Senior Site Manager – Renewable Energy Projects

Bretland; Leinster; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Bretland is seeking a Senior Site Manager to lead a renewable energy project in Offaly. You will report to the Project Manager and manage site staff and subcontractors, coordinating daily on-site activities to deliver on time and within budget.

The role requires oversight of health and safety, quality control, procurement, and liaison with design teams. You will produce daily progress reports and ensure compliance with drawings, regulations, and RAMS while driving site performance.

Responsibilities

• Report to project management team and provide weekly/monthly updates on programme and subcontractors progress.
• Manage site staff and all contractors coming on to your project and currently on your Project.
• Constant interaction and guidance to construction operatives on site.
• Take responsibility for managing day to day activities on-site throughout the project lifecycle, assist Project Team to ensure the successful delivery of the project on time and within budget.
• Ensure that appropriate SHEQ personnel are copied in all subcontractors’ appointments and when starting on site.
• Establish Construction Programmes for projects with you respective Project Manager.
• Check and understand all drawings and specification.
• Ensure RFI’s and Technical Submittals are issued to the Design Team and that all registers are kept up to date on the Bretland IMS.
• Establish project resource requirements and lead motivate the project team.
• Monitor construction, regarding quality of workmanship and materials and recording of same on the Bretland IMS.
• Proposing suitable changes to design to improve saving, ease construction programme, enhance specification and quality completion.
• Commercially minded and ability to work with the project team including the QS to manage the project and meet the company objectives for each project.
• Co-ordinate and liaise with your Project Manager, Site Engineers and services Co-ordinator to ensure that all subcontractors and site personnel have always timely and accurate information.
• Ensure compliance with drawings, specification, building regulations and good building practise.
• Ensure compliance with local statutory and regulatory obligations.
• Complete and issue daily progress reports.
• Monitor and manage all agency labour on the projects, and only hire, as and when required
• Workstations are clean
• Ensure all welfare and office are cleaned daily.
• Implementing onsite health and safety procedures and support H&S officer with implementing safety procedures.
• Management of all aspects of SHEQ on site, ensuring compliance with the Company’s Environmental, H&S, and Quality Management Systems.
• Ensure that all persons coming to site have completed inductions and have provided the necessary certifications to be onsite as reqruied; Safepass, Manual Handling, CSCS, etc
• Ensure all operatives have signed in, are inducted, have the relevant permit for their works, receive weekly toolbox talks and are working to the appropriate risk assessments and method statements.
• Liaise with SHEQ Department for ensuring Bretland RAMS are suitable for the task and SPA is in line with the methodology in the RAMS for the task.
• Monitor Subcontractor RAMs as received and liaise with SHEQ Department for approval.
• Ensure that Accident/Incidents are recorded/investigated as per Bretland Company procedures.
• Ensure all permits or licences for works are applied for in time and are in place before any activity commences.
• Ensure Progress photos are taken to document works and store appropriately on the cloud or Procore
• Ensure that all persons working on our projects have signed latest version on their RAMS and always have their SPA with them.
• Upload SPA’s to Bretland document control system.
• Upload all permits including Clients to Bretland document control system.
• Ensure the works are planned out in a logical manner paying particular attention to materials storage, deliveries, plant and traffic movements, craneage and any other site logistics.
• Daily site reports to be issued to Senior Management and stored on Procore or uploaded to Bretland document control system.
• Ensure all managers, engineers and sub-contractors are working to the latest construction issue information.
• Ensure that all setting out is done in good time and its accuracy is checked.
• Attendance at progress meetings is mandatory and ensure that updates on the following is provided.
• Over see day to day construction activities in peat-based environments, ensuring adherence to approved peat management plans.
• Manage risks associated with peat stability, drainage and excavation.
• Liaise with geotechnical engineers and environmental consultants regarding ground conditions and construction methodologies.
• Monitor project progress and assist Project Manager with cost control.

Job description

Bretland is seeking a Senior Site Manager to lead a renewable energy project in Offaly. You will report to the Project Manager and manage site staff and subcontractors, coordinating daily on-site activities to deliver on time and within budget.

The role requires oversight of health and safety, quality control, procurement, and liaison with design teams. You will produce daily progress reports and ensure compliance with drawings, regulations, and RAMS while driving site performance.