Senior Site Manager

Berkeley Group Plc; Bath; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave (33 with service)

Private pension plan

Private medical insurance

Lifestyle online discounts

Berkeley Foundation volunteer day

Group life assurance

Job summary

Berkeley Group is recruiting a Site Manager for One Waterside in Bath, a modern riverside development delivering phased housing. You will oversee internal works from first fix to handover, coordinating with the project team and subcontractors to ensure on-time delivery and high-quality finishes.

The role requires significant residential construction experience, strong leadership, and the ability to drive safety and quality across the site.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in residential construction or property development.
• Proven ability to manage large packages, phases or blocks on complex developments.
• Experience leading internal works from first fix to handover.
• Strong leadership and communication skills to motivate site teams and subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate all internal works from first fix through to handover.
• Collaborate with Project Manager, management team, consultants and subcontractors to deliver the construction programme.
• Monitor programme performance and escalate risks to maintain schedule.
• Maintain regular progress updates and clear communication with all project stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with commercial teams, subcontractors and key stakeholders.
• Drive a proactive health & safety culture and ensure compliance with Berkeley standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organisational skills

Team motivation

Job description

Berkeley Group builds homes and neighbourhoods across London, Birmingham and the South of England. We revive underused land, creating welcoming, sustainable and nature-rich places where communities thrive and where people of all ages and backgrounds enjoy a great quality of life.

We specialise in long-term brownfield regeneration, focusing on challenging and complex sites that are beyond the scope of conventional homebuilders. We are highly collaborative, working with councils and communities to create a shared vision and to unlock a mix of social, environmental, economic and commercial value that benefits all our stakeholders.

Our passion for quality and design underpins everything we do. All Berkeley homes are created with care, expertise and relentless attention to detail.

We're recruiting a Site Manager for our development in Bath - One Waterside | New Build Homes Bath | Berkeley Developments.

The development comprises of modern residential apartments, with opportunity for additional social housing, delivered across multiple phases. One Waterside is creating a new riverside neighbourhood on the River Avon, offering views across thoughtfully landscaped green spaces, bringing modern living to one of the UK's most historic cities.

What You'll Be Doing

• Oversee and coordinate all internal works packages from first fix through to handover, ensuring smooth integration between subcontractors and site teams.
• Work closely with the Project manager, wider management team, consultants and subcontractors to support the effective delivery of the construction programme.
• Monitor programme performance across internal works, ensuring activities remain aligned to schedule and proactively identifying, managing and escalating risks where required.
• Maintain regular progress updates with Project Manager and ensure clear, consistent communication across all project stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain strong, professional working relationships with commercial teams, subcontractors and key project stakeholders to support successful delivery.
• Encourage a collaborative and professional working environment that reflects Berkeley Group values and ways of working.
• Drive strong, proactive and accountable Health & Safety culture, ensuring full compliance with legislation, company procedures, and best practice.
• Ensure all internal works comply with statutory requirements, Berkeley standards and agreed site processes.
• Take responsibility for the application of Berkeley Group quality standards, inspection regimes and management systems to deliver consistently high-quality outcomes.
• Monitor workmanship standards and ensure defects or quality concerns are addressed promptly and effectively.
• Ensure accurate and up-to-date digital quality records and project documentation are maintained via Fieldview EDMS.
• Support Project Manager and Director in developing and motivating site teams to achieve strong IHR and customer satisfaction scores.
• Driving the delivery of a positive customer experience by working with site teams to achieve over 70% Net Promoter Score and 90% or above on the 'Ready' and 'Clean' measures within In House Research surveys.
• Support Sales and Marketing activities by ensuring site presentation and completed units are maintained to a high standard and reflect the Berkeley brand.

What you'll bring

• Significant experience within residential construction or property development.
• Proven ability managing large packages, phases or blocks on complex developments.
• Experience leading internal works from first fix to handover.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate site teams and subcontractors.
• Excellent organisational capability and the ability to manage programme pressures.
• A collaborative approach working with technical, health and safety, commercial and project teams.

Why join us?

• 25 days annual leave, increasing with service to 33 days.
• Health and wellbeing benefits including Private Medical Insurance.
• Lifestyle benefits including access to an online discount platform.
• Berkeley Foundation volunteer day.
• Private pension plan.
• Group life assurance.

The standard default full-time working hours in the office are 7:30am-4:30pm with core working hours 9am-4pm.