VACANCY | Crown Highways | Site Manager

Crown Highways are currently recruiting for a Site Manager or Sub Agent to join our team to provide support to various civil engineering projects in the North West of England.

The successful candidate will be required to provide site-based leadership for all construction operations promoting Health & Safety management, construction best practice and management of site construction resources.

Key Responsibilities & Duties for the Site Manager are:

• Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHQE department.
• Produce Construction Phase Plans (H&S Plans), Risk Assessments, Work Package Plans, Method Statements and Task Briefings in line with Company standards
• Ensure that workplaces under their control have effective systems, arrangements and supervision for providing a safe work place and suitable welfare facilities.
• Review, maintain, update and amend safe systems of work to ensure it is safe and without risk to health, and the changes are recorded in Project Construction Phase Plans (H&S Plans).
• Ensure that all project personnel have the necessary experience, training and knowledge to carry out the duties allocated to them.
• Project professional image of self and the Company and set personal example and promote best practice in safety, quality and environment.
• Comply with all Company policies and procedures.
• Communicate with rest of site team including site operational staff, engineers and quantity surveyors to ensure all contract information is understood.
• Ensure daily diaries and allocation sheets are up to date.
• Establish control of setting out information and details of technical information, contributing to the preparation of method statements.
• Attend and contribute to weekly meetings with site team regarding safety, progress, expenditure, costs and programme
• Ensure high standard of quality on the works and build relationships with clients

Applicants must have substantial experience in civil engineering as a Site Supervisor or Site Manager along with CSCS Managers Card, SMSTS and a full UK driving licence.

Other desired skills and experience are:

• At least 5 years, proven experience in civil engineering projects.
• CSCS Managers Card,
• SMSTS
• A full UK driving licence
• Ability to produce, implement and manage safe systems of work for construction procedures.
• Ability and confidence to communicate and present to Senior Managers, Clients and the general public.
• An understanding of the commercial issues in undertaking a large scale construction project.
• Ability and confidence to discuss engineering issues with people across various levels and disciplines.
• Excellent knowledge of current civil engineering legislation as well as Health & Safety and Environmental legislation.
• Able to read drawings and construct to them, work to a programme and keep written (and preferably electronic) records.

To find out more about Crown Highways, visit www.crownhighways.co.uk

To apply for this position, please email Mike Dale, Crown Highways General Manager at Mike.Dale@crownhighways.co.uk