Site Manager

Gleeson; West Midlands; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car/ car allowance

Discretionary Bonus Scheme

Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance Scheme

Share Purchase Plan

Store Discounts

Job summary

Gleeson is seeking a diligent Site Manager to lead a high-performing on-site construction team in the Midlands region. You will drive the build programme, supervise labour-only groundworkers and subcontractors, and ensure compliance with NHBC standards and Gleeson quality.

You will collaborate with the Contracts Manager and Construction Director, prioritise safety, and deliver homes on time while maintaining budget discipline.

Qualifications

• Experience as Site Manager on high-volume housing developments.
• Extensive knowledge of managing labour-only groundworkers/contractors.
• Full UK driving licence and strong programme knowledge.
• Strong commercial awareness and construction process knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Manage the build programme to stay on schedule and within budget.
• Lead site staff and subcontractors, ensuring safety and quality.
• Coordinate with NHBC, local authorities, and head office.
• Order materials to keep the programme on track.
• Conduct NHBC inspections as required and handover to customers.

Skills

Site management

Programme management

Safety leadership

Team leadership

Education

SMSTS qualification

CSCS Card

First Aid

Fire Marshall

Scaffolding

Tools

Zutec

Digital plot books

Job description

# Site Manager## Job Introduction**Job Introduction:**Are you passionate about managing a high performing, customer-focussed on site construction team and genuinely care about building affordable quality homes, where they are needed for the people who need them the most?If you are Passionate about what we do here at Gleeson and are considering a new challenge, we have a great opportunity for an experienced **Site Manager** to join our Construction team, managing the onsite team, working with external partners and subcontractors whilst working collaboratively with our onsite Sales team.To be considered for this role you will share our Gleeson Values of being Passionate, Collaborative and Respectful along with having previous experience as a Site Manager working on high volume new build housing developments.**Main Responsibilities:**We’re looking for proactive people who genuinely believe in what we’re doing, building homes, changing lives. Collaborative leaders, who positively influence teams, who can strongly communicate across departments, on and offsite. You’d reinforce directions set out by the Contracts manager and Construction Director, helping deliver the development safely, and on schedule – we need people who lead by example.**The role includes:*** Managing the development to maintain and deliver the build programme in accordance with budgets and forecasts. Ensuring that the final product is to Gleeson Homes standard* Full responsibility and control of all site staff and sub-contractors including **labour only groundworkers/contractors**, ensuring that all employees comply with our Health and Safety standards* Liaison with head office, NHBC and local authority departments* Timely ordering of materials ensuring the build programme can be achieved* Ensure all NHBC inspections are carried out as required* Carry out hand over inspection of properties to the customers in accordance with our customer care procedures* Complete as soon as practicably possible any customer care defects raised in conjunction with our customer care team* Actively encourage a philosophy of safety, progress, quality and innovation**The Ideal Candidate:**Previous experiences as a Site Manager working on high volume new build housing development. **Must have extensive knowledge and experience of managing labour only groundworkers/contractors**.* Full UK driving licence* Excellent knowledge of construction build programmes* Strong commercial awareness* Comprehensive knowledge of construction processes* Experience of successfully achieving customer service requirements* Awareness of codes of practice that impact on Construction matters e.g. NHBC, Building Regs, etc.* It is mandatory that you are able to use Zutec and Digital plot books**Qualifications & Training:*** SMSTS Qualification* CSCS Card* First Aid* Fire Marshall* Scaffolding**Please note, we will ask you to bring your qualifications to the interview stage so please ensure you have evidence prepared.****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* Healthshield membership* Life Assurance Scheme* Share Purchase Plan* Highstreet/ Store DiscountsApply+− OpenStreetMap contributors### Site Manager* **Salary** Excellent Salary and Benefits Package* **Frequency** Monthly* **Job Reference** gleeson/TP/60871/4794* **Contract Type** Permanent* **Closing Date** No expiry date* **Job Category** Build* **Regional Office** Nottingham* **Location** Midlands region, United Kingdom* **Posted on** 21 October, 2026