SITE MANAGER / DELIVERY AGENT
A well-established, family-owned utilities contactor requires a Site Manager / Delivery Agent to play a vital part in the day-to-day delivery of our mainlaying programmes as part of the Anglian Water Alliance. This role involves coordinating with engineers, highways authorities and developers to plan and manage field resources, while ensuring health and safety standards are met and all work is delivered efficiently and in line with CDM and temporary works requirements.
Here are some of the activities you will be involved in…
- Coordinate with design teams to apply principles of prevention from the outset of each scheme
- Maintain high standards of water hygiene in line with POSWSH requirements
- Prepare essential CDM documentation, including construction phase plans, risk assessments and method statements
- Supervise site activities and carry out audits for health, safety and quality compliance
- Promote a proactive safety culture, supporting near miss reporting and learning across the team
- Liaise with developers and ensure their expectations are clearly understood and met
- Manage third-party interactions to reduce disruption and maintain effective delivery
- Support a right-first-time approach to minimise customer contacts and improve satisfaction
- Attend commercial meetings and contribute to performance, cost and improvement discussions
I’m looking for someone with a good understanding of water mains construction and the regulations around water quality. You should have a strong commitment to health and safety compliance, as well as experience leading or supervising field teams.
You’ll need to hold a NRSWA Supervisor accreditation and ideally have completed SSSTS/SMSTS or IOSH training. Temporary Works Supervisor training and a solid awareness of CDM regulations would be an advantage. Strong communication and organisational skills will also be key, as you’ll be working closely with a range of stakeholders across multiple sites.
If you are interested in this role please contact Stewart at sl@sol-rec.com or on 07564 776818
Supervisor (Water)
The Role
Utilities Supervisor (Water) are the vital link between the field teams and senior management. I am looking for experienced leaders to help deliver efficient, safe, and high-quality operations.
As a Supervisor on the Anglian Water Alliance, you’ll oversee the performance of our field resources on the maintenance and repair contract. Working closely with multiple stakeholders, you’ll ensure projects run smoothly – from planning work and controlling plant and labour to managing risks and keeping everything compliant.
This is a fast-paced environment, your health & safety expertise and organisational skills will be put to great use. You’ll lead the field teams, making sure they have the guidance, resources, and mentoring needed to deliver a right first time service while promoting a Zero Harm safety culture.
Here are some of the activities you will be involved in…
- Onsite management of repair teams carrying out reactive water leaks and maintenance.
- Maintain regular contact with dig teams to ensure safe working and access to necessary resources.
- Liaise with Highways and other stakeholders to keep operations running without disruption.
- Order and manage plant and water fittings.
- Overcome site restrictions to progress jobs efficiently.
- Manage KPIs, compliance checks, workbaskets, and performance reviews.
- Monitor and reduce aborts, re-work, and traffic management fines.
- Oversee employee training and ongoing development.
- Complete timesheets and ensure all administration is accurate and timely.
What We’re Looking For…
You’ll be an experienced supervisor with a strong background in managing onsite water repair teams and a solid understanding of the water and construction industry. You will hold SMSTS, a Water Hygiene Blue Card, and NRSWA Supervisor accreditation, alongside a proven health and safety track record. A full, clean UK driving licence is essential.
You’ll be confident in leading teams, managing resources, and solving problems under pressure. You’ll be organised and proactive, capable of maintaining high standards while meeting tight deadlines. Above all, you’ll bring the right behaviours – motivating others, maintaining a safe working environment, and delivering work to the highest standard every time.
Lead Health & Safety Advisor
My client is a well-established, privately owned construction and infrastructure company in the UK. They provide a range of services, primarily focused on utilities (water, wastewater, energy, and telecoms), civil engineering, and traffic management.
They have an opportunity for a qualified Lead Health & Safety Advisor to join their team working in their Southern Water Contract.
The Role:
My client are a company that will help you to inspire and help their busy operational teams execute their work consistently, using “best in class” health and safety practices. You’ll be left to decide how best to do this.
