Site Manager

Wates Group; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Wates Group is looking for a Site Manager in London to oversee residential projects, ensuring quality and safety standards are met. This full-time position offers competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for career advancement within a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary & profit share scheme

Car Allowance / Company Car

Private Medical

Pension (8% employer contribution)

26 days holidays + bank holidays

Comprehensive learning and development programs

Industry-leading family leave benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Site Manager.
• Ability to manage subcontractors and ensure project completion.
• Strong understanding of safety, health, and environmental controls.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate site records and progress reports.
• Review design drawings for build-ability.
• Monitor project progress and coordinate subcontractor schedules.

Skills

Technical skills

Project management

Collaboration

Job description

Vacancy Details

This is a Full Time/Flexible Working, Permanent vacancy that will close in 13 days at 23:59 BST.

The Vacancy

Wates Group is seeking Site Managers to join our Residential London region, building new homes and creating lasting legacies for communities.

Wates Residential is a developer contractor; we invest, develop, build, and sell quality affordable housing, often in partnership with Local Authorities, Registered Providers, and public bodies such as Homes England.

If you are a Site Manager with proven technical skills seeking an opportunity to challenge norms, bring fresh ideas, and advance your career, join us to help create tomorrow together.

This role offers a great opportunity to progress within a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

About the Role

Our Site Managers are vital to our business, ensuring quality outcomes and maintaining the highest standards of safety, health, and environmental controls. They work collaboratively with Project Managers to ensure project completion to high standards.

As our Site Manager, you will:

1. Maintain accurate site records, daily diaries, and weekly progress reports.
2. Review design drawings for build-ability and coordination.
3. Manage the flow of subcontractors' design information as delegated by the Project Manager, aligning with the project schedule. Assist in producing and monitoring the MIRS. Coordinate subcontractor schedules and performance.
4. Monitor project progress against the contract programme, discussing and agreeing on recovery plans with the Project Manager.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Car Allowance / Company Car (role/grade dependent)
• Travel coverage to any of our sites (subject to HMRC rates)
• Extensive benefits including Private Medical, Pension (8% employer contribution), Health and Wellness programs, 26 days holidays + bank holidays, and more.
• Comprehensive learning and development programs supporting your career growth, with approximately 7,000 training sessions delivered annually across the WATES Group.
• Industry-leading family leave benefits, including 26 weeks of fully paid maternity leave and 12 weeks of fully paid paternity leave.

Due to the nature of this position, a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) will be required at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually. We do not discriminate based on criminal records or disclosed offenses. Additional pre-employment checks may also be required.

Wates is a leading UK family-owned development, building, and maintenance company with over 125 years of legacy in the built environment.

Our purpose is ‘reimagining places for people to thrive,’ guided by our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with communities to create sustainable, inclusive, and opportunity-rich environments.
• Thriving planet – collaborating to protect nature and combat climate change.
• Thriving people – fostering inclusion, investment, and care for all who work with us.

We are proud to be recognized as a Gold Investors in People employer and a Disability Confident employer. Our recruitment processes are fair and inclusive, regardless of background.

Awards

• Best Project – Inside Housing Development Awards
• Winner – 2022 Construction News Awards
• Gold Award – Investors in People 2022
• Gold Award – Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards
• Top 50 Employers for Women – 2022