Job Description

Role Overview

The Site Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing all onsite activities from pre-mobilization through installation, commissioning, and project closeout. This role ensures safe, efficient, and high-quality project execution while meeting SQCDP (Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, People) objectives.

Off-Site Responsibilities (Pre-Mobilization & Preparation)

• Collaborate with internal project leadership, installation teams, commissioning teams, and site services to review and align on scheduled onsite activities.

• Prepare, maintain, and validate all project documentation required for effective onsite execution, including:

o Site Safety and Training Plans

o Resource planning and whiteboard preparation

o Materials Management Plan

o Communication and organizational plans

o Quality plans

o Risk identification and mitigation plans

• Validate pre-mobilization checklists and conduct project site surveys.

• Coordinate required site and rental equipment, ensuring appropriate insurance and compliance documentation is in place.

General Site Management Responsibilities

• Deliver project objectives in alignment with SQCDP performance metrics.

• Manage site budget tracking and resource planning tools.

• Develop and maintain site evacuation plans and daily site registers.

• Establish and maintain onsite office facilities, meeting spaces, and required amenities.

• Coordinate inspections with local authorities and ensure environmental and regulatory compliance.

Installation Phase Responsibilities

• Lead all site and installation execution activities.

• Conduct site safety training and ensure ongoing regulatory compliance.

• Enforce safety standards across the full installation scope.

• Coordinate onsite quality assurance, materials management, and inventory control activities.

• Manage material deliveries and perform regular inventory audits.

• Lead daily site coordination meetings and weekly/monthly planning sessions.

• Serve as the primary onsite point of contact for the client, providing regular status updates to project leadership.

• Coordinate readiness for commissioning and ensure timely resolution of punch list items.

Commissioning Phase Responsibilities

• Transition site leadership to Site Integration Management and Engineering teams during commissioning activities.

• Continue to conduct site safety training and maintain regulatory compliance.

• Maintain oversight of quality and materials management activities.

• Lead ongoing planning sessions and daily coordination meetings.

• Coordinate onsite client interactions, including acceptance testing.

• Prepare acceptance documentation and support onsite client training activities.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Logistics, Business, or a related discipline.

• Equivalent professional experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.

Experience & Skills

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Site or Project Management within construction or industrial installation environments.

• Experience with automated electro-mechanical systems installation and commissioning.

• Demonstrated leadership in safety management and regulatory compliance.

• Strong communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.

• Proven ability to lead teams and make effective decisions in fast-paced environments.

• Working knowledge of materials inventory management principles and MRP/ERP systems.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.