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Site Manager
About the Company
Aegis Sortation is a growing provider of automation and material handling solutions, supporting customers across distribution, fulfillment, parcel, retail, food and beverage, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and industrial operations. The company specializes in sortation systems, conveyors, robotics, AMRs, AGVs, AS/RS, systems integration, and lifecycle services.
Position Summary
The Site Manager will lead on-site execution of automated material-handling and sortation system projects. This role is responsible for overseeing installation, pre-operation, and commissioning activities to ensure projects are completed safely, on time, within scope, and in accordance with quality standards.
The Site Manager will act as the primary on-site point of contact, coordinating internal teams, subcontractors, vendors, and client stakeholders. This person will be responsible for managing daily site activity, enforcing safety expectations, resolving field issues, tracking progress, and providing accurate reporting to leadership and project teams.
This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who understands field execution, customer communication, safety, schedule management, and the importance of delivering successful project outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead day-to-day on-site project execution for automated material handling and sortation system installations.
* Oversee installation, pre-operation, testing, and commissioning activities.
* Ensure project work is completed within scope, on schedule, in accordance with safety requirements, and in line with quality standards.
* Serve as the primary on-site contact for customers, subcontractors, vendors, and internal project teams.
* Coordinate labor, materials, equipment, and site resources to support project timelines.
* Monitor site progress and proactively identify risks, delays, or execution issues.
* Enforce all site safety policies, procedures, and customer-specific requirements.
* Resolve field-level issues quickly while escalating major risks or blockers when needed.
* Maintain accurate daily reporting, project documentation, and status updates.
* Support customer satisfaction by ensuring clear communication and professional site execution.
* Partner with project management, engineering, and operations teams to drive successful project delivery.
* Help ensure smooth handoff from installation through commissioning and project completion.
Ideal Candidate Profile
* Experience leading site operations, installation teams, construction crews, automation projects, or material handling system projects.
* Strong understanding of field execution, site safety, scheduling, and customer communication.
* Experience working around conveyors, sortation systems, warehouse automation, robotics, or industrial equipment is highly preferred.
* Ability to manage multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced project environment.
* Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to make decisions in the field.
* Comfortable holding teams accountable to safety, quality, and schedule expectations.
* Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Willingness to travel extensively based on project needs.
Travel
This role requires significant travel, estimated at around 75%, based on project location and customer site needs.
Why This Role
This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys leading field teams, owning site execution, solving real-time project challenges, and working in the automation and material handling industry. The role also provides a clear path toward project management by building hands-on experience in coordination, scheduling, safety, quality, customer management, and field leadership.

Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Proactive Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

We are supporting a leading warehouse automation integrator on a large-scale ASRS project and are looking to engage an experienced Senior Site Manager to lead on-site delivery.

This is a critical role responsible for overseeing installation, managing subcontractors and ensuring safe, on-time project execution through to commissioning and handover.

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This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-profile automation project with long-term potential.

Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Proactive Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.