Senior Site Manager

Pearson Whiffin Recruitment Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Senior Site Manager to oversee multiple construction sites in Kent. The ideal candidate will manage all aspects of site operations, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards while delivering high-quality builds. This role requires substantial experience in the housing sector and qualifications in construction management. Competitive salary between £72k - £82k plus benefits is offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Career development support

Qualifications

• Experience within a similar role for a housing developer.
• In-depth knowledge of legislative requirements such as health and safety, NHBC, and Building Regulations.
• Proven ability to consistently deliver weekly targets.

Responsibilities

• Manage the construction of developments, ensuring health and safety compliance.
• Coordinate labor and resources to deliver the build programme.
• Monitor and control production costs and approve contractor payments.

Skills

Construction management

Health and safety compliance

Team management

Quality control

Education

NVQ level 5 in Construction Management

Chartered Institute of Builders membership

Tools

SMSTS

CSCS Card

Job description

Job Role: Senior Site Manager

Area: Kent

Salary: £72k - £82K DOE + Package

We are looking to recruit an experienced Senior Site Manager for our leading residential developer client. This role will cover sites within Kent. Reporting to the Contracts Manager, you will manage the construction of a development, including all associated pre‑ and post‑housebuilding works, ensuring that targets are met regarding health and safety, delivery to build programme quality, customer care, and cost.

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring compliance on site at all times to the company health and safety standards and processes, NHBC standards, building regulations, and overall quality standards.
• Co‑ordinating labour and resources on site to deliver the build programme on larger developments, and to proactively schedule in trades to ensure optimum delivery.
• Managing material levels on larger sites to ensure the minimum amount of stock, but enough to meet the site programme and to keep all labour efficiently employed.
• Ensuring that all plots are built to the highest standard of quality, complying with the NHBC Standards, Building Regulations, range specifications, and best practice.
• Undertaking company‑directed quality control procedures and inspections at the correct timings and rectifying any defects so as not to incur additional cost, time delays or reduction in the final quality.
• Monitoring and controlling the cost of production and approving payment to contractors and trades where appropriate.
• Initiating and attending plot inspections with the Local Building Inspector or NHBC, taking corrective action to ensure a minimum of RI s/BRI s.
• Carrying out toolbox talks or similar on‑site briefings to influence, gain commitment, and drive best practice.
• Maintaining a proactive approach to mitigating risk, building sequencing, and overall quality on site.
• Liaising proactively with other internal departments, external suppliers and partners to ensure the build programme is achieved.
• Working with sales through regular sales/build meetings to ensure a smooth and controlled delivery of homes for customers.
• Delivering a high standard of site presentation at all times.
• Carrying out New Home Tour with the Sales Advisor and customer to give a good demonstration of the home, answering any questions, and rectifying any issues before Legal Completion.
• With the support of the Contracts Manager, ensuring that the on‑site Construction team is fully resourced and well‑directed, with clear guidelines to their own job responsibilities, and are provided with full support in achieving these through communication, training and development, and the organisation of the site’s workload and resources.
• Showing good behaviour in all aspects of health and safety, organisation, conduct, quality of work, and professionalism.

The ideal candidate will be:

• A member of the Chartered Institute of Builders and/or qualified to NVQ level 5 in Construction Management, or a time‑served tradesman with considerable experience of the full range of construction trades.
• SMSTS & CSCS Card
• Experience within a similar role for a housing developer
• In depth knowledge of all aspects of construction and housebuilding, and the relevant legislative requirements such as health and safety, NHBC requirements and Building Regulations.
• Extensive experience of working to an established build programme and managing key priorities on some challenging sites.
• Proven ability to consistently deliver weekly targets through proactive organisation of the labour force and promoting a team‑working ethic.

This role is being handled by Chloe, PW Construction Recruitment.

Please apply with your CV or alternatively call (phone number removed) or email (url removed) for more information.

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