Groundworks Site Manager

  • Elvet Recruitment
  • Grimsby, Lincolnshire
  • 06/01/2026
Contract Construction Civil Engineer Site Manager Management

Job Description

Elvet Recruitment are recruiting a Groundworks Site Manager on behalf of a long-standing regional groundworks & civil engineering contractor to manage a project in the Scunthorpe / Brigg / Grimsby area.

The initial project is a new 10m+ large scale groundworks package which is currently undergoing ground investigation works. It includes several hundred new plotworks to DPC as well as associated groundworks, attenuation/tanks, retaining walls, pumping station and full roads & sewers/civils package. They are expecting 5+ years work on one site with additional work kicking off shortly.

This contractor are a large business with a 100m+ turnover, they have tried and tested management systems in place and a large senior team. They're undergoing significant growth and are looking to bolster the team with additional Managers now for new starting sites. They offer a skilled Site Manager the opportunity to concentrate, purely, on running their own site from start to finish.

Duties:

  • Daily running of civils workforce on site
  • Ordering materials
  • Writing RAMS & site documentation
  • Daily site diaries
  • Progress reports
  • Inducting new staff to site
  • Monitoring of costs & budgets
  • Planning work - 2,3 and 4 week look-aheads
  • Monitoring progress against KPI's to achieve site deadlines
  • Liaison with local authorities and developers

Experience Required:

  • Must have proven experience managing groundworks projects
  • Must have proven experience managing roads & sewers, s278 works packages as Civils Site Manager
  • Must be fully capable of managing civils packages with values of 5m+
  • Must have full knowledge of NHBC and highways regulations
  • Must have: SMSTS, CSCS and First Aid

Pay:

Up to 60,000 per annum + car/allowance + pension + healthcare + holidays + fuel + discretionary bonus and more.

This is a permanent position and Elvet Recruitment Limited will be acting as an employment agency for permanent recruitment on behalf of our client.

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For more info contact Andy Gray at Elvet Recruitment.