Site Manager

Network Plus; Wigan; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility service provider is seeking 5 Site Managers for various locations in the North West, including Manchester, Cheshire, and East Lancashire. The successful candidates will manage resources and oversee multiple infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, while leading operational teams to meet client expectations. Experience in the utilities sector and strong team management skills are essential for this role. A competitive salary and benefits package are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Full benefits package

Qualifications

• Competence and knowledge in deep excavations and civil works.
• Experience with drainage, structures, and water-based schemes is advantageous.
• Awareness of costs and program management.
• Experience with Street Works and Confined Spaces.
• Experience in Water projects is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Mains Rehabilitation Non-Core Programme operations.
• Supervise daily activities and site standards adherence.
• Organize resources efficiently for project schemes.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety procedures.
• Report weekly to management and client on site progress.

Skills

Experience in the Utilities sector

Good team management

Communication skills

Proficient IT skills

Education

Health & Safety qualification

Full UK Driving Licence

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Description

We are recruiting for 5 Site Managers to cover Manchester, Cheshire & East Lancashire. As a Site Manager, you will be responsible for the resources associated with delivering a wide range of Infrastructure Projects and Mains Rehabilitation works across the North West, for our client United Utilities.

You will plan, manage and supervise operational teams and supply chain partners, as they carry out schemes and provide operational leadership – ensuring that the work is delivered safely, on time, within budget and to our client’s expectations. In addition to Health and Safety, customer service is critical to the client. Satisfaction of customers is measured through a new regulatory measure called C-MeX. You will work closely with the client to influence the C-MeX measure and show leadership skills to genuinely care about the ratings customers give of Network Plus’s Non-Core services. You will be expected to communicate with customers who are impacted by our work, as and when required.

You will work with the design, delivery and commercial teams, to ensure our Non-Core programme of work is delivered safely, to the right quality, on programme and to the clients budget.

Key Responsibilities

• Operational supervisory responsibility for the Mains Rehabilitation Non-Core Programme and the daily activities that take place on site.
• Site based; regularly visit teams at local site level – reviewing progress and performance and ensuring all standards are adhered to at all times.
• Organise all resources for our schemes, including plant, labour, materials and sub-contractors, in the most cost-effective way.
• Manage compliance with Health and Safety procedures on site (weekly checks, inspections, team briefings, audits) and work with teams to develop and support them in reaching their full potential.
• Weekly reporting of the sites to our management team and the client on meetings and calls to update the team on progress, planning and issues.
• Act as a Health & Safety Representative; undertake health & safety inspections, raise matters with management, and investigate reportable accidents or incidents as they occur.

Experience and Qualifications

• Experience in the Utilities sector, experience in Water advantageous.
• Competence, knowledge and experience in deep excavations, civil works, drainage, structures and water‑based schemes.
• Competence, knowledge and experience in Street Works and Confined Spaces.
• Health & Safety qualification an advantage.
• Awareness of costs and programme awareness.
• Good team management and communication skills.
• Proficient IT skills; Microsoft Project preferable.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Salary and Benefits

We offer a competitive salary based on experience alongside a full benefits package.

Network Plus is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

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About Network Plus

Network Plus is an award‑winning business delivering essential utility and infrastructure services for the UK’s major providers of gas, power, telecoms, transport, water, and wastewater.

We value the variety of experience, perspective, and other points of difference our workforce, clients, and supply chain offer.

We are actively working with colleagues across the Network Plus Group to develop an inclusive environment – we want all our employees to feel valued and included to enable everyone to thrive at work and understand the value of their contribution matters no matter their background, identity, or circumstances.