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.
Where will you be working?
We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards.
We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
This role will be within our
Water and wastewater capital project delivery team.
Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.
Want to be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
As Site Manager, you’ll take the lead in delivering projects safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards. Acting as the key point of contact on site, you’ll oversee day-to-day operations, ensuring all works are completed in line with programme requirements, quality expectations, and health, safety and environmental regulations.
You’ll create and maintain a strong safety culture by ensuring teams follow approved RAMS, safe systems of work and company SHEW procedures, while carrying out regular inspections, audits, toolbox talks and site briefings. You’ll also support incident and near-miss investigations, driving continuous improvement across site activities.
Working closely with Sub-Agents, Engineers, Supervisors, subcontractors and client representatives, you’ll coordinate labour, plant and materials to keep projects progressing efficiently. You’ll monitor programme performance, identify and address potential delays, implement recovery actions where required, and proactively resolve buildability and delivery challenges.
Quality will be a key focus of the role, with responsibility for managing inspections, test plans, non-conformances and project documentation to ensure all works meet contractual, technical and regulatory standards. You’ll also maintain accurate site records, including diaries, progress updates, inspections, photographs and as-built information.
In collaboration with the Project Manager and Commercial team, you’ll provide accurate reporting on progress, risks, variations and resource requirements, ensuring site information supports programme management, cost control, compensation events and payment applications. Throughout every stage of delivery, you’ll champion company governance, compliance requirements and best practice, fostering a culture of teamwork, accountability and continuous improvement.
What you’ll bring
Do you hold a degree/diploma in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline?
Have you successfully led site operations on construction or infrastructure projects?
Do you have direct Utility and Water experience?
Do you have a strong understanding of health, safety, environmental and quality requirements, including managing non-conformances?
Can you interpret technical drawings, specifications and project documentation?
Do you have experience delivering programmes, monitoring progress and implementing recovery actions?
Are you an organised leader with strong communication skills and experience managing site records and documentation?
Do you hold a CSCS card, SMSTS qualification and NRSWA accreditation (where applicable)?
Do you have EUSR Water Hygiene and DOMS certification?
Do you have a full UK driving licence?
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
Contributory pension scheme
Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Employee assistance programme
My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s 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
Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
In addition, this role offers;
Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
Private Healthcare – single cover
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Discretionary bonus scheme
About us
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. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting 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. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
We’re
responsible
and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
We’re
open
and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
We’re
together
and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
We’re
ambitious
and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note:
Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3 rd
party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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