Site Manager

M Group Water; Swindon; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Site Manager to lead water and wastewater projects in the Thames Valley region. This role offers the chance to work on diverse and impactful projects, ensuring the delivery of essential infrastructure services. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in construction management, particularly in water infrastructure, and will be responsible for promoting a culture of safety while managing project teams and resources effectively. Join a forward-thinking company that values your development and offers a supportive environment where you can thrive.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Access to retail discounts

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Company car and fuel card

Health Care Cash Plan

Discretionary bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in construction management or engineering required.
• Experience in water or wastewater infrastructure is essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe and efficient delivery of water and wastewater projects.
• Manage project plans, including quality, safety, and environment.

Skills

Construction Management

Water Infrastructure Experience

Cost Control

Schedule Management

Health and Safety Training

Understanding of Temporary Works

Education

Degree/HND/HNC in Construction Management or Engineering

Tools

SMSTS Certification

CSCS Black Card

Job description

About The Role

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will be within our Water and wastewater capital project delivery. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.

What will you be doing?

As our Site Manager, you'll be working on our Thames Water Capital Delivery Framework covering the Thames Valley region. You'll be responsible for carrying out the safe, efficient, and on-time delivery of water and wastewater schemes in Thames Valley.

Projects will range in size, complexity, and value across this framework. They include shafts construction, pumping stations, trunk mains cross country pipelines, deep drainage, de-watering, directional drilling, tunnelling, and MEICA works.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Project responsibility for the safe, efficient delivery of projects.
2. Lead and promote a safe zero harm culture and promote industry-leading behavioural culture.
3. Follow Morrison Water Services Business Management Systems and processes to ensure right first-time delivery in a quality-controlled environment.
4. Write RAMS, briefings, TBTs, NCRs, control permits, and temporary works on site.
5. Manage and support Engineers, Supervisors, customers, and the general public impacted by our works.
6. Manage labour, plant, and materials.
7. Develop and deliver Project Management Plans including environment, quality, safety, health, and wellbeing.
8. Manage specialist Subcontractors.
9. Follow and promote company initiatives and ensure we deliver safe, on-time, efficient projects that delight our clients and the customers.
10. Carry out site inductions, toolbox talks, and coaching of staff in construction techniques, ensuring appropriate use of PPE.
11. Coordinate document control and design management for your project.
12. Ensure the timely close out of actions arising from internal and external audits.
13. Carry out SHE 6 Audits.
14. Reporting safety observations.
15. Obtain all necessary permits and approvals for construction activities. Ensure compliance with MWS, Client, regulatory, and industry standards.
16. Prepare and present regular reports on project status, including progress, challenges, and any changes to scope or budget, to senior management and stakeholders.
17. Ensure all mandatory training is complete and kept up to date to the matrix for your role.

What you'll bring:

• Do you have a degree/HND/HNC or equivalent in construction management or engineering?
• Have you gained experience of water or wastewater infrastructure?
• Can you control costs and value management?
• Do you have experience in schedule management?
• SMSTS
• CSCS Black card
• Health and Safety training or recognised certification such as NEBOSH or similar.
• Do you have an understanding of Temporary Works requirements?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme.
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Employee assistance programme.
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts.
• Life assurance.
• Cycle to work, salary finance, and give as you earn schemes.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave, and adoption leave.
• Reward and recognition scheme.

In addition, this role offers:

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from.
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/Hybrid car scheme.
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare, and physiotherapy and much more!
• Private health care and health care cash plan for you.
• Discretionary bonus scheme.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

About us:

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations and ways of working align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities, and the planet.
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations.
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice, or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry-recognised programmes, training, and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, we may close job adverts before the stated closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3^rd party background checks as part of our hiring process. Some of our roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of our induction.

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