Senior Site Manager

O’Neill & Brennan; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Temporary to permanent engagement

Job summary

O’Neill and Brennan is seeking an experienced Senior Site Manager to lead a flagship residential development in the region. You will manage day-to-day site operations, coordinate subcontractors and trades, and drive the programme to on-time delivery with a focus on quality and safety.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, rigorous quality control, and collaboration with the wider project team to achieve customer satisfaction and successful handovers.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience managing volume residential developments.
• Proven history delivering high-quality residential projects.
• Strong knowledge of traditional residential construction methods.
• Ability to manage multiple trades and programme demands.
• Excellent organisational and leadership skills.
• Hands-on management approach with a genuine commitment to quality.
• Experience within major residential developer standards.

Responsibilities

• Leading and coordinating site operations, subcontractors and directly employed personnel.
• Driving construction programmes, maintaining progress against key milestones and proactively addressing potential delays.
• Ensuring consistently high standards of workmanship, presentation and finished product across all stages of construction.
• Managing quality control, inspections, snagging and the successful handover of completed homes.
• Maintaining excellent health & safety standards and ensuring compliance with company procedures.
• Working closely with the wider construction and commercial teams to ensure efficient project delivery.
• Providing effective leadership to the site management team and maintaining a positive, accountable site culture.

Skills

Site management

Leadership

Project management

Health & safety

Stakeholder communication

Trade coordination

Job description

Senior Site Manager – Residential Development

£350 Per Day | Temporary to Permanent | £75,000 + Package Once Permanent

We are recruiting for an experienced Senior Site Manager to join an established PLC residential developer, taking a leading role in the delivery of one of their flagship residential developments.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proven residential professional who takes pride in delivering a high-quality product, maintaining exceptional site standards and driving construction programmes through to successful completion.

The developer's preference is to appoint somebody initially on a temporary-to-permanent basis, providing an opportunity for both parties to establish a successful working relationship before transitioning into a permanent position.

The Role

As Senior Site Manager, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day management and successful delivery of a significant residential development, ensuring that programme, quality, health & safety and customer expectations are consistently achieved.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading and coordinating site operations, subcontractors and directly employed personnel.

• Driving construction programmes, maintaining progress against key milestones and proactively addressing potential delays.

• Ensuring consistently high standards of workmanship, presentation and finished product across all stages of construction.

• Managing quality control, inspections, snagging and the successful handover of completed homes.

• Maintaining excellent health & safety standards and ensuring compliance with company procedures.

• Working closely with the wider construction and commercial teams to ensure efficient project delivery.

• Providing effective leadership to the site management team and maintaining a positive, accountable site culture.

About You

We are particularly interested in speaking with experienced Senior Site Managers who can demonstrate a strong, proven track record of successfully delivering high-quality residential developments, ideally within a recognised PLC housebuilder.

You will need to demonstrate:

• Substantial experience managing volume residential developments.

• A proven history of delivering successful projects, with particular emphasis on build quality and finished product.

• Strong technical knowledge of traditional residential construction methods and sequencing.

• The ability to effectively manage multiple trades, subcontractors and competing programme demands.

• Excellent organisational, communication and leadership skills.

• A proactive, hands‑on management approach with a genuine commitment to quality.

• Experience working within the standards, processes and reporting structures of a major residential developer.

Essential Qualifications:

• Valid CSCS Card (appropriate management level).

• SMSTS.

• First Aid at Work.

Advantageous:

• Scaffold Inspection / Scaffold Appreciation certification.

Remuneration & Opportunity

• Initial freelance rate: £350 per day.

• Permanent salary: Circa £75,000 per annum + comprehensive benefits package.

• Engagement: Temporary to permanent preferred.

• Opportunity to lead a flagship development for an established PLC residential developer.

• Genuine long‑term career prospects within a structured regional construction team.

Interested?

If you are an experienced Senior Site Manager with a demonstrable history of delivering successful, high-quality residential developments and would welcome the opportunity to secure

O’Neill and Brennan values diversity and promotes equality, All individuals will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation