Senior Site Manager

Randstad; Canterbury; Sur place; GBP 60 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Randstad CPE is seeking a Senior Site Manager for a Canterbury-based project. You will lead on-site operations, drive health and safety, and manage subcontractors across education, commercial, healthcare, and mixed-use schemes in Kent. A UK driving licence and willingness to travel are essential.

The role offers a stable, long-term career with a comprehensive package and a clear progression path into project or contracts management. Permanent, full-time employment with competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership of site teams and on-site safety
• Strong track record delivering schemes in multi-million ranges
• Flexibility to travel across Kent and manage multiple sites
• Excellent communication with clients, design teams and supply chain
• Formal qualifications: SMSTS, CSCS Black Card (Managerial), First Aid at Work

Responsabilités

• Site leadership from pre-construction to handover, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery
• Coordinate and direct subcontractors and supply chain partners
• Maintain rigorous health and safety standards on site
• Uphold QA/QC processes to ensure right-first-time outcomes
• Liaise with clients and stakeholders to manage expectations and progress
• Collaborate with project QS and planner to monitor milestones and risk

Connaissances

Site leadership

Contract management

Health & safety

Stakeholder relations

Formation

SMSTS

CSCS Black Card (Managerial)

First Aid at Work

Description du poste

Senior Site Manager

Location: Canterbury, Kent

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 + Comprehensive Package (Negotiable & Dependent on Experience)

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time

About the Role & The Company

Are you an accomplished Senior Site Manager looking for a stable, long-term career move with one of the region's top, award-winning main contractors? We are seeking a high-calibre Senior Site Manager to take the operational lead on an initial school project based in Canterbury.

As a vital member of our delivery team, you will progress onto a diverse range of high-profile schemes as our pipeline evolves-including commercial, healthcare, residential, and mixed-use developments. Because we deliver prestigious projects across the county, candidates must be flexible and able to travel to sites throughout Kent as new schemes commence.

Key Responsibilities

• Site Leadership: Act as the operational lead on site from pre-construction setup through to PC and handover, ensuring delivery is safe, on programme, within budget, and to exemplary quality standards.

• Subcontractor Management: Coordinate, motivate, and direct direct staff, trade contractors, and supply chain partners.

• Health, Safety & Environment: Champion a rigorous zero-harm safety culture on site, maintaining strict statutory and company compliance.

• Quality Assurance: Uphold rigorous QA/QC processes, ensuring a right-first-time culture and minimising defects.

• Client & Stakeholder Relations: Represent one of the region's premier contractors with professionalism, liaising seamlessly with clients, design teams, clerk of works, and local communities.

• Commercial Coordination: Collaborate closely with the project QS and planner to monitor progress, track milestones, and mitigate risk.

What We Are Looking For

• Proven Track Record: Demonstrable success leading schemes in the £8m-£15m+ range as the number one on site from start to finish.

• Diverse Sector Background: Broad project experience across multiple sectors (e.g., education, commercial, healthcare, industrial, or mixed-use).

• Mobility: A full UK driving licence and the willingness/ability to travel to project locations across Kent as required.

• Long-Term Vision: A committed professional seeking a lasting home with clear progression pathways into Project Management or Contracts Management.

• Essential Qualifications:

• • SMSTS

  • CSCS Black Card (Managerial)

  • First Aid at Work

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

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