Decommissioning Site Manager – Telecommunications

TXO; Andover; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Decommissioning Site Manager to oversee telecommunications projects. This hands-on role involves managing onsite delivery and ensuring health and safety compliance while working closely with teams on client sites. The successful candidate will be responsible for project timelines, equipment management, and staff training, contributing to sustainable telecom solutions. With an emphasis on safety and efficiency, this role offers a competitive salary and additional perks such as subsistence allowances and paid accommodation. Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to reducing environmental impact and enhancing telecom network sustainability.

Benefits

Competitive basic salary

Daily subsistence allowance

Paid hotel accommodation

Overtime available

Qualifications

• Experience in managing teams and ensuring health and safety standards.
• EAL qualified for working on DC systems and SMSTS certified.

Responsibilities

• Manage the onsite delivery of decommissioning projects and ensure safety.
• Conduct risk assessments and maintain a daily site diary.

Skills

Team Management

Health & Safety Management

Risk Assessment

Commercial Awareness

Flexibility

Education

EAL qualification for DC systems

SMSTS

First Aid at Work

Working at Heights

Job description

Decommissioning Site Manager - Telecommunications

Company Description

TXO, a collective of four brands including MMX, Lynx, and TEQPORT, is a global leader in sustainable telecom network solutions. Our vision: to be the world’s local partner for sustainable telecom networks, drives our commitment to the circular economy. We offer a full range of services to extend the life of telecom networks, from sourcing nearly a million multi-vendor network parts to responsible decommissioning and network engineering. The business is one of the fastest growing companies in the UK & Ireland and operates in the USA, Sweden, France, Germany, Australia, South Africa and Brazil.

Our approach not only saves costs but also reduces environmental impact. With advanced asset management and recovery solutions, we ensure maximum value and quality without compromising performance. Our expanded capabilities, bolstered by Lynx and TEQPORT, cover meticulous testing and restoration of equipment. In partnership with TowerBrook Delta, we’re dedicated to sustainable, efficient telecom network management, guided by our ‘circle of value’.

Position

Decommissioning Site Manager is a field-based role and reports to the Head of Projects. A hands-on role, whilst managing others on client sites, normally working away from home with overnight stays.

The three main functions of the job:

1. Manage the onsite delivery of decom projects.
2. Manage Health & Safety.

Manage the onsite delivery of decom projects

• Ensure the correct equipment is delivered to site for the work being undertaken.
• Read the RAMS & CPP and understand in advance of start date.
• Manage the timescales for the project, ensuring completion dates are met.
• Calculate haulage requirements & liaise with Admin team to ensure haulage & skips are supplied on time.
• Ensure completion information is supplied to Lynx project managers.
• Manage company tools and equipment, ensuring it is being used correctly and staff using it have been trained to do so.

Manage Health & Safety

• Set up the site for safe working, barriers, signage, spill kit & first aid facilities.
• Undertake necessary risk assessment in advance of work each day, ensuring all activity & risk is captured.
• Ensure all staff / contractors working under you are briefed on H&S daily.
• Keep a daily site diary which should capture all work activity & supplier performance.
• Day to day responsibility for managing safety on the sites you are managing.
• Ensure any electrical work is being completed safely by trained and competent people.
• Assign staff to daily duties and record in daily diary.
• Manage poor behaviour and report to line manager.
• Train and mentor new staff and record performance.
• Monitor sub-contractors and report any problems they may be having or causing and captured in diary.
• Complete a supplier review for each supplier at the end of each project.

Requirements

• Previous experience in managing teams.
• EAL qualified for working on DC systems.
• Commercially astute.
• Flexible attitude to working hours.

Specialist training required

• SMSTS.
• TEL003: EAL Level 3 Award in DC Electrical Installations within the Telecommunications Industry.
• First Aid at work.
• Working at heights.

Other information

Rewards

• Competitive basic salary.
• Daily subsistence allowance for breakfasts and evening meals (when/if required).
• Paid hotel accommodation Monday to Thursday night (when/if required).
• Overtime is available when authorised in advance.