Assistant Civil Construction Manager in Wales

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. At M Group Energy we’re enabling the energy essential to support our lives. We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation.

This role will be within our Transmission and Renewables team in Wales and South West England. We design, build and commission substations at voltages up to and including 400kV. Our teams construct and maintain transmission lines and substations, ensuring the efficient and reliable delivery of electricity.

Are you a proactive, organised team player? We’re looking for someone to support the delivery of high-profile electrical infrastructure projects across the South West of England and South Wales. You’ll work closely with site teams, engineers, and clients to help keep everything running smoothly, from early planning to final handover.

What will you be doing?

• Coordinating day-to-day site activities and supporting mobilisation
• Assisting with design reviews, build planning, and programme updates
• Liaising with civil, mechanical, and electrical teams to resolve issues
• Supporting Temporary Works planning and constructability reviews
• Preparing handover documents, drawings, and health & safety files
• Attending client and contractor meetings, representing the company professionally
• Using client systems to track project changes, risks, and communications
• Helping forecast and plan resources to meet key project milestones

If you’re keen to grow your career in construction, enjoy variety, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you!

What you’ll bring:

• At least 5 years experience in construction (HV transmission is a must)
• A qualification in Construction, Project Management, or similar
• CSCS card (or equivalent)
• Full UK driving licence
• Preferred but not essential: A civil engineering qualification
• A project management cert
• Experience with National Grid procedures
• Solid knowledge of Temporary Works
• Strong communication and people skills
• Confidence using Microsoft Office and project databases

What’s in it for you?

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 car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• Private health care and health care cash plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us!

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.

About us: 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 expectation. 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.