Site Manager

About the role

We're Hiring:
Site Manager – Substations (Power T&D)

Location:

England Wide | Company:
Balfour Beatty | Sector:
Power Transmission & Distribution |

Employment Type:

Full-time

Balfour Beatty, a global leader in infrastructure delivery, is looking for a dedicated Site Manager – Substations to join our Power Transmission & Distribution (T&D) team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in supporting the growing demand.

Please note this position can be based at any of our projects in England so flexibility to work away from home Monday to Friday is essential.

As a Site Manager, you will be instrumental in the safe and sustainable delivery of on-site construction works. You will work closely with the Project Manager and wider team to drive the project forward and ensure that all activities are executed to the highest standards of safety, quality, and efficiency.

• Deliver works safely, compliantly, on time, and within budget.
• Provide partial accountability for all project phases: initiation, planning, design, delivery, monitoring, commissioning, and handover.
• Oversee and optimise site resources and workforce.
• Maintain accurate and timely project records and documentation.
• Foster a positive team culture and support the wellbeing and development of staff on-site.
• Monitor compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Support the Project Manager/Director to achieve project goals.
• Act as a change agent
  , inspiring and leading a multi-disciplinary team towards a shared vision.
• Balance project constraints including time, cost, quality, scope, risk, and benefits to meet client expectations.

• Attend periodic project reviews (PRM) and update the Digital Briefcase in accordance with GBL.
• Maintain accurate project records (progress, daily diaries etc.).
• Prepare both internal/external reports and liaise with stakeholders.
• Initiate good scope/information/configuration management principles.
• Help ensure reports provide relevant information to enable informed, cost‑effective decisions in line with overall strategy.
• Help ensure scope and package assignment supports the team in coordinated working.
• Knowledge and experience of discipline.
• Implement technical information and drawings into delivery.
• Understand and specify plant and equipment requirements.
• Numerical skills.
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm & keep up to date with changes in legislation.
• Partially responsible for the safety and welfare of the general public, employees and supply chain.
• Carry out periodic Safety & Environmental Tours/promote observation and safety initiatives.
• Support Accident/Incident Investigations.
• Monitor effectiveness of the H&S Management System and implement improvement solutions.
• Upkeep of welfare requirements.
• Write RAMS and accept subcontractor RAMS.
• Identifying, raising and reporting risks and hazards.
• Ensure sufficiency and competency of workforce.
• Reinforce golden rules.
• Understand, control and issue safety documentation.
• Promote behavioural safety.
• Help to develop, implement and update resource allocation plans (OBS) and raise appropriate requests.
• Plan and ensure delivery to programme.
• Check competencies.
• Empowerment to stop works.
• Coordinate with other project activities and internal functions.
• Deliver a quality product.
• Highlight resource issues.
• Motivate and empower the team using the resources available through training, mentoring and performance management.
• Manage subcontractors, including monitoring of contractor attendance and progress, providing direct instruction and support as necessary, such that contractual arrangements are achieved.
• Help ensure procurement plans are available in line with the overall project plans, such that material/resources/supply chain can be delivered to meet scheduled deadlines.
• Follow targets/KPI’s in line with project objectives and monitor performance.
• Ensure assurance activities (audits) are undertaken and take appropriate action on findings.
• Contribute towards workshops that cover the principles of continuous improvement.
• Ensure that expenditure is in line with the budget and that resources are utilised efficiently to ensure…