Senior Site Manager

Crest Nicholson; Portishead; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading property developer is seeking a Senior Site Manager for their Portishead project. The role involves planning, budget management, and ensuring quality construction standards. Ideal candidates will have strong site management experience and excellent communication skills. The company offers competitive salaries, healthcare options, and a supportive working environment.

Benefits

Competitive salaries and bonus schemes

Car allowance

Private pension

Private healthcare options

25 days' annual leave

Gym membership discounts

Qualifications

• Strong background with Main Housebuilder or Contractor.
• Able to manage multiple subcontractors on site.
• Motivated and able to engage with all levels of staff.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the planning of sites and adherence to quality standards.
• Conduct critical checks across the scheme.
• Manage budgets and Health and Safety compliance.

Skills

Strong Site Management experience

Proven experience in multi-phase projects

Exposure to Fire Remediation

Excellent time management

Strong negotiation skills

Excellent communication skills

Health and Safety focused

Job description

Senior Site Manager

Crest Nicholson plc

Location: Portishead, Somerset

Date: Nov 03, 2025

Type: Full time

Position: Construction Site Manager Management Architect and Design

Job Description

Crest Nicholson Special Projects Division are recruiting for a Senior Site Manager to join their team working on a project in Portishead, North Somerset. Great care is always taken to ensure the end product is one of quality, sustainability and innovative design. A career with Crest is both challenging and rewarding, and with large investments currently being made to drive learning and development, as well as fantastic national growth plans, now is a great time to join us.

The successful candidate will be reporting into the Build Manager, and will be responsible for the speedy, accurate and cost effective planning of sites. In this role you are expected to gain a detailed understanding of the technical site and design requirements, identify and onboard suitable sub‑contractors and ensure construction materials are resourced and stored safely and correctly on the site.

Each element of the scheme will need to adhere to strict quality standards, and you will be conducting critical checks across the scheme, ensuring setting out drawings, road positions, and each dwelling is accurately transferred from concept through to construction and completion. You will also be managing the budgets, whilst never compromising on quality and Health and Safety, immediately bringing any issues to the attention to the Build Manager.

Successful candidates will have the following skills:

• Strong Site Management experience with a Main Housebuilder, Main Contractor or Facade Contractor
• Proven experience multi‑phase, mixed‑use projects
• Exposure to Fire Remediation & Cladding / Recladding type projects
• Excellent time management and able to manage multiple subcontractors on site
• Commercially and financially aware of costing and sustainability
• Strong negotiation skills
• Able to build strong working relationships
• Strong team and people management skills
• Motivated and able to engage with all levels of staff; colleagues and third parties
• Excellent communication skills
• Health and Safety focused with the ability to naturally promote a safe working environment

The Company

Crest Nicholson is a leading developer of quality homes and thriving, sustainable communities. We create great places for our customers to live, selecting desirable locations for our developments and taking a holistic approach to the design of our homes and their surroundings. Attractive placemaking helps us deliver appealing and well‑connected communities where people and nature can thrive.

As an employer of choice, we offer an extensive range of benefits, to include:

• Competitive salaries and bonus schemes
• Car allowance
• Share save Scheme
• Private pension
• Private healthcare and cash plan options
• 25 days' annual leave
• Childcare vouchers
• Gym membership discounts
• Retail discounts

We seek to be an ethical and progressive employer which encourages a culture of openness, creativity and continuous professional development and which rewards the effectiveness and loyalty of our employees as an equal opportunities employer. If you are applying to work at Crest Nicholson, we will ask you to supply us with sufficient personal information to help us process your application. To learn more about what personal information we will need to process and why, please refer to our recruitment privacy notice which can be found on the Crest Nicholson website under 'Recruitment Privacy Policy'.