Senior Site Manager

Willmott Dixon Group; Oxford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pension

Private medical

Life assurance

Incentive bonus

Car scheme

Job summary

Willmott Dixon is recruiting a Senior Site Manager to lead education-building projects in the Oxford area. You will join a team that delivers quality, on time, and within budget while supporting the local community.

The role requires a track record of delivering construction projects, experience in live educational environments, and qualifications such as CSCS, SMSTS, and First Aid at Work. A full UK driving licence and engineering background preferred.

Qualifications

• A proven track record of delivering construction projects as part of a team.
• Experience working on live educational projects.
• Technical knowledge of managing complex infrastructure and groundworks.
• Engineering background with minimum qualifications (HNC/HND/NVQ4).
• Ability to read and interpret programmes, drawings and specs.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• CSCS card.
• SMSTS certificate.
• First Aid at Work certificate.

Responsibilities

• Report to the Construction Project Manager and deliver projects safely, on time and within budget.
• Provide leadership and people management.
• Maintain the highest standards of health, safety and environmental management.
• Implement project strategies to achieve sustainability objectives.
• Establish quality standards on-site and ensure delivery to project specs.
• Understand client priorities and maintain professional relations.
• Implement supply chain policy.
• Support the Considerate Constructors Scheme and community relations.
• Develop project programmes and coordinate works and supply chain.
• Minimise waste and manage budget to avoid losses.
• Maintain CPD for technical awareness.
• Comply with standard procedures.
• Manage project handover and defect-free completion.
• Support defect closure during defects period and obtain GGD certificate.

Skills

Project delivery

Education sector experience

Infrastructure & groundworks

Engineering background

Reading drawings & specs

Driving license

CSCS card

SMSTS

First Aid at Work

Education

Engineering qualification (HNC/HND/NVQ4)

Job description

Willmott Dixon is recruiting for a Senior Site Manager to work on further education building projects in the Oxford area.

Our aim is for you to be a part of our team to deliver projects close to home. We work across multiple sectors, including education, commercial, leisure, blue-light, healthcare, defence, and residential with project values ranging between 10M - 150M+

As a Senior Site Manager at Willmott Dixon, you will be part of our one team ethos that delivers quality projects on time, whilst also having a positive impact on the local community.

Key Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Construction Project Manager, the successful Senior Site Manager will manage the delivery of projects safely, on time, within budget and to the highest quality.
• Leadership and people management.
• Maintain the highest standards of health, safety and environmental management.
• Implement project strategies to achieve the company's sustainability objectives.
• Establish standards of quality on-site and ensure delivery of a quality build in accordance with the project specifications and project requirements.
• Understand the client priorities and adopt a professional and considerate approach to maintain good working relations.
• Implement the supply chain policy.
• Adopt the principles of the Considerate Constructor's Scheme and manage community relations. Ensure appropriate site image is maintained to encourage repeat business.
• Produce and develop project programmes and control operations to achieve delivery of the project on time. Organise the works and supply chain to provide the right working environment to avoid disruption between trades.
• Undertake the works in the most economical manner to eliminate waste and avoid non-recoverable costs and preliminary losses. Monitor and work to the agreed preliminary budget.
• Maintain continuous professional development to ensure appropriate technical awareness.
• Comply with standard procedures.
• Manage project handover and ensure defect / snag-free completion.
• Support the strategy for the closure of defects during the defects period and obtain a certificate of Making Good Defects within targets set.

About You

You will have:

• A proven track record of successfully delivering construction projects as part of a wider team.
• Experience of working on projects in a live educational environment
• Technical knowledge and experience with managing complex infrastructure and groundworks packages.
• Engineering background with the relevant minimum qualification/s (HNC/HND/NVQ4 etc)
• The ability to read and accurately interpret programmes, drawings and technical specifications.
• Full UK Driving License
• Appropriate CSCS card.
• SMSTS certificate.
• First Aid at Work certificate.

Why Willmott Dixon?

We reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities.

This includes but is not limited to,

• an enhanced pension scheme
• full private medical
• life assurance
• incentive bonus
• a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel

This role will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.

Additional Information

At Willmott Dixon, we provide an inclusive and flexible working environment for people to thrive in.

We are a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme.

About Us

With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon's purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive.

Willmott Dixon was recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 "Big" Companies to Work For in 2025, named among the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2024, and ranked in the Top Five of Europe's 1,000 best workplaces by the Financial Times in 2025. Willmott Dixon is also the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.