Mechanical Site Team Leader

MGroup Water; Rowhedge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A national infrastructure services provider is seeking a Mechanical Site Team Leader to oversee projects in the water industry. You will manage teams and subcontractors, ensuring compliance with health, safety, and performance standards while driving cultural change within the team. The ideal candidate will have experience in mechanical installations and be equipped with effective management and communication skills. Competitive benefits include a company van, health care plans, and 25 days annual leave.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Access to retail discounts

Life assurance

Health Care Cash Plan

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical installations in the construction industry.
• Certificate in Site Safety Management preferred.
• Ability to influence client judgement through effective management.

Responsibilities

• Supervise projects from inception to completion.
• Manage delivery teams and subcontractors on site.
• Ensure SHEQ compliance and performance.

Skills

Knowledge in the water industry

Site Safety Management certification

Mechanical installations experience

Sub-contractor management

Project management skills

Effective communication

Tools

MS Suite

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.

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 Mechanical Site Team Leader you will be part of our Construction Team. This role involves the supervision of projects from inception to completion working on our Anglian Water contract based in Colchester.

You’ll be working 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 carry out the implementation and monitoring of 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.

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.

Coordinate 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. Carrying out ad hoc risk assessment as necessary.

What you’ll bring

Do you have knowledge and experience in the water industry?

Have you gained a certificate in Site Safety Management (or attended a 5‑day course)?

Are you trained and experienced in mechanical installations in the construction industry?

Are you an effective manager of sub‑contractors, and can you influence client judgement?

Do you have basic management training, skills and experience, with a good understanding of legislative and corporate SHEQ / Industry / Legal requirements?

Have you got comprehensive IT abilities including MS Suite, alongside good project and programme management skills?

Are you a good communicator, able to communicate detailed data to a non‑data literate audience and be able to pass on skills?

The role will be a site‑based, requiring regular communication with other members of the construction and delivery team based in our local office.

Benefits

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s 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.

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