Site Manager

Novus Property Solutions; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A property maintenance specialist is seeking an experienced Site Manager to oversee multiple sites in the Basingstoke area. You will be responsible for managing site teams, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and delivering refurbishment projects. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in social housing environments, excellent communication skills, and a full UK driving licence. The position offers an attractive salary, benefits, and opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Attractive salary & benefits

27 Days Holidays & BH

Company pension scheme

Car Allowance or Fleet Van/Fuel Card

Discounted Healthcare Scheme

Qualifications

• Strong experience in managing site teams in Social Housing.
• Ability to manage multiple sites and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
• Full UK driving licence is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage site teams and ensure contract requirements are met.
• Identify site hazards and implement risk assessments.
• Create and manage project reports.

Skills

Experience in Retrofit & Planned refurbishment Works

Strong communication skills

Commercial awareness

Proficient in MS Office

Education

SMSTS or associated NVQ

3 day First Aid

Temporary Works coordinator qualification

Job description

Site Manager

Location: Basingstoke office, Site based around Newbury, Reading, Chippenham and surrounding areas, Typically working Monday to Friday 39 hours per week

As Site Managers for Novus, you’ll get to see the impact and improvements your role delivers to your customers and team every day – taking your job satisfaction to whole new levels. This varied and challenging role offers you the opportunity to work with and manage a skilled professional trade team, in a secure environment with long‑term contracts and the opportunity to grow and learn.

Along with utilising your Site Management skills in live Social Housing environments delivering Retrofit and Planned refurbishment works you’ll also be looking for ways to add real social value to the communities and customers you work with. Supported by your peers, team, and management to solve problems and trusted to make decisions to grow and develop relationships and revenue.

Whilst ensuring the smooth running of multiple designated sites, ensuring all site personnel carry out their tasks efficiently and effectively to enable the contract to be completed on time, with zero defects, within budget and with no risk to the Health & Safety of their operational team, the Client or the general public.

What’s in it for you?

• Attractive salary & benefits to suit you
• 27 Days Hols & BH – option to buy or sell holidays
• Company pension scheme – up to 7.5%
• Car Allowance or Fleet Van/Fuel Card
• Discounted Healthcare Scheme, High street & lifestyle discounts including Taste card, a day paid volunteering per year, length of service awards, and more….

Responsibilities

• Manage site teams, work activities and resources to meet the requirements of individual contracts.
• Manage the selection and formation of site personnel teams (including Sub Contractors).
• Collate all preconstruction information packs, asbestos surveys etc.
• Ensure all necessary contract documentation / reports are accurate and produced on time in conjunction with the Contracts Manager.
• Identify site hazards and ensure risk assessments and control methods are implemented via the Construction Phase Health.
• Ensure all sites work comply with Legal and Statutory requirements, including Health, Safety and Welfare.
• Assist in the preparation process for estimates, bids and tenders in partnership with the Contracts Manager.
• Create, manage and report on projects with multiple, live site locations through the use of a master programme.

About You

The successful Site Manager will ideally have strong experience in Retrofit & Planned refurbishment Works, within Social Housing/tenanted properties and have a good working knowledge of Internal and External works, managing the delivery through to completion/handover, including understanding complex documentation and evidence collating to tight deadlines. Managing a few sites at any given time. Commercial awareness ensuring costs are meeting budget requirements. Great communication skills to build relationships with the Client and Tenants alike.

You will need to hold a Full UK driving licence to travel to Sites daily. You must hold SMSTS or associated NVQ, 3 day First Aid, as well as being confident with IT and proficient in MS Office. It would be beneficial to hold a Temporary Works coordinator qualification. The role will also require a DBS check.

A little bit about us

Novus Property Solutions is a dynamic, award‑winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 19 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a social and environmentally responsible family‑owned business with a rich 128‑year heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients. Our vision is to be the leader in building and maintenance solutions, delivered with compassion and care for the communities in which we operate.

At Novus Property Solutions we value people, and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand for many reasons that people very rarely meet all the criteria laid out in the job advert, so, we encourage you to apply for the role even if you do not meet all the criteria or hold all the qualifications. You may be just who we are looking for to join our award‑winning Property Maintenance company in this, or another role.