Escalator Site Manager - Infrastructure Department

Company Overview: We are moved by what moves people, by what moves the world and in our ever-growing cities. Through honesty, transparency, and a commitment to colleagues and clients, we foster a culture of entrepreneurship, passion, and responsibility. With unique engineering expertise, we provide comprehensive support for urban mobility, ensuring safety and efficiency in vertical transportation throughout the lifecycle.

About the Role: We are looking for an Escalator Site Manager to join our growing Infrastructure division, based mostly in London, but with additional travel to the Midlands and North regions. The successful candidate will be financially responsible for maintaining and improving installation and local supply budgets as given by the Senior Project Manager for the railway escalator infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules and guidelines across the region and maintain a safe working environment through regular workplace inspections and preventive actions.
• Ensure that all personnel who work directly or indirectly for TKE on site are suitably qualified and copies of their certifications are kept on file on site.
• Ensure daily briefings and Job preparation documents are conducted on a daily basis as per the HSE requirements.
• Prepare and update method statements of installation and Risk Assessments (RAMS).
• Ensure all plant and tools whether on hire or owned by TKE have current certification and valid copies are kept in the H&S File.
• Review and manage all lifting and routing plans for escalators installation.
• Attend site health and safety meetings.
• Manage site works in accordance with TKE Quality Manual.
• Ensure Installation, testing and commissioning, and handover activities are done and controlled as per TKE Inspection and Test Plans.
• Ensure that all aspects of the site planning and preparation are organised.
• Control all aspects of the site installation, including costs, from commencement through to commissioning, handover to the client and handover to the Service Department.
• Co-ordinate site labour in accordance with the programme requirements and physical site progress.
• Plan all local supply required deliveries to site, including tooling, consumables and others.
• Inspect each asset and compile an overall progress status report including compliance with the Quality Inspection Plan at an agreed frequency throughout the duration of the project.
• Control all Site Labour, In-house or Sub-contract during the installation ensuring that the programme is worked to and achieved wherever possible.
• Supervise and manage all temporary works documentation and procedures.
• Manage and Co-ordinate any interfaces with the Main Contractor and other trades that are required during the Escalator installation programme.
• Ensure preparation for Assets Tests.
• Manage site closures, including close-out of defects and ensuring smooth handovers are executed.
• Ensure project objectives are met by tracking and evaluating short- and long-term plans against project timescales.
• Ensure all project deliverables and design workflows are in accordance with the accepted programme and project requirements.
• Manage all project scope changes and variation orders and ensure the financial targets of the projects are met.
• Ensure all local supply and procurement workflows for the project are in accordance with the programme and required quality and budget.
• Manage and administer the contract execution.

Qualifications and Experience:

• 5-7 years experience in Escalator installation and commissioning works.
• 3 years experience in managing and coordinating installation and commissioning teams, and managing all site execution parameters.
• Experience in major infrastructure projects preferable.
• Construction management qualifications SMTS & TW Lifting competent person.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability to use your initiative and champion teamwork.
• Positive attitude and receptive to change.
• Extremely organised.
• Negotiation skills.
• An advocate for H&S regulations in the workplace.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary paid on a monthly basis.
• 34 days holiday, inclusive of bank holidays.
• Attractive company pension scheme.
• Health cash plan provided, allows you to claim towards health costs, such as dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and more.
• Life Assurance Scheme - 4x annual salary.
• Free access to premium health and wellbeing apps.
• Subsidised gym membership.
• Industry-leading enhanced maternity and paternity provision.
• Multiple salary sacrifice benefits including Electric Cars and Cycle2Work.
• Long Service award scheme, with holiday benefits.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Refer a friend scheme.