Lanes Group
Site Manager

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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 supports 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 crews, 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.
- Produce Rota's for the operatives under their management.
- Conduct detailed and thorough site visits.
- Maintain accurate records of site resources, materials, and plant and providing daily resource sheets.
- Managing subcontract performance.
- Perform on-call duties in accordance with the on-call rota.
- Ensuring all Operatives have appropriate vehicles, equipment, stores, and skills to perform allocated work.
- Liaise with customers, clients, 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).
- 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.
- Oversee site setups of over pumping and Tankering locations in accordance with the company's safe systems of work. Sites are to be maintained until completion, ensuring all equipment is off-hired and sales are captured throughout the life of the works.
- 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 KPIs are met or exceeded.
- Ensure all operative Training records and ID Cards records are kept up to date.
- 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.
- Submit accurate records into the sales sheet for works completed each day, ensuring all information is correct, accurate, and within budget.
- 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.
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Key Requirements
Skills & Experience
- Able to drive and have a full current, valid driving licence.
- NVQ Management level 3 or equivalent in experience.
- Ability to manage a budget.
- Ability to lead and motivate people.
- Computer Literate.
- Must have commercial awareness and understand basic business finance, e.g., Capital revenue expenditure, cash-flow, overheads, etc.
- Must be able to communicate professionally and effectively, particularly to external parties such as the client, their customers, and local authorities.
- Must have the skills and confidence to supervise and coordinate site requirements and tasks.
- Experience:
- Proven experience in leading a delivery team.
- Proven experience in managing high output, plain line, and/or S&C Constructions sites.
- Experienced engineering supervisors.
- Possess a clear focus on high quality and control of costs.
- A desire to solve problems, resolve conflict, arbitrate, and negotiate and make sound judgments and decisions.
- Skills, proven experience, and natural ability to coach, manage, and lead people.
- Reliable, tolerant, and be able to get on with others.
- Should be well presented and professional.
- Safety Management training.
- Understanding health and safety legislation.
- In-depth knowledge of street works regulations.
- Hold a recognised supervisory or leadership in management course or equivalent in experience.
- IOSH managing safely.


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By embedding our company's core values and purpose into each role, ensures that every employee, regardless of their role or level, understands how their individual development and contributions align with our purpose of ‘improving today for a better tomorrow'.
Each role and value has an alignment to set proficiency levels and expectations; this role holder is expected to:
- Leading: Acts as a role model, shaping the learning agenda and influencing change.
- Agile: Anticipates learning needs, adjusts quickly to changing operational contexts.
- Nurturing: Supports the development of others through coaching and structured development plans.
- Engaging: Inspires and motivates learners, builds trust and credibility.
- Safe & Secure: Ensures all learning is aligned to safety and compliance standards.
Your Contribution to the Company
- Strive to be always positive and constructive.
- Adhere to all company policies.
- Straight talking about the facts of the situation - open discussions are the best way to find solutions.
- Help others through communicating clearly.
- Deliver on commitments.
- Ensure that any ideas that may enhance the productivity or systems of the company are brought to the attention of Senior Management, or your colleagues.
- Deliver our Company Values understanding that by working together in unity we are ‘Stronger Together'.
Equality, Diversion & Inclusion
At Lanes Group, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. We believe that our differences make us stronger and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all employees. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those from underrepresented groups. Join us in our commitment to creating a more inclusive and diverse world.
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