Site Manager - Major Works

Lanes Group is a leading nationwide utility services provider with c.5000 dedicated employees. Our diverse subsidiaries drive our success across various sectors, contributing to a remarkable turnover of over £700 million. We are committed to excellence and innovation, ensuring we provide industry leading services to our clients and stakeholders. Join us to be part of a dynamic and growing team that values diversity and fosters professional growth.

Department:

Sapphire Utility Solutions, a Lanes Group Company specialise in multiple divisions. 

United Utilities operates across a number of contracts across our business, predominantly wastewater network services as part of the AMP 7 period plan.
The Team support reactive and planned maintenance across the CCTV & Jetting and Civils teams, further supported by our in house Traffic Management Division and Capital Projects covering the entire UU network.

Purpose of the role:

Reporting to the Project Manager, the Site Manager will be responsible for the day to day management of the crews which will include the planning and execution of the works. The main purpose of this role is to drive performance and productivity along with health and safety compliance.

• Lead and motivate a team to deliver all aspects of planning and operations. This is to be done through monthly face to face manager meetings.
• Identify and provide a platform to allow managers and operatives a succession plan within your department.
• Managing subcontract performance.
• Perform on call duties in accordance with the on-call rota.
• Ensuring all Mangers and Operatives have appropriate vehicles, equipment, stores, and skills to perform allocated work.
• Ensuring your management team are liaising with customers, clients, local authorities and other interested third parties regarding past, present, and future works.
• To provide sufficient and timely supervision, assessments and coaching to ensure your managers are performing to our sufficient company standards. If standards are not upheld ensuring that coaching and if required disciplinary action has been taken.
• Ensure all your management team are performing quality on site assessments checks (x8 Audits per month, minimum 4 onsite audits) and that you have met your monthly target. (2 Audit). Monthly
• Ensuring near miss submissions are being sent through by yourselves and your teams.
• H&S Reporting – Ensuring when accidents and incident occur that it has been reported to the H&S team immediately, and any assistance with investigations are carried out and fed back correctly.
• The manager must have experience in writing and understanding RAMS,
• Planning what work needs to be done, when and who’s going to do it;
• Looking at the risks involved in a particular project and managing these risks;
• Making sure the work is done to the right standard;
• Motivating the team of people involved in the project;
• Making sure the project is running on time and to budget;
• Dealing with changes to the project as and when necessary;
• Making sure the project delivers the expected outcomes and benefits;
• Comply with relevant company HSEQ and welfare policy provisions.
• Ensuring all necessary and appropriate Toolbox Talks are regularly undertaken, Briefings, and other communications to your managers and their operatives.
• To perform monthly fleet and plant checks ensuring fleet, plant and equipment maintenance is carried out and calibrated within the correct timescales.
• Oversea site setups of over pumping and Tankering locations in accordance with the company’s safe systems of work. Sites are to be maintain until completion, ensuring all equipment is off hired and sales are captured throughout the life of the works.
• Maintain own levels of skills and knowledge to do the job effectively, as well ensuring your managers and operatives are fully up to date. And Training records and ID Cards records are kept up to date. – 12 Month Period
• Ensure all clients set KPI’s and SLA’s are maintained or exceeded each month.

Living the Company Values

By embedding our companies core values and purpose into each role, ensures that every employee, regardless of their role or level, understands how their individual development and contributions align with our purpose of ‘improving today for a better tomorrow’.

Each role and value has an alignment to set proficiency levels and expectations; this role holder is expected to:

• Leading: Acts as a role model, shaping the learning agenda and influencing change.
• Agile: Anticipates learning needs, adjusts quickly to changing operational contexts.
• Nurturing: Supports the development of others through coaching and structured development plans.
• Engaging: Inspires and motivates learners, builds trust and credibility
• Safe & Secure: Ensures all learning is aligned to safety and compliance standards.

Your Contribution to the company:

• Strive to be always positive and constructive
• Adhere to all company policies
• Straight talking about the facts of the situation – open discussions are the best way to find solutions
• Help others through communicating clearly
• Deliver on commitments
• Ensure that any ideas that may enhance the productivity or systems of the company are brought to the attention of Senior Management, or your colleagues
• Deliver our Company Values understanding that by working together in unity we are ‘Stronger Together’

Equality, Diversion & Inclusion

At Lanes Group, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. We believe that our differences make us stronger and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all employees. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those from underrepresented groups. Join us in our commitment to creating a more inclusive and diverse world.