Site Manager

This challenging and exciting opportunity requires an individual with a good technical background and demonstrable experience in taking responsibility for overseeing engineering-based sites and installations. We are looking for an experienced Site Manager/Supervisor from the mechanical engineering, industrial or fabrication sectors. An engineering trade qualification is essential. The role is working 42 hours per week with some overseas travel required. A full driving licence is also essential.

Due to sustained growth, a significant forward order workload and a continued commitment to be at the forefront of the industry, our client is now searching for a talented and motivated Site Manager. The successful candidate will have the day-to-day responsibility for the safe, timely and profitable delivery of a wide variety of sites and installations. This will sometimes include managing site-based teams and resolving any technical, operational and commercial issues as required.

The Role

• Oversee the activities of the designated site installations and teams, providing guidance, control and structure to the decision-making processes.
• Ensure the resources available on site are managed to achieve the least cost option to satisfy project objectives.
• To oversee the installation phase of projects, working closely and liaising with site personnel, customers, suppliers, sub-contractors and other internal departments.
• Ensure sites and installation activities are managed in a manner that provides budgetary control of resources in order to increase the department’s performance.
• Assist with the preparation of RAMS, lift/crane plans and HSEQ documents, to ensure compliance with current regulations and legislations.
• Assist in site audits, inspections, surveys, pre-site visits and meetings for installation aspects of all projects on behalf of the company.
• Ensure all installations are planned and executed in accordance with operating policy, whilst maintaining the professional and progressive image of the company wherever possible.
• Work under deadline pressures in an efficient, composed and calm manner.
• Help to manage suppliers and sub-contractors to improve safety, performance and profit.

The Person

• Possessing experience in a similar role from any area of the aforementioned sectors, coupled with a recognised engineering trade qualification.
• Possess first-hand exposure to the supervision of engineering-based site installations.
• Hold experience of a variety of multi-disciplined engineering techniques.
• Possess an understanding of all stages of the site installation process, coupled with the ability to support your team as required.
• Able to identify the requirements of assigned sites to produce appropriate delivery plans.
• Able to positively engage with clients, suppliers, contractors, site teams and colleagues.
• Efficiently manage situations when workload presents conflicting demands on time.
• Monitor, progress and implement controls to ensure tasks are achieved.
• Communicate facts to stakeholders (internally or externally) in an effective manner.
• Deliver efficient and effective customer service at all times.
• A full UK driving licence and the willingness to travel UK wide and sometimes overseas.

Our Client

Our client is a market leading design, build, installation and maintenance contractor operating at the cutting edge of engineering excellence driven and supported by a passion for innovation. They have continuously diversified and expanded their expertise, enabling them to deliver a huge range of advanced engineering solutions for the Aerospace, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Defence, Industrial and Energy sectors, amongst many others. They not only complete projects successfully and to the highest of standards at all times but also add value to their clients by giving them total support from the beginning to the end of each and every contract.

An attractive basic salary plus extensive benefits package is on offer to the successful candidate, along with longevity and security of work and forward career progression given that our client possesses a significant contract pipeline for the long-term future and is firmly committed to continued growth over the next 5-10 years.