Site Manager in Bournemouth

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Site Manager to join our Environment Business, working on our Wessex Water Framework in the Dorset region. Reporting to the Project Managers and Head of Delivery, you will be responsible for managing and controlling all site activities to ensure safe, efficient and high-quality delivery of Mechanical, Electrical and Civil installation schemes. You'll play a key role in coordinating site operations, managing subcontractors and suppliers, and ensuring that work is completed in line with contractual timescales, specifications and health, safety and environmental standards.

At Galliford Try, we pride ourselves on delivering excellent customer service, and in this role, you'll demonstrate flexibility, professionalism and strong ethical standards while fostering a collaborative working environment.

• Manage and control daily site activities to ensure compliance with safety, quality, and environmental standards.
• Lead site inductions, toolbox talks and briefings to promote a positive safety culture.
• Ensure accurate completion of all site documentation including Method Statements, Risk Assessments and installation programmes.
• Monitor and control site costs, ensuring efficiency and compliance with budgets.
• Liaise with suppliers, subcontractors, and internal teams to coordinate site operations.
• Attend site visits and progress meetings as required, providing clear and timely reports.
• Support the Health, Safety and Environmental culture across all operations, promoting continuous improvement.

You will have experience working in the water and/or wastewater industries, ideally on site based projects involving Mechanical, Electrical or Civil installations.

• Industry relevant ONC / City & Guilds / NVQ qualification (or equivalent).
• Experience managing teams and subcontractors on construction or water projects.
• SMSTS, IOSH or CITB 5 Day Site Safety Management certification.
• A valid CSCS card, First Aid training, and EUSR.
• Organised and structured approach with strong leadership skills.
• Commitment to quality, safety and customer satisfaction.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills.
• A proactive and self motivated attitude with the ability to adapt to new challenges.

With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion, we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects, offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays.
• A wide range of corporate discounts.
• Cycle to Work schemes.
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme.
• Private medical scheme options available for all salaried employees, plus 24/7 employee assistance support.
• Paid annual membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role.

Our purpose is to improve people's lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work. We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long term value.

Please contact: Additional Information Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full time, reduced hours or flexibly; this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

Our Environment Business provides 'source to sea' asset delivery capability across the UK and Scotland working on both Frameworks and Standalone projects. Since AMP3 we have delivered in excess of £2bn assets for clients such as Yorkshire Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Thames Water, Southern Water, Welsh Water and Scottish Water. As an established player in the market this is a great opportunity to join the team at a time of transformation as we shape ourselves to be fit for delivery in a future digital world. We have recently secured a plethora of places on the AMP7 Frameworks for Yorkshire Water, Southern Water and Thames Water for both Infrastructure and Non Infrastructure projects ranging from £1 40m over the next five years.