Location
Brixworth, Northamptonshire – site based, 5 days per week

Hours
Permanent Full-time, 40 hours per week

Salary
£45,000 – £50,000 + £5,900 annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits

About the Role
Kier Transportation is seeking a Site Manager to deliver a diverse range of projects for North and West Northamptonshire Councils. You will manage critical maintenance and major civil engineering schemes including footpath reconstruction, carriageway resurfacing, surface treatments, drainage improvements, traffic signals, and structure repairs on live public highways. This role requires strong leadership, foresight, and a commitment to safety and quality.

Your responsibilities will include creating and championing a positive health and safety culture in line with Kier procedures, ensuring site compliance with Chapter 8 and Construction (Design and Management) regulations, interpreting documents, scheme drawings and costing information in line with NEC4 contract requirements, ensuring quality of work aligns with inspection and testing plans and current specifications, and managing NEC4 change control procedures for early warnings and compensation events.

Benefits
Life assurance, private medical insurance, additional holiday purchase opportunities, matched pension scheme up to 7.5%, enhanced family leave and policies, share plan schemes, free health and wellbeing services, green car scheme, flexible working options including part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.

Experience
Proven NEC contract management experience is essential. Experience managing highways infrastructure projects on live public highways is highly desirable.

About you
Motivated and organised individual with a passion for highways infrastructure. Commitment to safety, quality, and strong leadership skills are required. Ability to work effectively on site and manage multiple projects.

Qualifications
HNC (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering, NRSWA Supervisor certification, 12D Traffic Management and SMSTS qualifications. A full UK driving licence is essential for this site-based role.