Delivery Manager

ROLE TITLE

Wireless Infrastructure Delivery Manager

Reports to:

Project Manager

Site‑based (regional travel as required)

• Lead the end‑to‑end build and delivery of telecoms sites/work packages to time, cost, quality and SHE standards.
• Translate approved designs into safe, efficient, right‑first‑time (RFT) builds, ensuring materials, plant, access, power, permits, and subcontractors are in place when needed.
• Provide expert buildability input to designs, ensure redlines/as‑builts accurately reflect what was installed, and drive timely, complete handover packs.
• Forecast works, maintain accurate look‑aheads/programmes, meet client SLAs, and keep clients informed of when works will happen.
• Support the Project Manager with progress, risk, commercial and stakeholder reporting.

• Financial: Delivery accountability for individual telecoms sites/work packages (typical revenue per package ~ £10k–£130k
  ), contributing to P&L performance through schedule adherence, cost control, and variation management.
• Organisational: No direct payroll reports; manages subcontractors, site supervisors and specialist suppliers to deliver works.

• Internal: Project Manager, Planning, Commercial/Quantity Surveying, Procurement, Logistics/Warehouse, Design, SHEQ, Customer Care, Finance, Enabling Functions.
• External: Clients, Landlords, Subcontractors (civils, rigging, electrical, commissioning), Design Consultants, Specialist Vendors, DNO/ICPs, Local Authorities, Residents/Community where applicable.

• Review design packs (civils, steelwork, wireless/RAN, MW, power) for buildability, access, WAH implications, lifting, temporary works, and construction sequencing.
• Produce and maintain up to 12 week look‑ahead programmes aligned to the master schedule; feed dependencies and constraints to Planning.
• Call‑off equipment and materials against BoQs/Designs; raise requisitions; coordinate OTIF deliveries to site or consolidation hubs.
• Compile/own the Construction Phase Health & Safety Plan (CPHSP), RAMS, task‑specific risk assessments, lift plans, and permits to work.
• Arrange site access, outages, TT/Permit to Break Ground, traffic management, TTROs and utility notifications as required.

• Day‑to‑day leadership of site builds: foundations, ducting, cabins/enclosures, towers/monopoles, rooftop steel, earthing, containment, FTTA/RTTA, feeders, RRU/AAs, MW links, electrical works and integrations.
• Manage subcontractor performance (civils, rigging, electrical, testing/commissioning): scope, productivity, quality, compliance, dayworks and variations.
• Ensure SHE standards are visibly led: inductions, briefings, TBTs, PTWs, exclusions, WAH and RF safety, plant/LOLER/PUWER, environmental controls.
• Maintain daily site records (diaries, photos, inspections, delivery notes, test results) and elevate blockers early (access, design queries, client dependencies).

• Implement Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs); verify workmanship against standards, drawings, and manufacturer requirements.
• Proactively manage snags/punch‑lists; drive corrective and preventive actions with clear owners and dates.
• Ensure as‑builts/redlines reflect installed reality; coordinate updates with Design and Document Control.
• Assemble Right‑First‑Time (RFT) Handover Packs (as‑builts, test certificates, photos, data cards, commissioning results, warranties) and complete client acceptance processes within agreed time frames.

• Protect margins through accurate forecasting, cost tracking, and timely agreement of variations/changes.
• Validate subcontractor applications, measure completed works, and support QS with valuations, accruals and final accounts.
• Minimise rework, idle time and aborted visits via robust planning, clear scope, and early risk removal.

• Keep clients up to date with work dates, dependencies and readiness; chair/attend build reviews and coordination calls.
• Manage design queries (RFIs/TDQs) to quick resolution; communicate impacts to…