Principal Contractor Site Manager

About The Role

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

At M Group Energy, we’re enabling the energy essential to support our lives. We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation. This role will be within our Electricity Transmission team. We design, build and commission substations at voltages up to and including 400kV. Our teams construct and maintain transmission lines and substations, ensuring the efficient and reliable delivery of electricity.

You’ll be working on sites across South West England and South Wales
; a full UK driving licence is essential!

As a Principal Contractor Site Manager (M&E), you’ll be part of delivering projects for National Grid and private generation companies, ranging from 66kV to 400kV. Reporting to a Construction Manager, you’ll coordinate and supervise construction activities on site from commencement of the project through to final commissioning and completion, whilst acting as the principal site contact for the client.

• Development and implementation of Safety documentation including Construction Phase plans, site quality plans and Risk Assessments / Method Statements.
• Sensible monitoring of site operatives and subcontractors regarding Health and Safety, Quality and Environment.
• Identify training requirements for site personnel.
• Ensure full compliance with all Morrison procedures and current legislation.
• Client liaison whilst on site, including client audits.
• Chairing weekly coordination meetings.
• Procurement of materials.
• Planning and programming of current and future works, i.e. rolling programmes.
• Notify the Construction/Project manager of possible variations and keep suitable contemporary records.
• Compilation of documents and as-built drawings for Handover files.

What You’ll Bring

• An extensive knowledge of construction methodologies within the Electricity Transmission industry with competency to work in Substations up to 400kV
• Knowledge of NEC contracts & Cost / Value reporting
• Knowledge of current legislation relating to HSE
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to work within budget and to programme timescales
• Ability to work in a team environment with clients, designers, H&S Advisers, site staff, quantity surveyors and estimators
• IT literate, specifically in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
• Full Driving Licence and happy to travel / work away where required
• Qualified to a suitable level in Construction, Mechanical Engineering or an Electrical Engineering discipline
• Previous or current authorisation to National Grid TP 137.11 / SR163

What’s in it for you?

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice – salary sacrifice EV/Hybrid car scheme
• Private health care and health care cash plan for you
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us
• Standby / Overtime / Call out

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. Were one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another.

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