Senior Site Manager

Senior Site Manager – N1/N2 Headhouse Project

Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group delivering complex and high‑profile projects across the UK. We are looking for an experienced Senior Site Manager to lead delivery on the N1/N2 Headhouse Project in Birmingham, a key component of the HS2 programme.

Responsibilities

• Lead day‑to‑day site operations and manage delivery teams.
• Ensure all works are carried out safely, meeting health, safety and environmental standards.
• Drive programme performance and ensure key milestones are achieved.
• Manage subcontractors, including coordination, performance and compliance.
• Oversee quality assurance and ensure works meet specification requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering, commercial and planning teams.
• Produce and review method statements, risk assessments and construction phase plans.
• Report progress, risks and issues to senior project stakeholders.
• Promote a strong safety culture and continuous improvement across the site.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Site Manager or Site Manager on major infrastructure or civil engineering projects.
• Strong background in heavy civils, structures or reinforced concrete works.
• Demonstrable experience managing large teams and multiple subcontractors.
• In‑depth knowledge of UK construction health and safety legislation.
• Excellent leadership, communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage complex interfaces and deliver under pressure.
• SMSTS (essential).
• CSCS card (essential).

Benefits

• Smart working, up to 40% remote working where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Family‑friendly policies including 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and more.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Balfour Beatty is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to working with people who have disabilities and long‑term health conditions to remove barriers to employment. We also commit to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

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