You’ll be supported and encouraged to naturally observe to understand the operational challenges your colleagues face on site. You’ll be looking for practical H&S solutions and helpful advice delivered in a style that motivates your audience.
You’ll be encourage you to create communications strategies which resonate and inspire from in-person conversations.
If you enjoy operating in a fast-paced and sometimes transient working environment, which is not restricted to a single or enclosed site, then here are just some of the activities you’ll be getting involved with:
- Managing and executing site inspections
- Advising on and setting Operational team safety objectives
- Supporting and undertaking investigations into accidents and incidents
- Contributing to new tenders and bids
- Assessing external environments for safe working
- Identifying any gaps in the H&S management system; recommending improvements
- Developing and implementing new initiatives or sharing best practice with colleagues
- Advising on and communicating new working practices in line with any new legislative requirements or best practice
- Promoting and supporting our behavioural/culture change program – ThinkSafe
- Actively encouraging Safety Observations and Hazard Reporting
I would like to hear from you if you can demonstrate
Experience leading a team of H&S Advisors, professional, interpersonal and communication skills are essential.
Originality as well as H&S expertise are all essential for success in this role. They will be looking for you to demonstrate an innovative approach to H&S problem solving, along with significant experience in a H&S advisory role, underpinned by a thorough understanding of current HSE legislation.
Holding or working towards a Level 6 H&S Diploma with the appropriate professional membership, IOSH/IIRSM or equivalent, is required.
Relevant industry experience would be highly advantageous.
Please get in touch if you’re interested and would like to discuss this opportunity in more detail. Email Stewart at sl@sol-rec.com or call 07564 776818
CONTRACTS MANAGER
The Role
My client, a well-established contractor has been appointed to a new 8-year Framework with Thames Water and require a Contracts Manager to oversee these projects.
Here are some of the activities that you’ll get involved with
- Formulate and embed operational processes and improvements
- Promote best practice and a ‘right first time’ culture
- Lead and inspire your team to continually drive compliance, improve performance, and maximise profitability
- Ownership and management of local budgets to ensure delivery of business plan in-line with affordability
- Highlight financial risks and variances, ensuring mitigation is in place where appropriate
- Implement and maintain processes, resources, systems, and employees across the alliance, to achieve strategic objectives and priorities
- Support your senior reports to maximise organisation, production, and management of CDM onsite
- Effectively plan and control labour, plant, and resources
- Foster excellent working relationships with clients, partners, customers, and teams
Previous experience in mains renewal is essential.
You will need to be innovative, inspiring, and commercially minded leader, with extensive knowledge and experience of developing high performing teams.
You will have a broad understanding of the regulatory and operating environment in the water industry specifically within the delivery of capital programmes.
Exceptional communication skills, with the charisma to deliver key messages to a variety of stakeholders is a pre-requisite.
Please contact Steweart Lange by email at sl@sol-rec.com or on 07564 776818
SENIOR HEALTH & SAFETY ADVISOR
My client is a well-established, privately owned construction and infrastructure company in the UK. They provide a range of services, primarily focused on utilities (water, wastewater, energy, and telecoms), civil engineering, and traffic management.
They have a brand-new opportunity for a qualified Senior Health & Safety Advisor to join their team.
The Role
In this role you’ll get to use your excellent communications skills, to inspire and help your operational colleagues to execute their work, whilst consistently using “best in class” health and safety practices.
You will be encouraged to create communication strategies which resonate and inspire from in-person.
Here are just some of the activities you’ll be getting involved with
- Managing and executing site inspections
- Advising on and setting operational team safety objectives
- Supporting and undertaking investigations into accidents and incidents
- Contributing to new tenders and bids
- Assessing external environments for safe working
- Identifying any gaps in the H&S management system; recommending improvements
- Developing and implementing new initiatives or sharing best practice with colleagues
- Advising on and communicating new working practices in line with any new legislative requirements or best practice
- Actively encouraging Safety Observations and Hazard Reporting
Please get in touch if you can demonstrate…
- Exceptional communications skills and originality as well as H&S expertise are all essential for success in this role.
