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Contracts Manager
Job Type: Full Time/Permanent
Salary: £75,000 – £85,000 per annum

Hercules PLC are a civil engineering and construction business based in Gloucestershire and Nuneaton, with sites across the UK. We are looking to add to our Civils Projects team with a Contracts Manager who has demonstrable experience in the Water Industry. The ideal candidate will be responsible for multiple projects in the Midlands area and will be based out of our Nuneaton office.

Key Responsibilities:
· The Contracts Manager will oversee all contractual and commercial aspects of their projects, ensuring compliance with legal requirements, company policies, and client expectations. This role is critical in managing risk, maximizing profitability, and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
· Where present, identify additional and future business opportunities and help develop relationships with prospective clients.
· Assist in the management of the Tender Process and identify construction risks
· Manage the pre-construction process and ensure timely contract administration, by working closely with the Commercial Manager.
· Report on your projects on a monthly basis.
· Help PM’s plan and programme projects to ensure timely completion to budget and to the required standards
· Ensure adequate management and communication of change control both internally and externally
· Review, control and report on costs of a project and maximise commercial opportunities.
· Lead in the process of subcontractor and supplier procurement
· Monitor and lead the SHEQ performance of site teams, ensuring all Health & Safety regulations are adhered to
· Promote continuous improvement in everything undertaken and share good practice
· Ensure that Project Managers/Site Agents in your region are carrying out their duties
· Challenge resource levels, workloads and training needs to ensure a well-balanced, competent and motivated project team is in place.
· Attend/arrange co-ordination, progress and programme/resource meetings as required with clients
· Promote Hercules PLC and its various businesses with current and potential clients and help maintain the potential growth of the business
· Assist Head of Civils Projects in their duties, as required.
· Any other duties consistent with your status and seniority, as necessary to meet the needs of the Business

Additional points to note:
· Commercial understanding, to assist with reporting and monitoring in line with the contract (Contractors Instruction, Compensation Event, NEC3 processes)
· Accurately plan, monitor and forecast works through the use of Microsoft MSP and Excel
· Resource planning
· Plant and personnel optimisation (ensuring our plant, vans and resources are being fully utilised)
· Monitoring the Health, Safety and Welfare of our workforce across all of our projects

Must have strong communication skills with internal and external stakeholders and solid experience of self-delivering civil engineering projects.

Qualifications:
· Educated to Degree/HND level in Civil Engineering
· Ideally a member of a professional body (e.g ICE )
· SMSTS
· CSCS

Senior Health Safety & Environmental (HSE) Advisor
Reports to HSE Manager
Salary: £45,000 – £50,000 per annum
Working hours: 8:30am – 5:00pm, Mon-Fri
Full time, Permanent

Hercules PLC are looking for a full time, proactive and experienced Senior Construction H&S Advisor to join our Safety, Health, Environment (SHE) team, ideally based within the Thames corridor area. The position will require travel across the region and UK. Reporting to the Safety, Health & Environment Manager, this is a high-profile hands-on position that will support project teams and clients to deliver the highest standards of health and safety and drive continuous improvement through information, mentoring, support, assurance and challenge to projects. The ideal applicant should have practical experience of acting as a full time H&S Advisor in the Construction/Highways, Civil Engineering & Water environments.

Your duties will include:
• Advise key duty holders on project-specific health, safety and environment issues
• Engaging with projects, making recommendations for improvement, producing reports
• Supporting the investigation of close calls, near misses and other incidents on project sites
• Maintaining already established client relationships and establishing new ones if required
• Assisting with the identification of training needs and delivery of safety briefings
• Collating information for monthly reporting to senior management and clients
• Working collaboratively with other members of the Business Unit
• Maintaining records to ensure compliance with legislation, company and contractual requirements
• Actively identify areas for improvement and contribute to plans aimed at reducing the occurrence of incidents
• Ensure that site teams are proactive, up to date and comply with current health, safety and environmental legislation, best practice and Company standards
• Develop and maintain a ‘continuous improvement’ ethos in the approach to health, safety and environmental issues and support the Hercules, Be Safe Work Safe strategy
• Support the Business Unit and Operations Management teams in all aspects of health, safety and the environment performance and management
• Developing and implementing health and safety procedures and systems
• Developing and promoting initiatives to prevent incidents and injury

Experience and Qualifications:
• Relevant and current experience in the Construction / Civil Engineering industry
• NEBOSH General / Construction certificate or equivalent health & safety qualification
• Temporary Works Coordinator
• Relevant CSCS card
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under pressure and manage your own diary
• Tech IOSH qualification (minimum)
• Full clean UK driving licence

In Return:
We offer an opportunity to work on some of the UKs flagship construction projects, in a fast-paced environment where each day brings new challenges as well as a competitive salary, company vehicle and benefits package.

