Site Manager
Social Housing
Birmingham
£52k - £56k + Car or Car Allowance + Benefits

Site Manager

Ref: 913| Posted: 20th Mar 2025

x2 Site Managers Needed - Social Housing Refurbishment Projects – Damp & Mould repair + Fire Safety Repair & Upgrades (Fire Doors etc) – West midlands

 

COMPANY:

Opportunity to join a reputable main contractor working on stable long term social housing refurbishment frameworks, ideal opportunity for long term local work and job security.

 

ROLE:

The purpose of the Site Manager role is to manage and have overall responsibility for all on-site construction activities, ensuring all works are conducted safely, to programme, within budget and in accordance with all design standards, specifications, and company procedures.

 

DUTIES:

As Site Manager your duties will include:

  • Manage activities on site, ensuring that the highest standards of health and safety are maintained at all times.
  • To consult with and develop a working partnership with the Contracts Manager and Quantity Surveyor working alongside you on any particular project.
  • To take ownership of your project from pre-commencement up to hand over and completion
  • Supervise and effectively manage all contractors and labour forces on site to consistently deliver value to the highest standard of quality of work.
  • Manage all staff to ensure they carry out their responsibilities to the required standards and appropriate resources, plant and material are available.
  • Ensure all works are conducted and monitored in accordance with the company safety policy and procedures and in accordance with current legislations, regulations, and environmental standards.
  • Advise on improving health and safety management practices.
  • Introduce and innovate good working practices at site level to benefit all those on site.
  • Monitor the project, ensuring it has the correct resources to be completed to the required quality standards and ‘Right First Time’ culture, within the agreed timescales.
  • Ensure client satisfaction with the work process in delivering a defect free result.
  • Forward plan and programme the daily works to use all resources efficiently.
  • Oversee planning and programming needs of the project.
  • Manage the weekly planning of productivity, resources, materials, and plant to deliver forecasted outputs.
  • Maintain and control financial aspects of the contract and deliver the project’s profit in line with business requirements.
  • Have a good understanding of the different forms of building contracts.

 

REQUIREMENTS:

To be considered for this Site Manager vacancy you must meet the following criteria:

  • Refurbishment / Fitout experience essential.
  • Recent experience of delivering construction projects across a range of sectors on live sites including Social Housing Repairs - Ideally damp and Mould repair / fire safety repair and upgrades (fire doors etc)
  • Experience on external cladding or kitchens / bathrooms, or “EWI” external wall insulations may also be considered.
  • Project experience from 1 million to 5 million
  • Proven record of successful delivery of projects
  • Use of Microsoft suite of Office programmes; inc. Excel, Word, Outlook, and Project
  • The ability to read and accurately interpret programmes, drawings, and technical specifications.
  • To have an understanding and appropriately sharing build programmes
  • Experience in managing supply chain, direct employees, and consultants.
  • Experience in consulting with customers and the supply chain
  • Ideally level 4 qualification (HNC/NVQ4 etc) or equivalent.
  • Must have SMSTS certificate.
  • Must have First Aid at Work certificate.
  • Full UK driving licence.

 

REMUNERATION:

The successful Site Manager will receive the following.

  • Competitive Salary
  • Car Allowance
  • 26 Days Holidays
  • Pension Scheme
  • Private Health Care

To be considered for this vacancy or to find out more information please apply now.

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