- We’ll be looking for you to demonstrate an innovative approach to H&S problem solving, along with significant experience in a H&S advisory role, underpinned by a thorough understanding of current HSE legislation.
- A NEBOSH Construction Certification or equivalent i.e., HNC in Construction as a minimum and a Tech IOSH Membership and working towards Grad or equivalent.
- Utilities/Gas industry experience would be highly advantageous.
- If you enjoy operating in a fast-paced and transient working environment, which is not restricted to a single or enclosed site, then this role could be perfect for you
Please get in touch if you’re interested and would like more information email sl@sol-rec.com or call 07564 776818
ICT Manager
An industry leader construction company who deliver major rail and highways infrastructure projects throughout the UK are currently looking to recruit a skilled and motivated Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) Manager.
You will lead and manage the IT team, ensuring effective resource utilisation and fostering continuous improvement.
The role requires you to oversee all information systems for effective and secure operation, including ICT onboarding, offboarding, and employee variations and manage secure communication solutions and enhance business efficiency by advising on and re-engineering ICT processes with Department Heads.
Hands-on experience and strong proficiency with the following technologies are essential for this position:
- Microsoft Azure: Strong expertise in managing, securing, and optimizing Azure environments, including IaaS, PaaS, networking, security services (Azure Security Center/Defender for Cloud), and identity management (Azure AD).
- Microsoft 365 E5 Suite & Security Tools: Strong proficiency in managing and securing the M365 ecosystem, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, Intune, Defender for Endpoint/Identity/Cloud Apps, and Purview.
Please get in touch for more information. Email Stewart at sl@sol-rec.com or call 07564 776818
QUANTITY SURVEYOR
Quantity Surveyor
Are you an experienced Quantity Surveyor with a strong background in Utilities, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering, ideally within the water industry? Are you experienced managing high-volume, low-value works, as well as knowledge of NEC contract schemes and subcontractor management?
I have an exciting opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join a well-established contractor working on long-term framework projects in Kent
The Role:
As a Quantity Surveyor, you will gain invaluable experience and exposure to Capital & Operation Expenditure budgets and the balance between the two, understanding Total Expenditure and the ever-increasing role it plays in the utilities environment
Responsibilities:
- Generating weekly revenue and cost reports
- Controlling submissions of daily completed jobs
- Producing ‘Schedule of Rates’
- Reconciling Subcontractor costs and preparing payment certificates
- Liaising with Operations and Planning to monitor job progress and scope changes
- Reviewing scheme works to ensure targets are on track to be achieved
- Pricing completed jobs for high volume works
- Developing relationships with clients to ‘Work In Progress’ days
- Analysing weekly and monthly cost and revenue data
You’ll need to be enthusiastic, proactive, and a great problem solver, with excellent communication and relationship-building skills. Strong Microsoft Excel expertise is essential, including proficiency in formulas, pivot tables, and VLOOKUPs, along with a keen eye for data integrity and financial analysis.
A degree in Quantity Surveying or an HNC/HND in Civil or Mechanical Engineering with commercial management experience would be highly desirable.
Please email Stewart at sl’sol-rec.com or call on 07564 776818
SENIOR QUANTITY SURVEYOR / MANAGING QUANTITY SURVEYOR (HYBRID)
My client, a well-established Main contractor are seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyors and Managing Quantity Surveyors to join their team working on a variety of highways projects in the North West of England.
They have a strong pipeline of work in the North and these frameworks offer a diverse selection of schemes such as capital highway and infrastructure projects, public realm improvements, highway surfacing works, structures restoration, watercourse and marine works, flood resilience and light rail projects.
Roles and Responsibilities
- You will be responsible for the robust commercial management of a variety of projects. This includes overseeing financial performance, managing costs, conducting procurement processes, and maintaining accurate financial logs and reports.
- You will work closely with customers and stakeholders to support successful project delivery, ensuring compliance with contractual terms and achieving business plan commitments.
