Senior Site Manager

Costain; Chatham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading civil engineering firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Site Manager for their Southern Water Framework. The successful candidate will manage site operations, ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, and coordinate with subcontractors. Candidates should have substantial experience in the water industry and relevant qualifications such as SMSTS and a CSCS card. This role offers the opportunity to work on a significant construction programme valued at up to £1bn over five years.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing site teams effectively.
• Strong commercial and contractual understanding.
• Willingness to promote environmentally friendly practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate site teams and subcontractors.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Compile final contract documentation for operational manuals.

Skills

Knowledge and Experience in the water industry

Effective management of site team and sub-contractors

Excellent customer relationship skills

Education

Degree, NVQ 6 or HND level qualifications

Tools

Relevant management CSCS card

Certificate in Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)

Job description

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Job Description

At CMDP+ we believe that people matter. We know that to build successful, creative teams we need a diverse workforce that can deliver new innovative ways of thinking. We provide an environment where you will have the freedom to develop and grow to your full potential.

CMDP+ is looking to strengthen their team with a Senior Site Manager for our Southern Water Framework. MWH Treatment and Costain Group are part of the CMDP+ joint venture that will deliver a range of construction schemes to maintain and improve Southern Water's water supply and wastewater treatment works within the South and Southeast regions.

The Joint Venture has been set up specifically to execute the 5-year (2025 - 2030) AMP8 capital delivery framework. We will be delivering a programme of works up to £1bn over the 5-year period consisting of both heavy civil engineering and mechanical and electrical activities.

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Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate site teams, subcontractors, and stakeholders.
• Coordinating all operational activities, ensuring the project is executed according to plans, specifications and compliant with health and safety regulations.
• Accountable for SHEQ (Safety, Health, Environment & Quality) performance of Projects, including undertaking and record findings of weekly SHEQ tours.
  Oversee the management of site based Supervisors, Delivery Teams and relevant areas of the supply chain.
• Liaison with the Client's Operational staff to ensure Key Performance Parameters are met or exceeded.
• Compile and Collate final contract documentation, Safe to operate (STO), "As-built" drawings, test sheets, inspection & test plans etc. for inclusion into Operation & Maintenance Manuals and health and safety files
• Input into works information with the commercial teams to ensure project scope is met in full or areas identified as requiring alternative contractor input.
• Seek out, highlight and promote products and working practices that actively reduce the carbon used on the projects you are involved.
• Monitoring work progress, ensuring quality standards are met, and resolving any issues or deviations from the project plan.

Qualifications

Experience

• Knowledge and Experience in the water industry
• Commercial and Contractual understanding & awareness.
• Have knowledge and experience of working to a budget and programme
• Effective management of site team and sub-contractors.
• Excellent customer relationship skills

Qualifications

• To have a certificate in Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)
• Relevant management CSCS card
• SEATS ((Site Environmental Awareness Training Scheme) or approved Partner internal equivalent course attended
• 3 day First Aid at Work course inc. defibrillator

Desirable

• Degree, NVQ 6 or HND level qualifications
• Extensive experience in M&E/construction industry
• IOSH Modern COSHH Management Certificate

About Us

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

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