Site Manager

Kier Group; Northampton; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking a Site Manager based in Brixworth, Northamptonshire. The role involves managing various civil engineering projects and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Ideal candidates have an HNC in Civil Engineering and experience with NEC contracts. The position offers a competitive salary of £48,000 - £52,000 plus benefits, including a car allowance and healthcare.

Benefits

Annual car allowance

Private healthcare

Various employee benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing NEC contracts.
• Understanding of health and safety regulations.
• Ability to interpret scheme drawings and costing information.

Responsibilities

• Manage diverse construction projects for highways.
• Create a positive health and safety culture.
• Ensure site compliance with Chapter 8 regulations.

Skills

Motivation

Organisational skills

Passion for highways infrastructure

Commitment to safety

Leadership skills

Education

HNC (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering

Tools

NEC contract management

NRSWA Supervisor certification

Job description

Drive Highways Infrastructure for North and West Northamptonshire Councils - Join Kier as Site Manager

Kier Transportation is seeking a Site Manager to be based in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, delivering a diverse range of projects from critical maintenance to major civil engineering schemes for both North and West Northamptonshire Councils. Could this be you?

Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment.

Location: Brixworth, Northamptonshire - site based, 5 days per week
Hours: Permanent Full-time, 40 hours per week
Salary: £48,000 - £52,000 + £5,900 annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits

What Will You Be Responsible For?

As a Site Manager, you'll take ownership of a variety of works, including footpath reconstruction, carriageway resurfacing, surface treatments, drainage improvements, traffic signals, and structure repairs. Managing these projects on live public highways requires skill, foresight, and strong leadership.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Creating and championing a positive health and safety culture in line with Kier procedures
• Ensure your sites are compliant with Chapter 8 and the Construction (Design and Management) regulations
• Interpret documents, scheme drawings and costing information in line with NEC4 contract requirements
• Ensuring the quality of work aligns with inspection and testing plans, scheme designs, and current specifications
• Compliancewith the NEC4 change control procedures for early warnings and compensation events

What Are We Looking For?

This SiteManager opportunity is suited to a motivated, organised individual with a passion for highways infrastructure and a commitment to safety and quality.

This role of Site Manager is great for you if you have:

• HNC (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering
• Proven NEC contractmanagement experience
• NRSWASupervisor certification

  Rewards and benefits

  We’re proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

  Diversity and inclusion

  Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

  As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.