Who we are:
Avove is a new, independent utilities infrastructure business, formed from the utilities division of leading infrastructure services company, Amey.
We design, build and maintain the UK’s utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better.
We are proud to work in partnership with our clients, including Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Scottish Water, Northern Powergrid and Scottish Power.
What we can offer:
We offer a competitive salary that is based on proven skills and experience. Hard work is celebrated and rewarded. We recognise that one size doesn’t fit all so everyone has access to a variety of flexible benefits that work for you.
• 24 days holiday plus statutory holidays (option to buy more)
• Company pension scheme
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Life assurance
• A selection of lifestyle benefit options
• Financial wellbeing programme
• Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing and onsite mental health first aiders to support our colleagues.
• We love to give back so we offer you volunteering days in your community and charity matched giving where we will boost your fundraising.
Our main value is to “Move Life Forward” and we are committed to developing our colleagues and encouraging personal growth, in conjunction with a flexible working approach so everyone can thrive in an inclusive and open environment.
The Role:
Due to recent major project awards Avove are seeking an experienced Site Manager, with water experience, to join their team. You will be working within a team to deliver projects through the design/build/commissioning phases, maintaining programme and budget.
The role will involve delivery of MEICA (Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control, and Automation) projects within the Water Treatment Industry with variable degrees of civils works involved.
You will work on projects through the UK on major water Utility companies including Southwest Water, Severn Trent Water, Yorkshire Water, United Utilities and, possibly, Scottish Water. A split of both clean water and sewage treatment across both non-infra and interfacing with partnering infra projects.
Key responsibilities:
• Ensure projects are delivered within budget, to programme and safely.
• Ensure a suitably competent workforce is in place to complete all site activities including subcontractors.
• Undertake site audits and inspection to ensure Health and safety compliance with relevant legislation.
• Perform quality checks in line with contract specification and contract statement of requirements maintaining accurate records of site resources, materials and plant.
• Produce and provide daily resource sheets, weekly plant returns, weekly materials returns and subcontract performance reports.
• Stakeholder management; working with customers, clients, local authorities and other interested third parties regarding past, present or future works.
Skills:
• Working knowledge of the NEC form of contract
• Working knowledge of construction techniques associated with responsible programmes of work.
• Understanding of applicable construction legislation including HSEQ
• Ability to work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Computer literate
• Ability to manage a budget, and possess a clear focus on high quality and control of costs along with commercial awareness and an understanding of basic business finance e.g. capital and revenue expenditure, cash-flow, overheads
• Possess the skills and confidence to supervise and coordinate site requirements and tasks
Experience:
• Demonstrable experience of managing multi-complexity projects throughout project lifecycle.
• Experience managing project budget and Profit & Loss responsibility.
• Demonstrable experience in solving problems, resolving conflict, arbitrate, negotiate and make sound judgements and decisions.
• Proven experience in leading a delivery team with the ability to motivate and coach people.
• Proven experience managing medium – heavy civils projects with complex temporary works installations.
Qualifications:
• HNC or above qualified (preferably in an engineering discipline)
• Preferably Chartered Status but not essential
• SMSTS
• Temporary works coordinator
• CSCS or SHEA
• First Aid
• LOLER Appointed persons.
• CDM awareness
• Confined Space (Medium Risk)
We encourage you to apply for this role as soon as you can. We recognise that talent waits for no one, so we progress candidates independently through all stages of the recruitment process.
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