Strong experience in scheme delivery within highways, civil engineering or infrastructure environments.
• Extensive experience in contractor and supply chain management.
• Proven ability in client liaison, stakeholder engagement and presenting to senior audiences.
• NRSWA (Supervisors) certification.

Rewards and benefits: We're proud to offer a wide variety of benefits you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information on benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees shape Kier’s diversity and inclusion initiatives. We are a Disability Confident employer and ensure a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria for this role are offered an interview.

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Apply today and help us keep Somerset moving.

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