Site Manager

Are you customer focused with the ability to engage and build relationships?

Can you deliver exceptional results on a range of projects and drive success within a team?

Do you want to make a difference in an expanding and well established region?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Site Manager to join our Story Scotland Transportation Division, looking after our sites across the country. The position will initially be based on a rail project in the Dundee area. There has never been a better time to join us.

Site Manager – Story Scotland

As a Site Manager at Story Contracting you will:

• Proactively manage the operations on site
• Build and maintain effective client relationships
• Build and maintain high performing teams that will involve direct Story employees as well as contractors
• Carry out site inspections, accurately recording details and following through with any actions

Benefits

At Story Contracting, we invest in our people. We provide award-winning training and development opportunities for all employees to help you get to where you want to be in your career.

In addition to a competitive salary, pension, and company car/allowance. We show we care about our people by offering Story Health and wellbeing support to keep you fit and well - inside and outside of work.

We care about our communities too and offer our employees two paid for volunteering days each year to spend as a team or individually.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Experience of working in the rail industry, particularly infrastructure projects. Though preferable, this is not essential.
• Manage work fronts in local communities and ensure a positive approach to dealing with members of the public.
• Accountable for the management and site supervision of site teams on rail infrastructure projects throughout Scotland
• Ensure sites are compliant with company SHEQ policy and procedure and drive a strong Health & Safety and quality focus culture, utilizing our electronic record keeping systems.
• Undertaking weekly site safety audits and producing a daily diary of site activities
• A sound understanding of the project commercial position and programme targets are achieved, highlighting any shortfalls to the Project Manager
• Ensure that materials have been procured, delivered and labour has been planned in accordance with construction programme.
• Close relationships with the wider site team, to identify cost savings and efficiencies.
• Accountable for a high standard of site H&S paperwork
• A focus on continued improvement in all SHEQ areas
• Ensuring all site returns are recorded and reported into the management team in a timely manner, as required.
• Manage subcontract packages of work and ensure sub-contractor construction programme are adhered to, identifying and reporting areas of concern/delay.

Essential Training & Personnel Skills

• SMSTS
• PTS
• First Aid
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Proven track record in successfully managing teams
• Confidentiality of sensitive information
• Good PC skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines