Capital Works Manager

Kier Group plc; Glastonbury; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A construction and engineering company in Glastonbury is seeking a Capital Works Manager to lead the planning and delivery of Capital Works schemes. The role involves coordinating development, managing contractors, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. Ideal candidates have strong experience in highways and civil engineering, alongside skills in contractor management and client liaison. The position offers a permanent full-time contract with some remote flexibility.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in scheme delivery within highways or civil engineering.
• Extensive experience managing contractors and supply chain partners.
• Proven ability in client liaison and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate scheme development and manage contractors.
• Lead the planning and programming of Capital Works schemes.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely and efficiently.

Skills

Scheme delivery experience

Contractor management

Stakeholder engagement

Client liaison

NRSWA (Supervisors) certification

Job description

Capital Works Manager – Highways - Glastonbury, Somerset

We're looking for a Capital Works Manager to join our highways team based in Glastonbury, Somerset. In this role you'll take ownership of planning, programming and delivery of Capital Works schemes including drainage, footway resurfacing and earthworks within the Somerset Highways Term Service Contract. A full driving licence is essential as you'll be traveling between offices, depots and sites across Somerset

Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment.

Location: Glastonbury, Somerset – regular travel to the office is required, with some flexibility for remote working. You will also need to visit offices, depots, and sites across Somerset.

Hours: Permanent fulltime 40 hours per week

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Capital Works Manager, you'll coordinate scheme development, manage contractors and supply chain partners, and ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and in line with client expectations.

Your day to day will include:

• Leading the end-to-end planning and programming of Capital Works schemes with clear milestones and deliverables
• Acting as a key point of contact for Somerset Council on structural scheme delivery
• Managing supply chain partners to meet programme delivery, quality, cost and compliance requirements
• Monitoring scheme budgets with accurate cost forecasting and commercial reporting
• Promoting a strong safety culture and ensuring full compliance with CDM Regulations, SHEMS, traffic management standards and environmental requirements

What are we looking for?

This role of Capital Works Manager is ideal if:

• Strong experience in scheme delivery, within highways, civil engineering or infrastructure environments
• Extensive experience in contractor and supply chain management
• Proven ability in client liaison, stakeholder engagement and presenting to senior audiences
• NRSWA (Supervisors) certification

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Apply today and help us keep Somerset moving.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

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