Job Description
Site Lead, Reading
ROC Technologies is seeking a highly capable Site Lead to oversee the successful delivery of a major campus-based infrastructure portfolio. This senior role combines strategic oversight, project leadership, and operational execution to ensure all projects are completed on time, within budget, and to a high standard of quality and compliance.
You will be accountable for full project lifecycle management across a diverse portfolio, supporting team development, driving commercial outcomes, and delivering high client satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide senior leadership and oversight across a large-scale client account, ensuring strong stakeholder relationships.
* Maintain full financial accountability for P&L performance, backlog, and WIP reporting.
* Deliver margin targets and ensure commercial viability of the portfolio.
* Oversee project design, delivery, and support activities within a framework contract structure.
* Enforce consistent delivery methodologies, quality standards, and operational processes.
* Lead and support a multidisciplinary delivery team including project managers and engineers.
* Mentor and coach team members to support career development and operational excellence.
* Ensure structured planning, clear communication, risk management, and governance.
* Implement effective support mechanisms and performance tracking tools.
* Drive a culture of continuous improvement and accountability across the team.
* Collaborate effectively with internal departments such as Finance, Commercial, and Operational Services.
Essential Knowledge & Skills
* Proven experience managing project delivery teams within customer-facing environments.
* Strong leadership and motivational abilities.
* Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
* Experience in portfolio planning and project design (high- and low-level).
* Decisive and commercially aware, with strong financial acumen.
* Capable of balancing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
* Committed to continuous service and process improvement.
Key Attributes
* Organised, analytical, and methodical in approach.
* Self-motivated and results-focused.
* Able to maintain composure and lead under pressure.
* Excellent at presenting ideas and aligning teams toward common goals.
Qualifications
* Leadership certifications desirable, such as SMSTS, ECS, Prince2, AMAP, CTPM, CNIDP, or RIBA Plan of Work.