Groundworks Site Manager

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 Hull area. The initial project is a £10m+ large…

Pay rate £300 – £330/day
Contract type Contract
Posted 4 September 2026

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van + fuel card (CIS)

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 Hull area.

The initial project is a £10m+ large scale groundworks package. It includes foundations & plotworks to DPC as well as associated groundworks, attenuation/tanks and full roads & sewers/civils package. They are expecting 2+ 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 £330 per day + use of a company van + fuel card.

Ideally paid CIS. (Potential for Ltd company also).

Duration: Ongoing. Initial site 2 years with further regional work thereafter.

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

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For more info contact Andy Gray at Elvet Recruitment

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