Site Manager

We have Fixed Term Contract Opportunities for Site Managers to join our HMP Glasgow project, a flagship project for Kier Construction UK!

Location: HMP Glasgow – Internals, Northeast of Glasgow city
Hours: Full Time Monday to Friday  (Fixed term 18 months) 

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

Kier Construction have been appointed to deliver one of Scotland's largest ever construction projects. HMP Glasgow will provide a safe, secure, energy efficient custodial facility to house 2000 inmates and staff. This £750M project will replace Glasgow's ageing Barlinnie prison with a rehabilitation focussed modern facility, utilising cutting edge Modern Methods of Construction. As a Site Manager, you'll be involved in large scale internals work across multiple buildings, ensuring safe and timely on site delivery through effective management of the supply chain.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Site Manager, you'll be working within the HMP Glasgow – Internals team, supporting them in delivering safe and timely on site construction activities. Your day to day will include:

• Managing and directing sub contractor partners to safely deliver internals works including MEP integrations
• Checking work carried out by sub-contractors to assess delivery in line with programme, design drawings and quality standards
• Reviewing Risk Assessments and Method Statements from sub contractors to ensure safe and appropriate working methods
• Coordinating site logistics, movement of plant and labour to, from and around site whilst maintaining safety
• Creating, logging and filing site reports and paperwork in an accurate and timely manner

What are we looking for?

This role of Site Manager is great for you if:

• You have demonstrable experience gained in a management role within a large construction environment
• You have a good technical understanding of the construction of buildings with specific understanding of delivering large internals packages
• You have excellent communication skills and are able to work across a wide cross section of supply chain, internal and external stakeholders
• You have a focus on Health and Safety, with passion for ensuring safe delivery on site and the ability to speak up to ensure protocols and best practice are followed
• You hold a relevant Construction Qualification (HND/Degree/SVQ) or Technical Trade, SMSTS 5 Day Certification, CSCS Card, First Aid Certificate and Full driving licence

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.