Site Manager

Kier Group

Reading

On-site

GBP 52,000 - 70,000

Full time

13 days ago
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Job summary

Kier Group (Kier Places) is recruiting for a Site Manager to join the Secure Environments team based in Salisbury. The role focuses on delivering UK Defence projects safely, on time, and within budget, with a strong emphasis on customer satisfaction and detailed site delivery across a secure facility.

You'll manage site operations, safety compliance, resources including subcontractors, and maintain comprehensive site records.

Qualifications

  • Proven site management experience delivering projects successfully.
  • Strong leadership with ability to support and develop your team.
  • Commercial awareness and excellent organisational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the site and ensure work is safe, on time, within budget and to required quality.
  • Implement and oversee health and safety procedures including audits and risk assessments.
  • Control and monitor resources including sub-contractors to maximise efficiency and minimise costs.
  • Maintain site records such as reports, diaries, progress photos and safety documentation.

Skills

Site management
Leadership
Budget control
Health and safety
Communication

Job description

We're looking for a Site Manager to join our Secure Environments team based in Salisbury.

Location: Salisbury
Hours: 40 hours per week

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

Kier Places is recruiting now for a Site Manager in Salisbury to join our Secure Environments team delivering projects across the UK Defence portfolio. Your role will be key to ensuring projects are safely delivered on time and to budget whilst achieving the highest levels of customer satisfaction. We are building a new team to deliver multiple projects within one secure facility, with a strong focus on detail.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Site Manager, you'll be working within the Secure Environments team, supporting them in delivering multiple projects across the UK Defence portfolio. Your day to day will include:

  • Managing the site and ensuring work is completed safely, on time, within budget and to the required quality
  • Implementing and managing health and safety procedures including weekly audits, risk assessments and safe systems of work
  • Controlling and monitoring resources including sub-contractors to maximise efficiency and minimise costs
  • Maintaining comprehensive site records including reports, daily diaries, progress photographs and health and safety documentation
  • Supporting team development through guidance, training and performance reviews
What are we looking for?

This role of Site Manager is great for you if:

  • You hold a Full driving licence
  • You have demonstrable site management experience with a proven track record in successfully managing projects
  • You possess strong leadership skills with the ability to support and develop your team
  • You are commercially aware with excellent organisational and communication skills
  • You are a UK British Passport Holder
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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

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