Electrical Site Manager
Manchester, UK
Full-time/Permanent
Personal Specification
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
* Manage the day-to-day running of project activities to ensure delivery is successful within time and cost constraints.
* Assist the Project Manager with key tasks across project sites, including contractor resource management, performance monitoring, reporting, and preparation of site handover documentation.
* Provide technical knowledge to the site-based project team to support correct project planning, ensuring that hardware, materials, and resources are suitable to complete all works to the required standard, achieving “right first time” delivery.
* Report any out-of-scope works to the Project Manager so additional activities can be captured and appropriately charged.
* Ensure the delivery of Handover Packs and conduct quality assurance checks to maintain standards.
* Work with the Project Manager to ensure necessary resources are available to deliver projects.
* Supervise contractor installation teams (from first to final fix), ensuring project-specific quality and technical standards are fully understood and achieved.
* Support the Project Manager with contractor performance management, reporting, and site handover documentation.
* Assess works completed by third parties to allow sign-off.
* Verify at relevant project stages (“sign-off”) that required standards are achieved, or initiate remedial action where necessary.
* Ensure health and safety requirements are adhered to at all times.
Skills and Qualifications:
* SMSTS certification.
* ECS card.
* First Aid (3-day course) – preferable.
* Asbestos Awareness – preferable.
* Minimum NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installation Works.
* City & Guilds 2391 Testing – desirable.
* Experience coordinating with other trades.
* Full driving license.
* Detailed knowledge of construction sites, methods, tools, and materials.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills, essential for team-based working.
* Strong planning and organisational skills, suited to fast-paced environments.
* Highly motivated, proactive, and willing to take on new challenges.