Site Manager

We are looking for a skilled Site Manager to oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of telecommunication projects. Reporting to the Project Manager, you will play a crucial role in interpreting business needs, making critical decisions, and assessing potential risks and impacts of changes.

In this role, you will collaborate with team members and work independently to ensure project success. Additionally, you will foster team development and provide career enhancement advice whenever possible.

We are seeking individuals in the following locations: Newcastle, Sunderland, Carlisle, Borders of Scotland, Edinburgh, and Glasgow.

Join us to drive excellence and innovation in our projects. What you’ll be doing:

• Conduct detailed site surveys and provide comprehensive reports to pre-sales for accurate cost modeling. Ensure all areas are captured by coordinating with the site point of contact.

• Oversee daily site operations to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

• Plan and prepare the site before work begins, ensuring all tasks are carefully organized.

• Monitor and report on project progress, manage deliveries, conduct safety checks, and resolve any issues that arise promptly.

• Maintain communication with the site team, project team, and site contacts, ensuring a professional approach at all times.

• Ensure all work complies with building and security regulations, health and safety legislation, and other legal requirements.

• Plan and organize site facilities and logistics, ensuring all equipment is fit for purpose and operated by trained staff.

• Ensure all staff and visitors are cleared for the site by consulting with the project manager or security department.

• Log and report any work not meeting standards to the project manager immediately.

• Control and monitor site waste in line with the Company’s Site Waste Minimisation and Management policy.

• Uphold and promote the company’s values in all actions, acting ethically and responsibly in all dealings with stakeholders, the public, and team members.

• Ability to obtain MOD SC clearance and willing to undergo DV clearance if required and/orMOJ clearance and willing to undertake other clearances.

• Must hold SMSTS qualification or willing to obtain.

• Must be a CSCS card holder to a level of site manager.

• Ideally 5 years minimum experience of working within the telecommunication environment as a site manager and/or 5 years as an engineer.

• Exceptional understanding of telecommunication copper/Fibre, & Voice networks

• Exceptional understanding of telecommunication civil installations

• Excellent communication skills

• Good IT skills to include the MS suite of products and MS Project

• Good financial budget control

• Must hold a full clean UK Driving License

Desirable:

• Basic use of CAD

• Basic use of Visio

• Understanding of CCTV and door entry systems running over telecom networks

• CIDA qualified, Disability Confident

About Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27 ) with the opportunity to buy extra leave

• Auto enrolment to a pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more

• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology

• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice

• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

We’re an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you’d like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email Iqbal at reasonableadjustments@capita.com or call 07784 237318 and we’ll get back to you. For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments, please visit the Capita Careers website.