Site Manager

Tower Staff Construction LTD; Chapel St Leonards; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Tower Staff Construction LTD is seeking an experienced Site Manager (New Build Housing) to plan, manage and lead all on-site construction and customer care activities from site commencement to completion. You will ensure work aligns with the programme, budget, safety requirements, NHBC standards and five-star quality across homes.

You will supervise the construction team, engage with Housing Associations and subcontractors, and drive a Right First Time approach while maintaining safety, quality

Qualifications

• Experience delivering high volume, new build housing developments.
• Strong leadership and cross-department communication.
• Proven ability to plan and manage build programmes within budget.
• Awareness of NHBC, building regulations and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead on-site construction and customer care activities to meet programme and quality targets.
• Manage construction team, subcontractors, and labour to ensure safety and compliance.
• Ensure health and safety policies are implemented and monitored.
• Coordinate with Housing Associations and external partners.
• Maintain build programme, budget, and cashflow reporting to contracts manager.
• Promote customer-focused culture and manage communications with stakeholders.

Skills

Site management

Leadership

Health & Safety

On-site supervision

Build programme planning

Budget control

Stakeholder management

NHBC awareness

Education

CSCS card

SMSTS Card

First Aid at Work

CISRS Scaffolding

Job description

Our client is seeking to recruit an experienced Site Manager (New Build Housing) to plan, manage and lead all on site construction and customer care activities to support the progression, quality and innovation of delivering a successful development from initial site commencement to full completion. You will be responsible for planning, managing and building in line with site plans, ensuring that all site construction at all times, is in line with the site programme, budget, safety requirements, Build WIP targets, NHBC Building Regulations and five star quality to all homes.

Main Responsibilities:

• We are looking for proactive leaders who positively influence teams and who can strongly communicate across all departments both on and off site. You will reinforce directions set out by the construction director, helping deliver the development safely, and on schedule.
• Manage the Construction Team on site, ensuring the effective compliance, management and deployment of the on site construction and customer care activities, to deliver quality products and customer / external partner experience on time, within budget and as per company policies and procedures.
• Managing the Health & Safety requirements and policies relating to the safety of all colleagues, customers, external partners and operation under your control and ensure that the are fully and correctly implemented in accordance with the appropriate risk assessments and / or method statements.
• Managing the working partnerships with Housing Associations, third party providers and Subcontractors to ensure that all contractual terms are met.
• Engage fully with and manage the process of determining and agreeing build activities, which are technically safe, sound and economic whilst meeting pre-determined construction and customer care and quality care standards with a \"Right First TIme\" approach.
• Manage and effectively supervise all onsite labour and sub contract activities ensuring the provision of adequate information and compliance with pre-determined quality and H & S Standards.
• Monitor H & S / HR Training to ensure that all site based team members are fully competent and qualified to conduct their roles, working closely with the Regional Build Administrator to organise relevant training and have an up to date training matrix record, whilst ensuring to make suitable arrangements for training to be conducted in a time efficient manner.
• Managing the engagement and performance of full on site construction teams under your control, including colleague and subcontractors ensuring to identify and manage any performance problems appropriately and in accordance with quality and HR policies / processes.
• Manage the development to maintain and deliver its build programme, in accordance with budget / forecast / cashflow, reporting any potential increase or savings in expenditure to the contracts manager and commercial teams.
• Actively manage communications and operational interfaces with customers and internal and external stakeholders.
• Effectively promote customer focused culture and approach to all on site activities.
• Manage materials and waste in accordance with the Group policies and processes.
• Assist in the production of key status reports and updates on all KPI's relating to construction and customer care.
• At all times, comply with environmental policies, procedures and instructions.
• Actively comply with the corporate responsibility policies, procedures and instructions.
• Actively comply with all corporate responsibility policies and promote community engagement on their development and in their local community.
• Any other duties as reasonably requested.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience working on high volume, new build housing devlopments with an extensive knowledge and experience of managing labour only groundworkers / subcontractors as well as possessing:

• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Excellent knowledge of construction build programmes.
• Strong commercial awareness.
• Comprehensive knowledge of construction processes.
• Experience of successfully delivering customer service requirements.
• Awareness of codes of practice e.g. NHBC, building regs etx.

Qualifications and Training

• Relevant qualification or good experience in Construction Management CSCS card as a minimum.
• SMSTS Card Holder.
• First Aid at Work.
• Scaffolding CISRS.

Benefits:

• Generous Holiday Entitlement of 26 days per annum + Bank Holidays.
• Choice of company car / car allowance.
• Discretionary bonus scheme.
• Holiday Buy Back Scheme.
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Private Medical Insurance Scheme.
• Life Assurance Scheme.
• Share Plan Purchase.
• High Street / Store Discounts.

Tower Staff Construction LTD welcomes job applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We regret, however, that we are unable to offer employment to anyone without documented proof of their right to live and work in the UK.