Overview
As a Site Manager you will be responsible for site operations, directing and organising site activities to ensure that planned work is delivered safely and on time. This role will be based in Durham, covering Doncaster to Scotland and requires a full valid driving license.
Responsibilities
* Ensuring projects are delivered within budget, to programme and safely
* Ensuring a suitably competent workforce (including subcontractors) is in place to complete all site activities
* Undertaking site audits and inspections to ensure Health and Safety compliance with relevant legislation
* Performing quality checks in-line with contract specifications
* Demonstrating excellent stakeholder management; collaborating with customers, clients, local authorities and third parties
* Working closely with the Operational Lead
* Cultivating open two-way communication and building trust within the team
* Setting SMART objectives, producing KPIs and working to deadlines
* Where applicable, making sure machinery and/or traffic management is booked
Requirements / Qualifications
* Experience working on overhead powerlines and/or vegetation management
* Ability to decipher and organise a large volume of HV outages
* Excellent communication skills and analytical mindset
* Initiative and drive to continually improve and overcome setbacks
* IT literate with good understanding of LV and HV diagrams, including naming and labelling
* Strong interpersonal skills to consult with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
* Ability to make sound judgments and decisions
* Coaching experience and ability to lead and nurture a team (beneficial)
* Full job-specific training will be provided
About Working Here
Working here is not just a job. You can advance your career at Avove, and we will reward you with a range of benefits that recognise great work. We provide full training and continuous development to help you reach your potential. We strive to create an inclusive working environment where everyone can be themselves. Join us and take the next step towards a fulfilling career. We design, build, and maintain the UK's utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better. We provide innovative and sustainable engineering solutions and play a critical role in helping to keep the water running, the lights on and people connected.
We are an expert, responsible and agile partner, providing vital services to water, power, and telecommunications sectors. We collaborate closely with our clients to help protect and improve their assets, enhance customer experience, and protect the natural environment. Everything we do is designed to drive continual improvement and move life forward. We are proud to work in partnership with leading utility providers, including Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Northern PowerGrid, Northumbrian Water Group, Scottish Power Energy Networks and Scottish Water.
Benefits
* 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
* Company pension scheme
* Life assurance
* Family friendly policies
* A selection of lifestyle benefit options
* Financial wellbeing programme
* Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing and onsite mental health first aiders to support our colleagues
* Volunteering days in your community and charity matched giving
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