Site Manager

Job Description

Drive Highways Infrastructure for North and West Northamptonshire Councils – Join Kier as Site Manager

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Kier Transportation is looking for a Site Manager to be based in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, delivering a diverse range of projects from critical maintenance to major civil engineering schemes for both North and West Northamptonshire Councils.

Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment

Location: Brixworth, Northamptonshire – site based, 5 days per weekHours: Permanent Full-time, 40 hours per weekSalary: £45,000 – £50,000 + £5,900 annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits

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

 

What Will You Be Responsible For?

As a Site Manager, you'll take ownership of a variety of works, including footpath reconstruction, carriageway resurfacing, surface treatments, drainage improvements, traffic signals, and structure repairs. Managing these projects on live public highways requires skill, foresight, and strong leadership.

Your day-to-day will include:

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• Creating and championing a positive health and safety culture in line with Kier procedures

Ensure your sites are compliant with Chapter 8 and the Construction (Design and Management) regulations

Interpret documents, scheme drawings and costing information in line with NEC4 contract requirements

Ensuring the quality of work aligns with inspection and testing plans, scheme designs, and current specifications

Compliance with the NEC4 change control procedures for early warnings and compensation events

What Are We Looking For?

This Site Manager opportunity is suited to a motivated, organised individual with a passion for highways infrastructure and a commitment to safety and quality.

This role of Site Manager is great if you have:

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• HNC (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering

Proven NEC contract management experience

NRSWA Supervisor certification

12D Traffic Management and SMSTS qualifications

A full UK driving licence (essential for this site-based role)

 

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. xwzovoh 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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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