Lanes Group Job Description

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, specializes 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 project/s 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate a team to deliver all aspects of planning and operations
• Deliver works safely and on time, whilst adhering to requirements
• Management of the operatives reporting into them including subcontractor and other supply chain partners
• Conduct detailed and thorough site visits (if on more than one site)
• Maintain accurate records of site resources, materials and plant and providing daily resource sheets
• Managing subcontract performance
• Ensuring all operatives have appropriate vehicles, equipment, stores, and skills to perform allocated work
• Ensuring all operatives have correct PPE whilst working
• Presenting when required to confirm what other requirements will be needed to complete works due to locations
• Liaise with customers, clients, sub-contractors, local authorities and other interested third parties regarding past, present, and future works
• To provide sufficient and timely supervision, assessments and coaching to ensure gangs are performing to our sufficient company standards
• Perform quality on-site assessments checks (x8 Audits per month, minimum 4 onsite audits)
• Regularly undertake all necessary and appropriate Toolbox Talks, Briefings, and other communications
• To perform weekly fleet and plant checks ensuring fleet, plant and equipment maintenance is carried out and calibrated within the correct timescales
• Maintain own levels of skills and knowledge to do the job effectively
• Comply with relevant company HSEQ and welfare policy provisions
• Ensure all clients set KPI's are met or exceeded (on PM role too)
• To ensure all regulatory data and job specifications are done checked and fed back to a high standard
• Ensure all operative training records and ID Cards records are kept up to date (liaising with training department)
• Manage all day-to-day HR queries ensuring all updates are added to the HR system, and all HR processes and procedures are followed
• Ensure all timesheets are submitted within the timescales set by payroll. And these are checked and correct at the time of submission. Where necessary telematics checks are carried out to verify timesheet submission
• Ensuring all operatives driving company vehicles adhere to company policy, where necessary interventions to be carried out to coach or take disciplinary action against offenders that is relevant to the offence committed
• To manage and assess the competencies of all operatives on site through the competency assessment programme