As investment in the water sector accelerates through AMP8, Barhale's Northern Region is expanding to deliver critical infrastructure projects that will improve resilience and secure future water supplies for customers and communities. With a strong pipeline of work, including major projects for United Utilities across the North of England, this is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team delivering projects that make a lasting impact.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Site Manager to lead the successful delivery of a project in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. You will take ownership of site operations, ensuring works are delivered safely, efficiently and in line with programme, quality and commercial objectives. Working closely with the wider project team, you will drive high standards across health and safety, environmental performance and customer satisfaction, while acting as a professional ambassador for Barhale with clients, supply chain partners, regulatory bodies and local communities.

Key Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for the successful delivery.
• Deliver the work to the specified quality without defects.
• When required, lead a team of Sub Agents, Engineers and Foreman to deliver the work safely without environmental incidents and to the specified quality.
• Ensure production and implementation of project documentation.
• Ensure the commercial performance of the contract is maximised.
• Produce and manage the project construction programme as well as produce 2 weeks’ look ahead.
• Produce procurement schedules and liaise with the procurement department to ensure sites have adequate resources to complete the tasks.

• Endeavour to spot and highlight value engineering opportunities.

• Produce monthly reports internally and for the client.
• Chair weekly site meetings in line with company procedures.

Caring and investing in you

Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years and they are our guiding principle regarding how we care and invest in people.  Our values are our commitment to being a people-centric company.

As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For, we are committed to investing in people. We are passionate about creating a working environment where people are supported throughout their careers, where people can enjoy security and be part of a company that cares about them.

From the moment you join us, your wellbeing and career aspirations will be supported by;

• Competitive salary
• Company pension
• Life assurance
• Private medical
• 25 days annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
• 8 hours volunteering
• Employee assistance programme to support your mental, physiological and financial wellbeing
• Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
• Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/van (dependent on position)
• Leadership and management training and coaching
• Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression
• Development supported by internal and externally delivered training
• Flexible working arrangements
• Annual salary review
• Continuous service awards

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About Barhale

Barhale is a business founded on family values having been established by our Chairman, Dennis Curran in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK, with over 40 years of experience in providing design, civil engineering and maintenance services working across multiple sectors including:

• Water
• Transport
• Built environment
• Energy

We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip, regulated and private clients, working as part of large frameworks, joint ventures and alliances, as well as on individual standalone projects developing long-term relationships based on delivering to the Barhale values which have been integral to our business since their inception in 1985.

Our direct delivery model is at the core of everything we do as we believe that people are our greatest asset. Therefore, we robustly source, train and retain all our own frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services. We employ over 1,200 employees nationwide.

We possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities including:

• Tunnelling
• MEICA
• Temporary and permanent design
• Steel-fabrication
• Signs (design and fabrication)
• Health & safety equipment and products including PPE

Why join Barhale?

• As Gold Investors in People, we are committed to a high standard of people practices, creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to business strategy, ethos and philosophies
• Job security, long-term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes
• Broad range of civil engineering and mechanical and electrical schemes across some of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects and clients
• Strong career progression as demonstrated by our track record in promoting from within as we believe this is a key driver to our success

Want to find out more? Visit https://www.barhale.co.uk/ or watch our showcase here.