Senior Site Manager

Fawkes & Reece London; Gurnard Marsh; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Fawkes & Reece London are recruiting an experienced Senior Site Manager to take the lead on a 6-month, 5m leisure project near West Cowes. You’ll oversee shell and core works, client liaison, and site safety to handover.

Ideal candidates possess SMSTS, CSCS, First Aid, and a proven track record of small main contractor delivery with strong team and issue-resolution skills.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years’ experience with a small main contractor advantageous.
• SMSTS, CSCS and First Aid qualifications required.

Responsibilities

• Manage all site-based construction activities and ensure timely delivery.
• Maintain regular client liaison and manage RFIs/TQs.
• Short-term programming of works and site logistics planning.

Skills

Site management

Client liaison

Team leadership

Problem solving

Education

SMSTS

CSCS

First Aid

Job description

About this Role:

Experienced Senior Site Manager take the lead role as No1 on a 5m new build leisure project near West Cowes. This is a two storey steel framed building predominantly shell and core with client fit out plus a large are of external works. The building once completed will provide mixed leisure facilities.

Reporting to the visiting Contracts Manager you will be responsible for managing all site-based construction activities; You will have responsibility for regular client liaison, review of construction design information and raising RFIs/TQs, short-term programming of works, overall safe and successful delivery of all phases of the construction on site ensuring company health and safety standards are achieved and enforced, review of method statements, risk assessments, site logistics, quality control, implementation of inspection and test plans, sub-contractor coordination meetings, reporting on progress against programmes, issue resolution, etc, snagging and handover.

Works will commence on site next for a 6 month duration. There is a good pipeline of ongoing work in the area predominantly new build and refurbishment projects in the bespoke residential sector.

Excellent opportunity to work with this busy main contractor on the Island.

About the Company:

The role is with a well established main contractor with a proven track record in the successful delivery of projects the commercial, leisure, hotel and residential sectors on the island

Requirements including certificates and qualifications:

The successful candidate will be experienced, technically knowledgeable and proactive, ideally from a trades background, demonstrating strong organisational, practical, man-management and communication skills.

A proven track record of 5-10 years of working for a small main contractor would be advantageous.

You will ideally come from a trades background with a sharp eye for detail and quality throughout.

You will forward thinking and resourceful, possessing the ability to plan ahead, identify and resolve issues, work well within a team, see the big picture, with a positive, 'get it right first time' approach.

You will possess your SMSTS, CSCS and First Aid qualifications for this role.

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

For this role the contractor will consider a candidate from the island or main land based with easy access across from Southampton, Portsmouth or Lymington.

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