Site Manager

About the role

Due to continued growth Avove are looking for a Site Manager to join our Severn Trent Water framework. As a Site Manager, you will lead by example, ensuring safe, compliant, and high quality project delivery. You'll drive a strong HSEQ culture by challenging unsafe behaviours, ensuring corrective actions, and overseeing weekly safety leadership discussions, inspections, and interventions. You will communicate company and industry standards clearly, assign responsibilities effectively, and ensure teams have the right skills, competence, and training. You'll work closely with Operations and Training teams to identify development needs, support training release, and ensure all key project HSEQ documentation is drafted, implemented, and maintained to the highest standard.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand and manage the contract scope for each project.
• Ensure accurate completion of site diaries.
• Maintain appropriate welfare facilities on site.
• Hold pre start meetings with all subcontractors at least one week before work begins.
• Liaise regularly with client operational teams to coordinate site activities.
• Chair collaborative meetings with clients and subcontractors.
• Review and discuss Avove direct RAMS with Site Supervisors.
• Review and discuss subcontractor RAMS with relevant site and engineering teams.
• Review and approve subcontractor payment applications promptly.
• Arrange subcontractor inductions via Site Supervisors.
• Issue permits as required.
• Review Crane Lift Plans (where AP trained).
• Generate, review, and approve non crane lift plans.
• Deliver daily briefings to site teams.

Skills/Experience Required

• SMSTS certified with IOSH/CSCS Supervisor accreditation.
• NVQ Level 3 in Management (or equivalent experience).
• Proven site management experience across multiple work programmes.
• Strong leadership, problem solving, and decision making skills.
• Able to motivate, coach, and lead delivery teams.
• Full valid UK driving licence.
• NRSWA Supervisor and Temporary Works Supervisor.
• Confined Space (medium risk), First Aid, CAT & Genny.
• EUSR Water Hygiene.
• Experience in deep excavation/trench support and lifting operations.

What's it in for you

We offer a rewarding salary that is tailored to your skills and experience. We celebrate hard work and give recognition to our colleagues. In addition to this, we understand that one size doesn't fit all, so everyone has access to a variety of flexible benefits that work for you.

• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• A selection of lifestyle benefit options
• Financial wellbeing programme
• Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing and onsite mental health first aiders to support our colleagues.
• Volunteering days in your community and charity matched giving to boost your fundraising.
• Rewards initiative for achieving recognised professional qualifications.

Equal opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from candidates of all races, genders, disabilities, religions, ages and sexual orientations. We know that having a diverse workforce encourages new perspectives, inspires creativity, and creates an engaging workplace and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all colleagues can thrive.