Kier Transportation is looking for a Site Manager to join our team based in Brixworth, Northamptonshire. In this role, you'll deliver a diverse portfolio of projects, ranging from essential maintenance works through to complex civil engineering schemes across both North and West Northamptonshire Councils.
Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea, or air? Neither can we. At Kier Transportation, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment is at the heart of everything we do – and you could play a key role in making that happen.
Location: Brixworth, Northamptonshire – site based, 5 days per week
Hours: Permanent full-time, 40 hours per week
Salary: £45,000 – £50,000 per year + £5,900 annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship for this role
What Will You Be Responsible For?
As a Site Manager, you'll take ownership of a wide range of highway works, including footpath reconstruction, carriageway resurfacing, surface treatments, drainage improvements, traffic signals, and structural repairs. Delivering these schemes on live public highways requires strong organisation, technical knowledge, and a proactive approach to leadership.
Your day-to-day will include:
Promoting and maintaining a positive health and safety culture in line with Kier procedures
Ensuring all site activities comply with Chapter 8 and Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
Interpreting scheme drawings, specifications, and cost information in line with NEC4 contract requirements
Monitoring quality to ensure works meet inspection and testing plans, scheme designs, and current specifications
Managing NEC4 change control processes, including early warnings and compensation events
What Are We Looking For?
This Site Manager opportunity is ideal for an organised and motivated individual with a passion for highways infrastructure and a strong commitment to safety, quality, and delivery.
This role of Site Manager is great if you have:
HNC (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering
Proven experience working with NEC contracts
NRSWA Supervisor certification
12D Traffic Management and SMSTS qualifications
A full UK driving licence (essential for this site-based role)
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits .
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan . As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
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