Civil Team Leader in Chelmsford

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.

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure. This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.

As our Civil Site Team Leader you will be part of our Construction Team, this role involves the different supervision of projects from inception to completion working on our Anglian Water contract based in Colchester. You’ll be working under the Site Manager and be responsible for the day-to-day management of delivery teams and sub-contractors on site. You’ll be expected to carry out the implementation and monitoring of health, safety, quality and performance standards. You will be accountable for SHEQ performance of Projects, including undertaking and recording findings of periodic SHEQ visits. You’ll be committed to driving cultural change into the Delivery and Design Teams, eliminating/minimising physical and non-physical waste i.e. recycling techniques, workshop recharges, standing time etc.

Be responsible for communicating and recording all Corporate, SHEQ and Business Unit briefings. All briefings/inductions are recorded on relevant forms and retained for reference. Ensure appropriate welfare is available for use and well maintained throughout the construction phase. You’ll ensure all site base personnel hold relevant qualifications and training to carry out their duties. You will be responsible for timely completion of multiple concurrent projects, safely and within budget. Attend internal and external review and progress meetings. Co-ordinate and liaise with suppliers, specialist sub-contractors, in-house functions, site installation & construction teams. Monitor SHEA, legislative & programme performance of sub-contractor as per own team. You will be responsible for all SHEQ issues on site which will form part of your role. This includes the completion of paperwork, including weekly safety, environmental and quality inspections, tool-box talks, site-specific risk assessments & method statements. Ensuring Personal Health & Safety and MTRA are completed and valid. Ensure near misses are recorded. Carrying out ad hoc risk assessment as necessary.

Do you have knowledge and experience in the water industry? Have you gained a certificate in Site Safety Management (or attended 5-day course)? Are you trained and experienced in Civil Installations in the construction industry? Are you an effective manager of sub-contractors, and can you influence client judgement? Do you have basic Management training, skills & experience, with a good understanding of legislative and corporate SHEQ / Industry / Legal requirements? Have you got comprehensive IT abilities including MS Suite, alongside good Project and programme management skills? Are you a good communicator, able to communicate detailed data to a non-data literate audience and be able to pass on skills?

The role will be site-based, requiring regular communication together with other members of the construction and delivery team based in our local office. 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 1000s 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 van and fuel card for business use
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• Private health care for you
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet. We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations. We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life. Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, we may close job adverts before the stated closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of our hiring process. Some of our roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of our induction.