Senior Site Manager

Fawkes & Reece Group; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Fawkes and Reece are recruiting a Senior Site Manager for an £8m industrial and office development in Basingstoke. You will lead on-site construction, manage subcontractors, and drive programs to completion.

Reporting to the Contracts Manager, you will ensure stringent health and safety, quality, and timely delivery while coordinating with design teams and suppliers. Eligible UK work status required.

Qualifications

• Experienced Senior Site Manager with a proven track record.
• Experience with Tier 1 or Tier 2 main contractors.
• Delivery of design & build schemes from ground up.

Responsibilities

• Manage site-based construction activities through to completion.
• Coordinate and manage trade subcontractors and supply chain.
• Develop and short-term programming of works.
• Input to design development with consultants.
• Ensure health and safety standards are planned, communicated and enforced.
• Review RAMS and method statements; risk assessments.
• Organise deliveries, logistics, and waste management.
• Oversee quality control, inspections and test plans.
• Lead coordination meetings with subcontractors and managers.
• Monitor progress and report against the programme; snag and handover.

Skills

Site management

Subcontractor coordination

Health and safety

Programme planning

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Reference: MO15092026_1789463022
Posted: September 15, 2026

Great opportunity for an experienced Senior Site Manager / ambitious Site Manager to work on an £8m new build industrial and office development in Basingstoke. This scheme is well underway on site and due to complete in the spring next year. There is a follow on project in Newbury.

Reporting to visiting Contracts Manager you will be responsible for managing all site-based construction activities throughout to completion, with duties including:

• Management and coordination and of trade sub-contractors / supply chain;
• Mid and short-term programming of works;
• Input to design development with consultant design team;
• Ensuring company health and safety standards are planned, communicated, achieved and enforced;
• Review of method statements and risk assessments (RAMS);
• Organising deliveries of materials, logistics, waste management, etc;
• Quality control; Inspections and test plans;
• Coordination meetings with supply chain subcontractors and other managers;
• Monitoring / Reporting on progress against program;
• Snagging and handover.

About the Company/Client/Project:

This role is with a busy regionally focussed Tier 2 main contractor, with a turnover in excess of £70m and with secured workload in the commercial, industrial, education, residential, student accommodation and retirement living sectors across the Hampshire, Dorset and occasionally Berkshire region.

Projects range in size from £5m to £35m, secured through a mixture of regional frameworks, negotiated schemes with repeat clients and competitive tenders. There is a good pipeline of future workload, with 50% of turnover already secured for 2027.

Requirements including certificates and qualifications:

You will ideally be an experienced Senior Site Manager already, or Site Manager looking to step up, with a proven track record working with a Tier 1 or 2 main contractor, able to successfully deliver design & build schemes with knowledge and practical experience across the various stages / packages from ground up.

Key attributes will include excellent organisation and communication skills, people management ability, technical, contractual and commercial knowledge, plus focus and drive with the ability to keep works on track.

High standards, attention to detail and drive will be very well rewarded with excellent salary, benefits, promotional and development prospects.

Candidates must be able to prove their eligibility to work in the UK