Site Manager
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Job Summary
Role Overview
The Site Manager leads the safe efficient and compliant delivery of BESS installations and ICP connection projects across the UK. The role oversees all onsite construction activities ensuring works are delivered to programme budget and quality standards while maintaining OCUs strong safety culture and client relationships.
Key Responsibilities
Site Leadership & Delivery
Manage daytoday site operations for HV/LV civils electrical installation and commissioning activities.
Coordinate all phases of BESS construction including foundations containers inverters transformers switchgear and balanceofplant works.
Oversee ICP contestable works including cable routes joint bays substations and grid connection assets.
Ensure works follow approved designs specifications DNO/IDNO standards and OCU Connect procedures.
Lead site progress meetings daily briefings and toolbox talks.
Health Safety & Environment
Champion a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with CDM HSE legislation and OCU safety policies.
Review and implement RAMS permits lift plans and temporary works.
Conduct regular site inspections audits and incident reporting.
Manage environmental controls including noise waste ecology and pollution prevention.
Quality & Technical Oversight
Ensure all works meet required quality standards specifications and client expectations.
Coordinate inspections testing and commissioning activities for HV/LV systems and BESS components.
Maintain accurate site records redline drawings and asbuilt documentation.
Support resolution of technical issues design queries and change requests.
Stakeholder & Subcontractor Management
Act as the primary onsite contact for clients DNO/IDNO representatives landowners and local authorities.
Manage subcontractors ensuring performance compliance and integration with OCU teams.
Support commercial teams with progress reporting variations and forecasting.
Programme & Commercial Control
Track progress against programme and escalate risks or delays.
Ensure efficient resource planning material control and logistics coordination.
Support cost management productivity monitoring and value engineering opportunities.
Experience & Competencies
Essential
Proven experience managing HV construction ICP connections or energy infrastructure projects.
Strong understanding of BESS systems HV/LV electrical installation and associated civils.
Excellent leadership communication and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to manage multidiscipline teams in a fastpaced safetycritical environment.
Competent in interpreting technical drawings HV schematics and DNO standards.
Desirable
Experience delivering 132kV/33kV/11kV connections.
Knowledge of IDNO adoption processes and contestable works requirements.
Familiarity with National Grid UKPN SPEN ENWL WPD or other DNO frameworks.
Qualifications
SMSTS essential
CSCS (Managerial) essential
NRSWA Supervisor desirable
First Aid at Work essential
Temporary Works Supervisor/Coordinator desirable
NEBOSH or IOSH desirable
Full UK Driving Licence
Driven by values powered by inclusion.
At OCU our values guide everything we do: integrity collaboration respect innovation and one company united. They shape how we work with our clients communities and each other. We believe that inclusion is more than a principle its the foundation of our success. By embracing equity and ensuring that every individual has the opportunity to thrive we create a workplace where diverse perspectives are valued and everyone feels they belong.
Together we build stronger teams deliver better outcomes and grow in ways that reflect the communities we serve. If you want to be part of a culture where values matter and inclusion is at the heart of everything we do apply now and help us shape the future together.
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Key Skills
- Computer Skills
- Lean
- Management Experience
- Process Improvement
- Warehouse Distribution Experience
- OSHA
- Process Management
- Training & Development
- LIHTC
- Leadership Experience
- Property Management
- Supervising Experience
About Company
Established in 1994 OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.Working directly with many of the countrys leading blue-chip power water telecoms and ra ... View more
