Civil Team Leader

MGroup Water; Rowhedge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water services company in Rowhedge is seeking a Civil Site Team Leader to manage projects for the Anglian Water contract. This role involves overseeing the day-to-day management of delivery teams and sub-contractors, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. Candidates should have significant experience in the water industry and strong team management skills. Competitive benefits are offered, including a company van and health care coverage.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Access to retail discounts

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Company van for business use

Health Care Cash Plan

Private health care

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing water industry projects.
• Completed a Site Safety Management training.
• Familiarity with legislative and corporate SHEQ requirements.

Responsibilities

• Supervise projects from inception to completion.
• Drive SHEQ performance and compliance on site.
• Coordinate with suppliers and subcontractors for project execution.

Skills

Knowledge and experience in the water industry

Site Safety Management certification

Experience in Civil Installations

Management of sub-contractors

Basic management training

Comprehensive IT ability

Good communication skills

Willingness to be site-based

Job description

About The Role

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We're problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

Want to be a part of it?

This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long‑term while protecting the environment.

What will you be doing?

As our Civil Site Team Leader you will be part of our Construction Team. This role involves the supervision of projects from inception to completion on our Anglian Water contract based in Colchester. You will work under the Site Manager and be responsible for the day‑to‑day management of delivery teams and sub‑contractors on site. You will be expected to implement and monitor health, safety, quality and performance standards.

You will be accountable for SHEQ performance of Projects, including undertaking and recording findings of periodic SHEQ visits. You’ll be committed to driving cultural change into the Delivery and Design Teams, eliminating/minimising physical and non‑physical waste – i.e. recycling techniques, workshop recharges, standing time, etc. You will be responsible for communicating and recording all Corporate, SHEQ and Business Unit briefings. All briefings/inductions are recorded on relevant forms and retained for reference.

Ensure appropriate welfare is available for use and well maintained throughout the construction phase. You’ll ensure all site base personnel hold relevant qualifications and training to carry out their duties. You will be responsible for timely completion of multiple concurrent projects, safely and within budget. Attend internal and external review and progress meetings. Co‑ordinate and liaise with suppliers, specialist sub‑contractors, in‑house functions, site installation & construction teams. Monitor SHEA, legislative & programme performance of sub‑contractor as per own team.

You will be responsible for all SHEQ issues on site – this includes the completion of paperwork, including weekly safety, environmental and quality inspections, tool‑box talks, site‑specific risk assessments & method statements. Ensuring Personal Health & Safety and MTRA are completed and valid. Ensure near misses are recorded. Carry out ad‑hoc risk assessment as necessary.

What you'll bring

• Knowledge and experience in the water industry
• A certificate in Site Safety Management (or attendance of a 5‑day course)
• Training and experience in Civil Installations in the construction industry
• An effective manager of sub‑contractors and ability to influence client judgement
• Basic management training, skills & experience, with a good understanding of legislative and corporate SHEQ / Industry / Legal requirements
• Comprehensive IT abilities including MS Suite, alongside good project and programme management skills
• Good communication skills, able to convey detailed data to a non‑data‑literate audience and transfer skills
• Willingness to be site‑based, requiring regular communication with construction and delivery teams in the local office

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to thousands of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give‑as‑you‑earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers

• Company van and fuel card for business use
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• Private health care for you
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet. We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations. We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, we may close job adverts before the stated closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to third‑party background checks as part of our hiring process. Some of our roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of our induction.