External Site Manager

Fawkes & Reece Group; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Temp-to-Perm

Supportive site team

Job summary

Fawkes & Reece Group in Cambridge is seeking an External Site Manager for a Tier 1 main contractor on a freelance basis. The role starts ASAP and will run until early March 2027, overseeing the external groundworks package with a Senior Project Manager.

You will lead prestart and design meetings, chair weekly progress meetings, approve RAMS, and coordinate with the supply chain to deliver buildability solutions. A tech-savvy candidate who can engage with the team is preferred.

Qualifications

• SMSTS certification required.
• CSCS card holder required.
• First Aid at Work certification required.
• Knowledge of groundworks required.

Responsibilities

• Attend contractor prestart meetings and contribute to agenda.
• Attend and contribute in design team meetings.
• Chair weekly sub-contractor progress meetings; record and issue minutes.
• Attend Safe Starts and ensure RAMS are approved.
• Coordinate DABs; discuss with trades and issue DAB report when needed.
• Identify buildability issues and propose solutions.
• Be tech-savvy and use relevant project tools.
• Engage with supply chain and other team members.

Skills

SMSTS

CSCS

First Aid at Work

Groundworks knowledge

Job description

I've been tasked to find an External Site Manager for a tier 1 main contractor on a freelance basis. It is to start ASAP and will finish early March 2027.

The project is a major development in the Cambridgeshire, it is a crucial groundworks/external package that needs managing. You will be working alongside a Senior Project Manager to deliver the package.

Requirements for External Site Manager

• SMSTS
• CSCS
• First Aid at Work
• Knowledge of groundworks.

Responsibilities for the External Site Manager

• Attending and contributing in contractor prestart meetings.
• Attending and contributing in design team meetings.
• Chairing weekly sub-contractor progress meetings, taking and issuing meeting minutes.
• Attending safe starts.
• Approving RAMS.
• Attending DABS and contributing to the meeting, discussing coordination with other trades. If necessary taking the meeting, issuing the DABS report to all other team members.
• Identifying potential problems, offering buildability solutions.
• Someone who is tech savvy.
• Someone who can engage with the supply chain and other team members.

What is being offered

• Temporary to permanent option
• Opportunity to work with a helpful site team