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Morrison Utility Services Limited.; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure services provider in Plymouth is seeking a Civil Engineering Lead to supervise site activities, manage teams, and ensure compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in civil engineering, excellent leadership skills, and experience with NEC contracts. This role offers attractive benefits including a company car, private health care, and generous leave.

Benefits

Matched pension scheme

Online GP service

Life assurance

Private health care

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• A good level of experience in civil engineering and workforce supervision.
• A sound commercial foundation to facilitate cost control.
• Effective team management, leadership, and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site team including supervision and subcontractors.
• Produce short term programmes and monitor site activities.
• Ensure adequate records are maintained through site photographs.

Skills

Civil engineering experience

Workforce supervision

Commercial cost control

Team management and leadership

Excellent communication skills

Job description

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.

At M Group Highways, we're supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We don't just build roads and bridges - we're building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work. You'll be joining our Highways maintenance team, as the UK's number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes.

Role Summary

You'll lead site team including supervision, engineering teams and subcontractors. Produce short term programmes from the Contract Programme and communicate to the wider team. You'll monitor site activities against target programmes reporting exceptions in outputs, delays etc. Be responsible for ensuring change on site is identified and recorded in line with NEC. You'll support the site engineering teams and provide guidance. You'll ensure adequate records are maintained through site photographs, daily diaries and as built drawings. Carry out daily site briefings and supervise sub-contractor task briefings. You'll monitor all works activities to ensure that they meet the Works Specification. Along with formal communications to clients and subcontractors.

Requirements

• A good level of experience in civil engineering and workforce supervision
• A sound commercial foundation to facilitate cost control
• Effective team management, leadership and influencing skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in all situations
• The ability to drive excellent relationships with client and colleagues
• The ability to remain flexible in your approach to the role whilst embracing change
• Experience of working on NEC contracts including the mechanisms for notifications
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written

Benefits

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
• Private health care and health care cash plan for you
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Personal Accident Cover

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