You’ll join OCU’s delivery team leading site operations across electrical infrastructure projects throughout Scotland’s Central Belt. Working on active construction sites, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring works are delivered safely, compliantly and to a consistently high standard, supporting infrastructure that powers homes, businesses and communities.
This is an opportunity to take a leadership position on-site within a growing organisation, where you’ll influence safety culture, manage high-risk activities and contribute to the successful delivery of essential energy and utilities projects.
You’ll lead all on-site health, safety and compliance activities, acting as the Principal Contractor’s representative and ensuring all works are carried out in line with CDM 2015, company procedures and industry best practice. You’ll coordinate contractors, supervise site activities and ensure safe systems of work are implemented and maintained at all times.
You’ll take ownership of developing and implementing RAMS, ensuring all personnel are properly briefed and works are planned and executed safely. Through regular site inspections, audits and engagement with teams, you’ll identify risks, implement corrective actions and maintain a controlled and compliant working environment.
You’ll manage permit-to-work systems, controlling high-risk operations including electrical works, excavations and confined spaces, while promoting a strong safety-first culture across all teams. You’ll deliver inductions, toolbox talks and ongoing communication to reinforce expectations and drive positive behaviours on site.
Where required, you’ll undertake Authorised Person duties, including safe isolation, issuing permits and ensuring electrical systems are controlled safely. You’ll also support incident investigations, ensuring root causes are identified and lessons learned are implemented effectively.
Working closely with clients, designers and stakeholders, you’ll ensure health and safety is embedded across all project activities, maintaining accurate documentation and ensuring full compliance with all relevant legislation and standards.
Essential:
- Proven experience in a Site Manager or supervisory role within construction or utilities environments
- Strong knowledge of CDM 2015 regulations and UK health and safety legislation
- Experience developing and implementing RAMS and safe systems of work
- Ability to manage permit-to-work systems and oversee high-risk site activities
- Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence safe behaviours
- Experience carrying out site inspections, audits and incident investigations
- Relevant qualification in construction, engineering or health and safety (e.g. NEBOSH, IOSH or equivalent) or demonstrable industry experience
Desirable:
- Authorised Person (AP) experience or qualification, including safe isolation procedures
- Experience working within a DNO or ICP environment
- Background in electrical infrastructure or utilities projects
- Experience managing multi-contractor sites
At OCU, we believe that meaningful work should come with meaningful support. That's the principle behind Careers with Purpose, our commitment to ensuring every person at OCU feels supported, developed, and valued, not just in their role today, but throughout their career with us.
Alongside the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, we offer a benefits package that we are continuing to develop as we grow, and the kind of career acceleration that only comes from being inside a business moving at this pace.
As a rapidly growing organisation, there are genuine opportunities to progress, broaden your experience, and build a long-term career within OCU Group.
To apply, please submit your CV by Friday 19th June 2026
For a confidential conversation about this opportunity, please contact
Jonathan Bryden at
[email protected].
We review applications every day and may close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. We encourage early applications.
About OCU Group
At OCU Group, we don’t just deliver infrastructure - we help power modern life.
As one of the UK’s fastest-growing utility and infrastructure businesses, we deliver complex, nationally critical projects across power, energy transition, water, telecoms, and digital infrastructure. Over the last five years, OCU has grown five-fold to a £1.1bn organisation, expanding both organically and through strategic acquisitions across the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India.
Our growth is driven by ambitious people, operational excellence, and a commitment to doing things properly. We work on projects that genuinely matter by supporting the UK’s energy transition, strengthening essential infrastructure, and helping build more sustainable communities for the future.
Whether you’re an experienced professional looking to take ownership of major projects and influence delivery at scale, or someone starting your career through an apprenticeship, graduate programme, or placement route, OCU offers real opportunity to grow, develop, and make an impact.
We are building a business where high performance, collaboration, innovation, and accountability sit at the centre of our culture. Our people are trusted to lead, encouraged to challenge thinking, and supported to continuously develop their skills and careers.
At OCU, you won’t just join a growing business, you’ll help shape it.
Our Culture & Values
At OCU, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We care about safety, lead with integrity, strive to be better every day, make a positive impact, and deliver to grow, together, as One Company United.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At OCU Group, we believe diversity, inclusion, and belonging are fundamental to building stronger teams, better ideas, and a more successful business. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported.
As part of our commitment to fairness and equality, candidates may be asked to complete an equal opportunities monitoring form during the recruitment process. This information is used for monitoring purposes only and plays no part in hiring decisions.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to offering interviews to candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions who meet the essential criteria for the role.
If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please contact the recruiter for the role or emailing us at
[email protected]
At OCU Group, we don’t just deliver infrastructure - we help power modern life.
As one of the UK’s fastest-growing utility and infrastructure businesses, we deliver complex, nationally critical projects across power, energy transition, water, telecoms, and digital infrastructure. Over the last five years, OCU has grown five-fold to a £1.1bn organisation, expanding both organically and through strategic acquisitions across the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India.
Our growth is driven by ambitious people, operational excellence, and a commitment to doing things properly. We work on projects that genuinely matter by supporting the UK’s energy transition, strengthening essential infrastructure, and helping build more sustainable communities for the future.
Whether you’re an experienced professional looking to take ownership of major projects and influence delivery at scale, or someone starting your career through an apprenticeship, graduate programme, or placement route, OCU offers real opportunity to grow, develop, and make an impact.
We are building a business where high performance, collaboration, innovation, and accountability sit at the centre of our culture. Our people are trusted to lead, encouraged to challenge thinking, and supported to continuously develop their skills and careers.
At OCU, you won’t just join a growing business, you’ll help shape it.
Our Culture & Values
At OCU, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We care about safety, lead with integrity, strive to be better every day, make a positive impact, and deliver to grow, together, as One Company United.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At OCU Group, we believe diversity, inclusion, and belonging are fundamental to building stronger teams, better ideas, and a more successful business. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported.
As part of our commitment to fairness and equality, candidates may be asked to complete an equal opportunities monitoring form during the recruitment process. This information is used for monitoring purposes only and plays no part in hiring decisions.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to offering interviews to candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions who meet the essential criteria for the role.
To ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to join our team, please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment and interview process is, by emailing
[email protected].