What we can offer you:
• A supportive team
• Learning and development funding and support
• Mentorship
• Private healthcare insurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Work socials and events
• A corporate lake membership for swimming (the benefits of our location)!

Hercules Plc values equality, diversity and inclusion. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applicants from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Hercules Plc is a keen supporter of the following organisations:
Armed Forces Covenant, which support members of the ex-military community including their families.
Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) working towards creating a better working environment for all.
Disability Confident (Committed)

SHEQ Administrator
Reporting to: Quality Manager and Head of SHE
Salary: £25,000 to £28,000 per annum
Working hours: 9:00am to 5pm
Full time, Permanent

Job Purpose:
We’re looking for a SHEQ Administrator to provide structured, practical support to our SHE and Quality/Compliance Teams. Reporting to the Quality Manager, you will play a key administrative role in the day-to-day management of our Business Management Systems (BMS), helping maintain accurate records, controlled documentation, and effective tracking. You will also provide support to our SHE Team, including day-to-day administration of our system for site SHE documentation and supporting the team with incident administration, internal comms and efficient reporting.

Key Responsibilities:
• Provide day-to-day administrative support to the Quality Manager, Head of SHE and
wider Quality/Compliance and SHE functions.
• Maintain document control activities, including updating records and monitoring the
Master Document Register.
• Administer and support the upkeep of the Business Management System (BMS),
including coordinating updates and ensuring information is current and accessible.
• Support internal and external audits by coordinating evidence, preparing audit packs,
and tracking follow-up actions.
• Log, monitor and report on non-conformances, corrective actions and opportunities for
improvement, escalating overdue items where required.
• Act as the day-to-day administrator for our system for site SHE documentation,
including user access, site/project set-up, template control and first-line user support.
• Maintain SHE records and documentation, chasing site returns and ensuring evidence
is correctly filed and available for assurance/audit purposes.
• Provide administrative support for incident/observation reporting by logging
information, maintaining trackers, and supporting action close-out.
• Support SHEQ communications and engagement activity (e.g., toolbox talks, awareness
programmes, notices and bulletins), ensuring controlled distribution and records are
maintained.
• Coordinate routine SHEQ administration such as customer feedback
distribution/returns, meeting minutes/actions, registers/spreadsheets, and other
support tasks as required.

Qualifications, experience and characteristics:
• Previous administrative experience in a busy environment, with strong organisational
skills and attention to detail.
• Confidence managing records, registers, and document control (including version
control and structured filing).
• Strong IT skills (Microsoft Office) and confidence using multiple systems and platforms.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and chase actions
professionally.
• Discretion and professionalism when handling sensitive information.
• Experience of, or an interest in, supporting Quality, Health & Safety and/or
Environmental management systems.

What we can offer you:
• A supportive team
• Free car parking
• Learning and development funding and support
• Mentorship
• Private healthcare insurance following successful probation period
• Cycle to work scheme
• Work socials and events
• A corporate lake membership for swimming (the benefits of our location)

Hercules PLC values equality, diversity and inclusion. No terminology in this advert is
intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the
Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applicants from all sections of society
and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional
arrangements as required to support your application.
Hercules PLC is a keen supporter of the following organisations:
Armed Forces Covenant, which support members of the ex-military community
including their families.
Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) working towards creating a better working
environment for all.
Disability Confident (Committed)

Training, Recruitment and Support Function Manager
Reporting to Operations Director
Salary: £50,000 – £55,000 per annum
Working hours: 8am – 5pm, Mon-Fri
Full time, Permanent

Hercules Plc are a leading Civil Engineering and Construction company based in a modern head office in South Cerney, near Cirencester and Swindon. This is a very exciting time to be joining the team as we continue our rapid growth. The Training, Recruitment and Support Functions Manager will be reporting to the Operations Director and working within the central function of the business to ensure a 1st class delivery service to our clients.

Duties will be incredibly important and will support co-ordinating and managing the day to day running of three departments within the business and will have a direct effect on the organisation’s productivity and success. The three departments work closely together to ensure the supply of labour to clients construction sites within tight deadlines. We are looking for a determined, proactive, organised, commercially aware individual who works well under pressure. The successful candidate will therefore have experience of managing teams, ideally within recruitment or training. They will not be required to have construction sector experience although this will be an advantage.

