Assistant Site Manager

Willmott Dixon; Devon and Torbay; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pension

Private medical

Life assurance

Car scheme

Job summary

Willmott Dixon in Plymouth seeks a permanent Site Supervisor to help deliver a major healthcare scheme, working on a 2-year fixed term contract. You will support project delivery, uphold quality and safety, and help keep the programme on track.

Reporting to the Senior Site Manager, you will supervise operatives, coordinate trades, monitor progress and maintain strong client relations across a large-scale site.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising a team on a construction site.
• Ability to read programmes, drawings and technical specifications.
• A valid driving license and CSCS card desirable.
• Experience using construction-related software is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ensure delivery of a quality build in accordance with project specifications.
• Understand client priorities and maintain good working relations.
• Monitor works and supply chain to avoid disruption between trades.
• Undertake works economically to minimise waste and preliminaries costs.
• Maintain high standards of Health, Safety and Environmental management.

Skills

Team supervision

Reading drawings & specs

Program/schedule understanding

Health & safety focus

Driving license

Education

NVQ/HNC level 4

Tools

Construction software

Job description

Willmott Dixon is currently looking to recruit a permanent Site Supervisor to join a major healthcare scheme in Plymouth on a 2-year fixed term contract.

Our aim is for you to be a part of our team to deliver projects regional to your home. We work across multiple sectors, including education, commercial, leisure, blue-light, healthcare, defence, and residential with project values ranging between £100 - £200 million pounds.

Reporting to the Senior Site Manager, the Site Supervisor will support the delivery of the projects safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality whilst exceeding customers' expectations

Responsibilities

• Ensure delivery of a quality build in accordance with the project specifications and project requirements
• Understand the client priorities and adopt a professional and considerate approach to maintain good working relations
• Monitor the works and supply chain to ensure provision of the right working environment to avoid disruption between trades
• Undertake the works in the most economic manner to eliminate waste and avoid non recoverable costs and preliminaries losses
• Maintain the highest standards of Health, Safety and Environmental management.

Essential Criteria

• Experience of a variety of construction operations
• Reading and accurately interpret programmes, drawings and technical specifications
• Understanding and appropriately sharing build programmes
• Experience of supervising or managing a team of operatives on a construction site
• Minimum relevant level 4 qualification (HNC / NVQ4 etc)
• Valid driving license

Desirable Criteria

• Construction trade background
• Experience with using construction-related software
• Appropriate CSCS card
• First Aid at Work certificate
• SMSTS certificate

Additional Information

We reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full private medical, life assurance, and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. This role will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.

At Willmott Dixon, we provide an inclusive and flexible working environment for people to thrive in.
We are a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme.

About Us

With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon's purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive.

Willmott Dixon was recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 "Big" Companies to Work For in 2025, named among the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2024, and ranked in the Top Five of Europe's 1,000 best workplaces by the Financial Times in 2025. Willmott Dixon is also the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.