Site Preparation Manager

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Job reference 339808
Site Preparation Manager
From £47,322, 10% annual bonus potential, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
Permanent, Full time 
Remote with some travel for meetings

Royal Mail is looking for a proactive and highly organised Site Preparation Manager to support the expansion of our parcel locker network across the UK. This is a key role within the Locker Lab team, responsible for ensuring locker sites are fully prepared and ready for installation, helping to deliver a critical part of Royal Mail’s future out‑of‑home strategy.

About the Role

As a Site Preparation Manager, you will take ownership of the end‑to‑end site preparation process for parcel locker installations. Working with both Royal Mail teams and external site hosts, you'll assess site viability, coordinate surveys, manage enabling works and ensure each location is ready for successful deployment.

This role combines project management, stakeholder engagement, supplier management and operational delivery, making it ideal for someone who enjoys managing multiple workstreams and driving projects through to completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the end‑to‑end site preparation process, from initial site assessment through to installation readiness.
• Coordinate surveys, review site viability and arrange enabling works such as electrical and civil engineering activities.
• Build strong relationships with third‑party site hosts, contractors, suppliers and Royal Mail stakeholders.
• Manage and challenge supplier quotes to ensure value for money and adherence to agreed budgets.
• Monitor delivery against standards, reviewing completed works and resolving issues where required.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance processes, quality and efficiency.

About You

You are an organised and detail‑focused project professional who thrives working across multiple stakeholders and projects simultaneously. You are comfortable making decisions, managing contractors and driving activity forward in a fast‑paced environment. Strong communication skills and the ability to build credibility with both internal and external partners are essential.

What You'll Bring

• Experience managing projects, installations, deployments or site preparation activities.
• Experience working with contractors and suppliers, including managing performance and costs.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across operational, commercial and external environments.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver projects to agreed timescales.
• Excellent attention to detail and problem‑solving capability.
• Experience working with on street electrical instalations would be advantageous.
• Confidence using tracking and reporting software such as Jira and the ability to quickly learn new systems.

Role Impact

This role plays a vital part in the growth of Royal Mail’s parcel locker network, helping expand our out‑of‑home offering and supporting the business's long‑term competitiveness in the UK logistics market. You'll work with a nationwide network of stakeholders and contribute directly to a major strategic growth programme.

Extra Benefits

•    Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
•    Supportive and generous company sick pay
•    Funded Dental – As a manager you are eligible to a level of employer funded dental insurance*
•    Health Assessment – As a manager you are eligible to an employer funded health assessment every 2 years*
•    Benefits Account – You will have access to your personal benefits account on our ‘My Bundle+’ platform. There are more than 800 retail offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills as well as employer provided and voluntary benefits to suit your lifestyle.
•    Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free, and it’s for everyone.

*Available only to permanent employees

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions. We plan to hold interviews between 6th and 17th July.

Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we’ll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people. 

We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we’d love to hear from you. 

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: 28th June. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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