Site Manager

Fawkes & Reece London; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Octopus Energy Car Scheme

Holiday carry-over

26 days Annual Leave

Additional Annual Leave Purchase

Season Ticket Loans

Professional Membership - 2 per year

Job summary

Fawkes & Reece London is seeking a Site Manager for a £250m arena project in the South Wales area. You will lead dry-lining delivery on-site within a tier 1 Main Contractor, ensuring safety, quality and programme targets are met.

The role requires strong leadership, drawing interpretation, and effective liaison with the client and project team to deliver the works on time and within budget. Cardiff regional office supports future pipelines in the region.

Qualifications

• Proven site management experience on large-scale builds.
• Strong leadership and team-management abilities.
• Comfortable managing budgets, schedules and subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality procedures.
• Manage subcontract packages and sections of work.
• Ensure quality and delivery within budget and programme.
• Client liaison and reporting.
• Plan and design activities and oversee engineering/records.
• Oversee risk assessments and method statements.
• Manage site inductions and short-term programmes.
• Organise site logistics and control costs.

Skills

People management

Team leadership

Budget awareness

Read drawings

Dry-lining knowledge

H&S awareness

Job description

Site Manager required on a permanent basis to join on with a tier 1 Main Contractor to work on the delivery of a £250m new build arena, specifically to manage the arena's dry-lining package. This project has 2 & 1/2 years left to run before completion.

This contractor has set up a regional office in Cardiff and has a future pipeline of work in the South Wales & Bristol area's.

Main Responsibilities and Duties:

• Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality procedures
• Subcontract Packages/sections of work
• Quality and delivery within budget and programme
• Client liaison and reporting
• Planning and design
• Overseeing Engineering/Quality/Record keeping
• Risk assessments and Method statements
• Manage site inductions
• Draw up and monitor short term programmes
• Organise site logistics
• Awareness of budget, cost control and cost recovery, ensuring that expenditure is in line with the contract budget, and that resources are utilised efficiently
• Monitor effectiveness of the H & S Management System
• Manage sub-contractors, including monitoring of contractor attendance and progress, providing direct instruction and support as necessary, such that contractual arrangements are achieved
• Produce and regularly review the project programme to ensure completion on time under the supervision of a Project Manager
• Achieve quality/programme
• Ensure site audits are undertaken and take appropriate action on the findings

Skills and Abilities:

• Person management/organising labour
• Excellent team player and team leader, able to work competently and independently without supervision
• Ability to work under pressure to deadlines
• Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes with clarity
• Team management experience
• Read drawings
• Knowledge of Dry-lining systems

Benefits

• Octopus Energy Car Scheme
• Holiday carry-over
• 26 days of Annual Leave
• Additional Annual Leave Purchase
• Season Ticket Loans
• Professional Membership - will cover the cost of two professional memberships per year.
• Maternity support - 26 weeks full pay
• Paternity support - 4 weeks full pay.
• Long service awards