Site Manager

Fortem Solutions; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary based on experience

Motor Expenditure Allowance (£4,000)

Option to opt into a salary sacrifice"

25 days annual leave + bank holidays +

Discretionary bonus up to 10%

26 weeks maternity pay

Annual pay reviews

8 weeks full pay paternity leave

Private healthcare and dental care

Cycle to work scheme

Referral bonus up to £3,000

Job summary

Fortem, part of the Willmott Dixon Group, is recruiting a Site Manager to oversee two projects from our Birmingham Projects division. You will coordinate multiple workstreams in occupied residential buildings, managing specialist subcontractors and maintaining programme, quality and safety standards.

The role is permanent, full-time, 8:00–16:30, Monday to Friday, with responsibility from mobilisation through to completion on high-profile retrofit works for social housing in Birmingham.

Qualifications

• Minimum level 4 qualification (NVQ4 or HNC) or equivalent experience.
• SMSTS qualification.
• Scaffold inspection qualification.
• CSCS card.
• Asbestos awareness (duty to manage would be desirable).
• Full UK driving licence.
• Experience within the social housing sector.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe, effective and timely delivery of the Retrofit/Construction and external refurbishment projects (e.g. EWI/External Wall Insulation, Cladding, Roofing, doors/windows).
• Lead and manage a team of direct and sub-contracted Construction and Trades staff.
• Reporting into the Project Manager you will have direct responsibility for operational Site Management
• To lead, assess and be responsible for all retrofit/construction works with the Projects division.
• Ensure that Company Health & Safety Policies and procedures are strictly adhered to and work closely with Health & Safety Managers and Advisor's
• Maintain and produce, on request, up-to-date Health & Safety records
• Ensure all Environmental and Waste Management Policies are adhered to
• Ensure that all staff, sub-contractors and visitors to the site are appropriately inducted
• Fully comply with the Company's Customer Satisfaction Policy and Procedures
• Ensure all directly employed personnel work within the required specification and adhere to general Company Policies
• Ensure that procedures and controls laid down by the Company are fully implemented by all site personnel
• Motivate, support and manage directly employed site staff. Provide training, coaching, appraisal and support as required to improve the performance of directly employed site staff
• Ensure site presentation is maintained at the correct standard at all times.
• Organise regular site meetings and pre-plan and ensure efficient usage of all resources

Skills

SMSTS

Scaffold inspection

CSCS card

Asbestos awareness

Driving licence

Social housing experience

Education

NVQ4 / HNC or equivalent

Job description

Fortem, part of the Willmott Dixon Group, were established in 2002. We specialise in capital and retrofit programmes within the social housing sector and are specialists in works to low / mid /high rise buildings.

Due to our continued growth, we are recruiting a Site Manager to work on two projects and be based from our Birmingham Projects division. Each Site Manager will be responsible for coordinating multiple workstreams within occupied residential buildings, overseeing specialist subcontractors, maintaining programme, quality and health and safety standards and ensuring the works are delivered in accordance with Employer's Requirements, PAS 2030/2035 and all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements.

This is a permanent,full time position 8-16:30 Monday to Friday.

The Project

Fortem, part of the Willmott Dixon Group, were established in 2002. We specialise in capital and retrofit programmes within the social housing sector and are specialists in works to low / mid /high rise buildings.

The first project for Birmingham City Council, will comprise the £33m refurbishment and retrofit of six occupied, Y-shaped six storey low-rise residential blocks. The Site Managers will take responsibility for the delivery of works across three of the six blocks, managing all day-to-day site operations from mobilisation through to completion. The works include full roof replacement with cut-to-fall insulation, extensive scaffolding operations, replacement of all windows, external wall insulation systems with rendered and brick-slip finishes, walkway and balcony curtain walling enclosures, fire stopping, sprinkler adaptations, lighting and extract alterations, reinstatement of external landscaping and comprehensive internal works.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure safe, effective and timely delivery of the Retrofit/Construction and external refurbishment projects (e.g. EWI/External Wall Insulation, Cladding, Roofing, doors/windows).
• Lead and manage a team of direct and sub-contracted Construction and Trades staff.
• Reporting into the Project Manager you will have direct responsibility for operational Site Management
• To lead, assess and be responsible for all retrofit/construction works with the Projects division.
• Ensure that Company Health & Safety Policies and procedures are strictly adhered to and work closely with Health & Safety Managers and Advisor's
• Maintain and produce, on request, up-to-date Health & Safety records
• Ensure all Environmental and Waste Management Policies are adhered to
• Ensure that all staff, sub-contractors and visitors to the site are appropriately inducted
• Fully comply with the Company's Customer Satisfaction Policy and Procedures
• Ensure all directly employed personnel work within the required specification and adhere to general Company Policies
• Ensure that procedures and controls laid down by the Company are fully implemented by all site personnel
• Motivate, support and manage directly employed site staff. Provide training, coaching, appraisal and support as required to improve the performance of directly employed site staff
• Ensure site presentation is maintained at the correct standard at all times.
• Organise regular site meetings and pre-plan and ensure efficient usage of all resources

What You Will Need

Proven experience of managing construction projects

• Proven experience of working on high/low rise properties
• Experience of managing direct and sub contracted construction/refurbishment staff
• Minimum level 4 qualification (NVQ4 or HNC) or equivalent experience
• SMSTS
• Scaffold inspection
• CSCS card
• Asbestos awareness (duty to manage would be desirable).
• Full UK driving licence
• Experience within the social housing sector

Fortem Benefits include

• Competitive salary based on experience with profit related bonus
• Motor Expenditure Allowance (£4,000) or car
• Option to opt into a salary sacrifice car lease
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + your birthday off (34 days total)
• Discretionary bonus of up to 10%
• 26 weeks full pay maternity leave
• Annual pay reviews
• 8 weeks full pay paternity leave
• Discounted gym memberships at national and local gyms
• Up to £3,000 colleague referral fee
• Vast directory of training on bespoke in-house Learning Management System
• Private healthcare and dental care
• Cycle to work scheme

Who We Are

We are part of the Willmott Dixon group, established in 2002 Fortem provides specialist property solutions tailored to keep homes and buildings running smoothly. Our highly trained teams deliver a range of internal and external repairs as well as high quality Capital Works, Retrofit and Repairs and Maintenance services. Alongside our core functions, we have extensive experience in decarbonisation, specialising in making homes more energy-efficient and helping clients on their journey to become zero carbon.

Our experience, commitment to best practice and exemplary quality, together with a genuine partnered approach, ensures we achieve excellent outcomes for our partners, clients and customers. We have an established track record of improving communities and creating better places for people to work and live.

We are Investors in People - Gold, we believe in equality, diversity and respect for all and encourage applications from all sectors of the community.