Responsibilities:
• Overseeing three departments and managing and developing the personnel within these teams
• Developing efficiencies in terms of process for each department in a proactive manner
• Responding to client change of processes, utilising our teams as efficiently as possible
• Co-ordinating and managing departmental expenditure
• Producing departmental budgets and forecasts and reporting results to the Operations Director
• Developing key external supplier relationships to meet recruitment and training requirements within required deadlines.

Required Skills:
• Experience in managing and developing teams
• Trustworthy
• Manage workload effectively under tight deadlines and deal with multiple moving elements concurrently
• Experience working in a fast paced environment
• Confident talking to internal and external stakeholders via email, telephone and face to face
• Previous training, recruitment or operational experience desired
• Ability to prioritise based on company needs
• Strong work ethic
• Keen eye for detail
• Team player

What we can offer you:
• A supportive team
• Learning and development funding and support
• Mentorship
• Private healthcare insurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Work socials and events
• A corporate lake membership for swimming (the benefits of our location)!

Hercules Plc values equality, diversity and inclusion. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applicants from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Hercules Plc is a keen supporter of the following organisations:
Armed Forces Covenant, which support members of the ex-military community including their families.
Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) working towards creating a better working environment for all.
Disability Confident (Committed)

Sentinel Manager (Rail Compliance & RISQS Lead)
Reporting to Operations Director
Salary: £50,000 – £55,000 per annum
Working hours: 8am – 5pm, Mon – Fri
Full time, Permanent

Job Purpose:
We’re looking for an experienced Sentinel Coordinator to take full ownership of our rail compliance function for our growing Rail Division. Reporting to our Operations Director and our Compliance Director, you will be supporting our Rail Operations Team and maintaining a compliant, “audit-ready” Rail Division year-round, taking full responsibility for leading and passing our annual RISQS audit whilst ensuring that our teams are able to meet client requirements to the high standards expected.

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the annual RISQS audit process, including maintaining our Rail Compliance Matrix and an always up to date audit evidence library.
• Coordinate all Sentinel tasks, including Primary Sponsorship, Sub-Sponsorship (in/out) and De-Sponsorship, ensuring pre-sponsorship checks and competence validity are in place.
• Maintain and reconcile our rail matrix, Sentinel dashboard, and sub-sponsor trackers, completing monthly reconciliations against Fatigue360 and medical/D&A records.
• Maintain the Rail Training Matrix and competence tracking (profiles, expiries, gaps) and provide compliance reporting packs to Rail/Compliance teams.
• Manage operative medical requirements, ensuring evidence is auditable and appropriately controlled.
• Own D&A compliance evidence, including random unannounced testing and for-cause workflows, supporting the 24/7 for-cause arrangement.
• Ensure all training is scheduled into Fatigue360 and monitor alongside planned hours so hours/travel/rest rules are controlled.
• Update Fatigue360 with actual shift data (“actuals”) and ensure operational changes are notified promptly, completing fatigue assessments/plans where required.
• Maintain rail equipment registers and support annual rail internal audit activity, plus NCR logging/close-out support.
• Coordinate rail governance and communications including monthly rail review meetings, Rail TBT annual programme, Network Rail safety bulletins, briefings and response logging, RISQS portal monitoring and CIRAS membership.

Qualifications, experience and characteristics:
• Significant experience in a Sentinel Coordinator / Rail Compliance Coordinator / Rail Compliance Manager role.
• Demonstrable experience leading or heavily supporting successful RISQS audits (inc. planning, evidence, engagement, close-out).
• Strong working knowledge of Network Rail requirements, RISQS audit protocol and Sentinel Scheme Rules.
• Highly organised, strong attention to detail, confident communicator, able to challenge/escalate when compliance is at risk.

What we can offer you:
– A supportive team
– Free car parking
– Learning and development funding and support
– Mentorship
– Private healthcare insurance following successful probation period
– Cycle to work scheme
– Work socials and events
– A corporate lake membership for swimming (the benefits of our location)

Hercules PLC values equality, diversity and inclusion. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applicants from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Hercules PLC is a keen supporter of the following organisations:
Armed Forces Covenant, which support members of the ex-military community including their families.
Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) working towards creating a better working environment for all.
Disability Confident (Committed)