Site Manager

OCU; England; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading energy transition contractor as a Site Manager, where you will oversee construction activities, ensuring safety and quality while managing sub-contractors. This role demands strong leadership and organizational skills, with a focus on driving performance across multiple sites. Ideal candidates will have significant site management experience and relevant certifications.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in site management with a proven track record.
• Strong understanding of construction methods and regulations.
• Certification in IOSH/NEBOSH and SMSTS required.

Responsibilities

• Manage on-site construction activities and ensure safety.
• Conduct regular SHEQ audits and inspections.
• Oversee sub-contractors and supply chain operations.

Skills

Site Management

Health and Safety Management

Problem Solving

Organizational Skills

Leadership

Education

IOSH/NEBOSH Certification

SMSTS Certification

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Role Overview

As a Site Manager, you will play a vital role in managing the construction activities with our ICP and EV Projects. You will work closely with design engineers, sub-contractors and our project management teams to manage on-site construction activities and translate field data into the wider project team.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for effective on-site leadership proactively driving performance and coordination of resource and sub-contractors during the construction phase.
• To act as the example on site, meticulously ensuring that all safe systems of work are reviewed prior to work commencing and adhered to at all times.
• Driving performance in terms of safety and quality whilst ensuring works are delivered on time and in budget.
• Understanding of construction practices, CDM and health and safety management of live construction works.
• Conduct regular SHEQ audits and inspections.
• High level of travel to oversee multiple sites under delivery at anyone time, stay aways may be required dependent on the workload and locations.

Management of Sub-Contractors and Supply Chain

• Manage the day-to-day operations of sub-contractors and supply chain at site level resolving issues to ensure they do not impact overall delivery performance.
• Monitor the performance, health and safety and quality of the site operatives and sub-contractors, reporting into the ICP Project Managers as required.

Construction and Installation

• Proactive review of scheduled activities and management of performance against programme.
• Driving proactive resolution of risks and issues that arise on site.
• Manage and oversee permitting as required.
• Ensure that sites remain in a clean, organised and safe manner, including locking up of site equipment and materials at the end of the day.

Health Safety and Quality

• The Site Manager will promote a positive health and safety culture and lead by example as a H&S exemplar.
• Meticulously ensure that all safe systems of work, RAMS, inspections, COSHH and required competencies are reviewed prior to work commencing and documentation is shared and stored correctly.
• To provide incident reporting (pro-active observations, near misses, incident and accidents).
• Management of Inspection and Test Plans and accountable for capturing evidence to ensure compliance.
• Establish strong working relationships with sub-contractors to support the delivery to required standards and ways of working.
• Management of the construction workstreams to ensure the works meets the design and specification.
• The Site Manager will identify that all site operatives and visitors have received the required training and hold the correct certifications to be on site and undertaking associated tasks.
• The Site Manager will induct all on site personal ensuring they are aware of their health and safety responsibilities and highlighting the hazards and relaying site-specific information.
• The Site Manager will oversee that offices / welfare / sites are laid out and maintained to secure site safety, clear access / egress / emergency routes and that welfare facilities are well maintained.
• Deliver regular briefings and talks on SHEQ matters.
• Weekly SHEQ Site Inspections.

Skills and Experience

• Significant experience in site management with a proven track record of successfully managing construction projects of varying scales and complexities.
• ICP experience and good understanding of associated processes essential.
• Strong understanding of construction methods, material selection and installation techniques, as well as familiarity with relevant regulations and industry standards.
• Certification in the following IOSH/NEBOSH, SMSTS. NRSWA would be advantageous.
• Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent organizational and time management abilities, with the capacity to prioritize tasks and manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously.
• Ability to self-manage workload and work with autonomy.
• Strong management skills to resolve construction challenges and sub-contractor issues, with the ability to proactively and pragmatically resolve on site / escalate to ICP Project Manager to achieve project goals.

What We Value

We value our commitment to each other, summed up in our five values, we all sign up to these… We care about safety. We lead with integrity. We strive to be better every day. We make a positive impact. We deliver to grow. We are one company united.

Our Aim & Vision at OCU

To be the UK's leading energy transition and utilities contractor.

We are committed to leading the way in utilities and energy transition contracting, our mission is to innovate and deliver sustainability. At OCU, our passion for addressing complex challenges brings new standards of growth in our people and capabilities.

Company Information:

OCU leads the way in end-to-end infrastructure engineering in the utilities, digital, and energy markets, specialising in safely and efficiently delivering complex client requirements. Our breadth of capabilities and depth of operational capacity, paired with our cutting-edge technology, ensure that we are not just part of the market; we are leading it.

Working directly with many of the country’s leading power, energy transition, water, telecoms and digital clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.

Division

OCU Evolution

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Consulting

• Industries

  Utilities

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