Site Manager​/Senior Site Manager

Rail & Civil Engineering

Location – Site based, Edinburgh to Fife

Regional Office – Cumbernauld, Scotland

• Competitive annual salary negotiable dependent on experience
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
• Up to 3 volunteer days
• Company contributory Pension scheme
• Life Insurance
• Westfield Health Cash Plan & Westfield Rewards
• Generous Employee referral scheme
• Support and employee infrastructure embedded in the business as a platform for personal and professional development creating pathways for unrivalled career development and progression opportunities internally.
• Consistent learning opportunities
• A safe place to work
• Employee forums that provide a platform for having your voice heard

An outstanding opportunity for an experienced rail and civil engineering Site Manager or Senior Site Manager to join our team in Scotland and play a key role in the delivery of a portfolio of rail station projects and associated civil engineering works.

A busy and fast paced project and maintenance environment involving a range of multi‑disciplinary civil engineering projects, working for a varied range of clients including Local Authorities, Network Rail and Environmental.

Projects can typically include civil engineering works and infrastructure projects such as highways & roads, underbridges, over bridges and footbridges, tunnels, flood alleviation & repairs, earthworks & embankments and rail platforms and station infrastructure etc.

This position will be embedded in the existing Operational team delivering a portfolio of rail station infrastructure projects located throughout Scotland.

• Site set up and upkeep.
• Day to day management of all site processes – including maintaining accurate records and submitting weekly records.
• Supervision of workforce (subcontractors and directly employed)
• Ordering of materials, equipment and small items of plant
• Carry out site inductions for all site personnel and visitors.
• Carry out daily white board briefings
• Communicate Work Package Plans, Task Briefings, Tool Box Talks and Safety Alerts to workforce.
• Carry out routine checks and record information in accordance with company procedures.
• Liaising with public, local council officials, and key rail clients.
• Being the company site representative and ensuring a positive company image is portrayed at all times.
• Assisting the project team with change assessments and keeping site records up to date.

• PTS
• SSSTS / SMSTS
• Experience as a Site Manager in a rail contracting environment.
• Experience in rail working on civil engineering associated projects.

You will be joining a reputable and firmly established engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. Amco Giffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country. Amco Giffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, delivering exceptional peace of mind for our customers and creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high‑quality public and private sectors, including rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.

We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at Amco Giffen is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. Amco Giffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro‑actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within.

Operating from a people‑first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have a large number of colleagues trained and qualified as mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the Amco Giffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.

For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about Amco Giffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:

Recruitment Manager