Site Manager (Gas Mains)

Construction Site Recruitment; Crawley; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Construction Site Recruitment is seeking a Site Manager to lead delivery of mains and service replacement projects. You will translate programmes into practical daily and weekly plans, coordinate resources and supervise subcontractors to meet meterage and programme targets while maintaining safety and customer service.

You will provide visible safety leadership, ensure compliance with permits and risk assessments, and escalate risks early to keep projects on track.

Qualifications

• Proven site management experience in utilities or infrastructure projects.
• Track record delivering programmes, meterage and productivity through teams.
• Strong knowledge of safety, traffic management and environmental controls.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed daily, weekly and six-week delivery plans.
• Ensure work fronts are fully enabled before mobilisation with permits, notices and drawings.
• Monitor meterage, productivity and completion dates against plan daily.
• Deploy labour, plant and materials to meet output targets.
• Investigate shortfalls and implement recovery plans with the Head of Operations.
• Provide safety leadership and ensure compliance with all permits and risk assessments.

Skills

Site management

Planning & delivery

Safety leadership

Stakeholder management

Digital reporting

Education

SMSTS certificate

NRSWA Supervisor

First aid

Tools

Digital reporting tools

Job description

Role summary

The Site Manager has day-to-day accountability for planning, coordinating and delivering allocated SGN MRP projects. The role leads site operations to achieve meterage and programme commitments without compromising safety, compliance, quality or customer service. The Site Manager provides visible leadership, maintains accurate site records and escalates risks or constraints early to the Head of Operations.

Role purpose

To lead the safe, compliant, efficient and customer-focused delivery of mains and service replacement activities across allocated projects. The Site Manager converts the agreed programme into practical daily and weekly plans, coordinates resources and interfaces, monitors meterage and productivity, and takes timely action to maintain or recover delivery performance.

Key responsibilities

Planning and work readiness

• Develop and maintain detailed daily, weekly and six-week delivery plans for all allocated projects.
• Confirm each work front is fully enabled before mobilisation, including vacex, permits, notices, drawings, work packs, traffic management, access, materials, plant, labour, competencies, customer arrangements and reinstatement interfaces.
• Sequence work efficiently to maximise productive time, reduce hand-offs and avoid unnecessary disruption or remobilisation.
• Provide accurate programme updates, forecasts, comments and readiness status to the Head of Operations and programme team.
• Identify constraints and delivery risks early, assign clear actions and dates, and escal

Delivery of meterage and programme targets

• Take ownership of weekly and monthly meterage targets for allocated projects and teams.
• Translate contract and programme commitments into clear daily outputs for operatives and subcontractors.
• Monitor actual meterage, productivity, gang performance and completion dates against plan each day.
• Ensure labour, plant, materials, support functions and subcontractors are correctly deployed to achieve the required output.
• Investigate shortfalls promptly, remove operational barriers and implement practical recovery plans agreed with the Head of Operations.
• Provide realistic forecasts and never overstate readiness, progress or expected completion.

3.3 Safety leadership

• Provide visible and consistent safety leadership across all allocated sites and teams.
• Ensure work is undertaken in accordance with legislation, SGN requirements, client procedures, approved risk assessments, method statements and permits.
• Confirm daily activity briefings and task-specific briefings are completed, understood and recorded.
• Undertake planned site inspections, safety conversations and assurance checks, recording findings and closing actions within agreed timescales.
• Stop work where there is an immediate or unacceptable risk and ensure the activity is made safe before recommencement.
• Ensure incidents, near misses, unsafe conditions and environmental events are reported promptly and supported with accurate evidence.
• Monitor excavation safety, temporary works, lifting operations, plant movements, public protection, welfare, housekeeping and site security.

Knowledge, experience and qualifications

• Proven site management or senior supervisory experience in gas distribution, utilities, civil engineering or comparable infrastructure.
• Track record of delivering programmes, meterage and productivity targets through multiple teams and subcontractors.
• Strong knowledge of construction safety, excavation, streetworks, traffic management, public protection, environmental and quality controls.
• Able to interpret programmes, drawings, risk assessments, method statements, permits and performance information.
• Customer and stakeholder management experience in a live streetworks environment.
• SMSTS, NRSWA Supervisor, first aid and relevant gas/utility competencies; temporary works awareness where required.
• Full UK driving licence and sufficient digital reporting skills