Site Manager

Novus Property Solutions; Poole; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading property maintenance company is seeking a Site Manager to oversee operations in Poole, Bournemouth, and surrounding areas. The successful candidate will manage refurbishment works in social housing and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations. Strong experience in managing multiple sites is essential, along with a valid driving licence and SMSTS qualification. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits, including a car allowance and pension scheme.

Benefits

Attractive salary and benefits

27 Days Holidays option to buy/sell

Company pension scheme

Car Allowance or Fleet Van/Fuel Card

Discounted Healthcare Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience managing multi-site operations in Social Housing refurbishment.
• Proficiency in project management and reporting.
• Full UK driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Manage site teams, work activities, and resources for contracts.
• Ensure compliance with Health, Safety, and Welfare legal requirements.
• Assist in preparation for estimates, bids, and tenders.

Skills

Strong experience in Planned refurbishment Works

Good working knowledge of Internal or External works

Commercial awareness

Great communication skills

Confident with IT

Education

SMSTS or associated NVQ

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Overview

Location: Site based around Poole, Bournemouth and surrounding areas, office location Yeovil. Typically working Monday to Friday 39 hours per week.

As a Site Manager for Novus, you’ll see the impact and improvements your role delivers to customers and your team every day. This varied and challenging role offers 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 Social Housing, planned refurbishment works you’ll be looking for ways to add real social value to the communities and customers you work with. You will be 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, particularly within assisted living and retirement properties, delivering Kitchen and Bathroom refurbishments programs, internal/external painting, roofline replacements and small civil works. Your role will ensure 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 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….

An outline of your responsibility as a Site Manager

• 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 & Safety procedures.
• 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 have strong experience in Planned refurbishment Works, within Social Housing/tenanted properties and have a good working knowledge of Internal or External works, managing the delivery through to completion/ handover. 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 must hold SMSTS or associated NVQ, as well as being confident with IT and proficient in MS Office.

You will need to hold a Full UK driving licence to travel to sites daily. 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 127-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.