Senior Site Manager

Barratt Redrow; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company seeks a Senior Site Manager to oversee the construction of developments across the UK. The role involves managing site operations, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and leading teams to meet project targets. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in site management and a strong understanding of construction regulations, ensuring high-quality delivery and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing challenging sites within established build programmes.
• Proven ability to meet weekly targets through proactive organization and team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance with health and safety standards and quality.
• Coordinating labour and resources to deliver the build programme.
• Monitoring and controlling production costs.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Problem Solving

Education

NVQ Level 5 in Construction Management

Job description

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Within the Construction environment, think about buying materials, managing big projects, ensuring health and safety, and customer service. At any given time, you'll find us working on some circa 400 developments in both towns and rural areas across the UK, each presenting unique challenges. Some are from scratch on brownfield sites; others involve adapting existing buildings like old factories or disused hospitals.

We need people who can bring us fresh ideas and imagination on one hand, and the commercial ability to manage people, budgets, and costs on the other. Since 2004, Site Managers have won more NHBC Pride in the Job Awards than any other housebuilder, a testament to our professionalism.

Responsible to the Contracts Manager, you will manage the construction of a development, including all associated pre and post housebuilding works, ensuring targets are met regarding health and safety, delivery to build programme quality, customer care, and cost.

What you'll be doing

• Ensuring compliance on site at all times with the company health and safety standards, NHBC standards, building regulations, and overall quality standards.
• Coordinating labour and resources on site to deliver the build programme on larger developments, proactively scheduling trades to ensure optimum delivery.
• Managing material levels on larger sites to ensure minimal stock while meeting the site programme and efficiently employing labour.
• Ensuring all plots are built to the highest quality standards, complying with NHBC Standards, Building Regulations, range specifications, and best practices.
• Undertaking quality control procedures and inspections at the correct timings, rectifying defects to avoid additional costs, delays, or quality reduction.
• Monitoring and controlling production costs, and approving payments to contractors and trades where appropriate.
• Initiating and attending plot inspections with Local Building Inspectors or NHBC, taking corrective actions to minimize RI's/BRI's.
• Conducting toolbox talks or similar on-site briefings to influence, gain commitment, and promote best practices.
• Proactively mitigating risks, managing build sequencing, and overall site quality.
• Liaising with internal departments, external suppliers, and partners to ensure the build programme is achieved.
• Working with sales through regular meetings to ensure smooth home delivery for customers.
• Maintaining high standards of site presentation at all times.
• Carrying out New Home Tours with Sales Advisors and customers to demonstrate homes, answer questions, and rectify issues before Legal Completion.
• Supporting the Contracts Manager to ensure the construction team is fully resourced, well-directed, and supported through communication, training, and workload organization.
• Exemplifying good behavior in health and safety, organization, conduct, quality, and professionalism.

What you'll need

• Extensive experience managing challenging sites within established build programmes.
• Proven ability to meet weekly targets through proactive organization and team leadership.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills to gain commitment and ensure compliance.
• Strong leadership and assertiveness to ensure high-quality delivery.
• Proactive task prioritization to adapt to changing needs.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes.
• Membership of the Chartered Institute of Builders and/or NVQ Level 5 in Construction Management, or extensive trades experience.
• Deep knowledge of construction, housebuilding, and legislative requirements such as health and safety, NHBC, and Building Regulations.
• Experience dealing with customers, providing information, resolving issues, and explaining procedures.