- As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will lead multiple projects and manage a small team, ensuring their development and performance.
- As a Managing Quantity Surveyor, you will oversee a framework or major project and lead your team to deliver high-quality commercial services.
You should bring
- Practical experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor or Managing Quantity Surveyor in a civil engineering environment, working on multiple projects simultaneously.
- NEC Contracts experience is essential.
- Thorough knowledge of monitoring cost performance and effective contract administration.
- Evidence of building and maintaining effective relationships with teams, fostering a collaborative work environment.
- Track record of successfully managing and delivering against deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Good level of IT proficiency to leverage technology for efficient project management and thorough knowledge of cost management software and tools.
Please get in touch for more information and to apply for the role. Email Stewart at sl@sol-rec.com or call 07564 818776
Senior Quantity Surveyor
The role
An exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a well-established contractor in the South West working on their Sout West Water framework.
With over six decades of experience and an excellent reputation, my client has been chosen to support South West Water (SWW), to deliver an exciting programme of works, aimed at strengthening and future-proofing the water and wastewater networks across the region.
About you
If you have extensive commercial experience within a contractor environment, please get in touch. You should be able to demonstrable expertise in managing a variety of contracts, including complex contractual arrangements, and possess significant technical construction knowledge. You should also have a strong commercial awareness and experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor.
Some of the duties to be undertaken
- Support commercial leadership on the contract by fully understanding the company’s rights and obligations, helping to maximise profitability and mitigate risks.
- Provide line management to a team of professionals, promoting effective commercial management while ensuring personnel are trained and competent to meet company and contract goals.
- Build and maintain strong long-term relationships with internal and external teams, using negotiation and persuasion to meet business needs.
- Assist in the development of budgets and cost controls, contributing to the achievement of financial and project targets.
- Contribute to the weekly and monthly cost value reconciliation process by supplying accurate and timely data for informed decision-making.
- Effectively manage cash flow by maximising income and reducing exposure to work in progress.
- Identify, price, and negotiate variations to the contract scope in accordance with contractual obligations.
- Oversee the engagement of subcontracts at appropriate rates and terms, ensuring administration aligns with company procedures and contractual requirements, and reflects the value and risk of the subcontracted works.
Please get in touch for more information and to register your interest. Email Stewart at sl@sol-rec.com or call on 07564 776818
Assistant Quanity Surveyor
Assistant Quantity Surveyor
I’m looking for an experienced Assistant Quantity Surveyor looking for an exciting opportunity to contribute to smarter, greener infrastructure projects? We have a fantastic role waiting for you! Join our team and play a pivotal role in achieving our vision of delivering brilliant infrastructure solutions.
You will assist in the management of commercial responsibilities in order to maximise profit and control costs.
Here are some of the activities you will be involved in…
- Produce weekly and monthly cost value reconciliations.
- Capture and allocate costs and liabilities.
- Maintain long-term relationships with internal and external teams.
- Manage opportunities and risks, identifying deviations from working practices.
- Assist in developing commercial tenders, offers, and contracts.
- Identify and escalate inappropriate costs.
- Record and track insurance claims.
- Maintain accurate contract data and records.
- Capturing and report direct labour payments; draft and award sub-contracts.
- Sharing best practices for continuous improvement.
About you
Ideally, you have a relevant degree in construction or commercial management and experience in subcontractor management. You should have a strong commercial awareness and a thorough understanding of NEC3 forms of contract, as well as relevant construction and contract law. Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills are essential, along with advanced Excel skills.
Also required is the ability to prioritise your own workload, act collaboratively, and inspire others to do the same. You should be proactive in identifying and promptly escalating issues, demonstrating resilience in the face of setbacks, taking personal responsibility for resolving problems. Along with positively challenging situations and providing clear commercial information.
Our Company
My client is one of the biggest family-owned construction businesses in the UK and we care about our people, our clients and the environment.
Benefits
In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days per annum.
If you are interested in the role please contact Stewart by email at sl@sol-rec.com or on 07564 776818.