Site Manager

Babcock International; Kirkcaldy; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international engineering company is seeking a Site Manager for their Rosyth Dockyard in Scotland. The role involves leading construction activities for major infrastructure projects, ensuring safety and quality standards. Candidates should have significant experience in construction and team leadership. This is a full time, permanent position with competitive compensation and a great benefits package.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading benefits

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering work

Excellent development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a construction environment.
• Strong background in supervising or managing live construction sites.
• Ability to lead teams and coordinate multiple site activities.
• Knowledge of HSE regulations and site safety practices.
• Experience working with contractors and project stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Managing all on-site construction activities to ensure safe, timely, and high-quality delivery.
• Supervising subcontractors, tradespeople, and site staff to align with project goals.
• Enforcing health, safety, and environmental standards through toolbox talks and inspections.
• Tracking project milestones and reporting progress to senior stakeholders.
• Overseeing site logistics including deliveries, storage, and equipment use.

Skills

Proven experience in a construction environment

Strong background in supervising or managing live construction sites

Ability to lead teams and coordinate multiple site activities

Knowledge of HSE regulations and site safety practices

Experience working with contractors and project stakeholders

Education

Formal qualifications in construction or site management

Job description

Job Title: SiteManager

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF64419

Lead with Purpose. Build a Safer Future.

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Site Manager at Rosyth Dockyard, near Dunfermline, Fife.

The role

As a Site Manager, you’ll be at the heart of delivering major infrastructure projects that support national defence and engineering excellence. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you’ll oversee construction activities on a live site, ensuring safety, quality, and progress are always front and centre. You’ll be part of a team that’s shaping the future of our dockyard facilities—making a real impact on our operations and your career.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Managing all on‑site construction activities to ensure safe, timely, and high‑quality delivery.
• Supervising subcontractors, tradespeople, and site staff to align with project goals.
• Enforcing health, safety, and environmental standards through toolbox talks and inspections.
• Tracking project milestones and reporting progress to senior stakeholders.
• Overseeing site logistics including deliveries, storage, and equipment use.

This role is full time, permanent position working 37 hours per week, based on site at Rosyth Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Site Manager:

• Proven experience in a construction environment.
• Strong background in supervising or managing live construction sites.
• Ability to lead teams and coordinate multiple site activities.
• Knowledge of HSE regulations and site safety practices.
• Experience working with contractors and project stakeholders.

Qualifications for the Site Manager:

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you have the experience and drive to succeed, we want to hear from you. Formal qualifications in construction or site management are beneficial but not essential.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

Closing date: 17/11/2025