6 Site Manager roles in Peterborough

What you'll be doing

Key responsibilities:

• Manage and coordinate site activities in line with the construction programme, including subcontractor performance, resources, and materials.


• Lead by example in ensuring all safety, quality, and environmental management systems are adhered to and embedded on site.


• Support project handover and ensure all works are completed to a safe-to-operate (STO) standard at DM4.


• Maintain site compliance with assurance requirements (CSIR, CEIR, CQIR), working alongside the Delivery Assurance Manager.


• Monitor and manage budgets in coordination with the Cost Manager; approve site expenditure, timesheets, and GRNs in line with governance.


• Review and approve subcontractor RAMS, manage site requisitions, and ensure plant and materials are utilised efficiently.


• Take ownership of the rework list, ensuring timely resolution and submission for construction assurance.


• Collaborate with the Project Delivery Team to support programme, cost and quality reporting, and risk management.


• Support change management processes and accurate use of CCMS for cost control and purchasing.


• Liaise with Anglian Water operations staff to ensure seamless asset transition and operational readiness.


• Lead and motivate the site team, promoting a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Who we're looking for

We’re looking for an experienced and confident Site Manager with strong leadership skills and a solid background in infrastructure delivery, in the water or utilities sector.

You will bring:

• Demonstrable experience managing large-scale construction projects with a value of £20 million or more, preferably within the infrastructure or regulated utility sectors.


• A proven track record of successfully delivering complex site operations in line with time, cost and quality targets.


• Strong understanding of health, safety, environmental and quality standards in a live site environment.


• Experience managing subcontractors and supply chain partners to meet programme objectives.


• Commercial awareness and confidence in managing site budgets, cost reporting, and procurement systems.


• Familiarity with project assurance and governance processes, including change control and risk mitigation.


• The ability to lead, engage, and develop site teams, while maintaining excellent stakeholder relationships.

A construction-related qualification is desirable. Experience working within alliance or collaborative delivery models, along with knowledge of CCMS and digital site management tools, will be advantageous.

If you’re a proactive leader ready to take on an exciting challenge, we want to hear from you!

Apply now and be part of something extraordinary.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 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 much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do.  Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives. 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview. 

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments. 

We’re looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via candidaterecruitmentenquiries@balfourbeatty.com