Senior Site Manager

Within the Construction environment, think about buying materials, managing big projects, ensuring health and safety and customer service. At any given time, you'll find us working on some circa 400 developments in both towns and rural areas across the UK, and every one poses unique challenges. Some are from scratch on brownfield sites; others involve adapting existing buildings, such as old factories or disused hospitals.

We need people who can bring us fresh ideas and imagination on one hand, and the commercial ability to manage people, budgets and costs on the other. It is testament to our construction teams' professionalism that since 2004, Site Managers have won more NHBC Pride in the Job Awards than any other housebuilder.

Responsible to the Contracts Manager you will manage the construction of a development, including all associated pre and post housebuilding works, ensuring that targets are met regarding health and safety, delivery to build programme quality, customer care, and cost.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance on site with company health and safety standards, NHBC standards, building regulations and overall quality standards.
• Coordinate labour and resources on site to deliver the build programme on larger developments, proactively scheduling trades to ensure optimum delivery.
• Manage material levels on larger sites to maintain sufficient stock while ensuring the programme is met and labour is efficiently employed.
• Guarantee that all plots are built to the highest standard of quality, complying with NHBC standards, building regulations, range specifications and best practice.
• Implement company directed quality control procedures and inspections at correct timings, rectifying any defects so as not to incur additional cost, time delays or reduce final quality.
• Monitor and control the cost of production, approving payments to contractors and trades where appropriate.
• Initiate and attend plot inspections with the Local Building Inspector or NHBC, taking corrective action to secure a minimum of RI's/BRI's.
• Carry out toolbox talks or similar on site briefings to influence, gain commitment and drive best practice.
• Display a proactive approach to mitigating risk, building sequencing and overall quality on site.
• Liaise proactively with internal departments, external suppliers and partners to ensure the build programme is achieved.
• Work with sales through regular meetings to ensure a smooth, controlled delivery of homes for customers.
• Deliver a high standard of site presentation at all times.
• Conduct New Home Tours with the Sales Advisor and customers, answering questions and rectifying any issues before Legal Completion.
• Support the Contracts Manager in ensuring the on site construction team is fully resourced, well-directed and provided with the necessary support in terms of communication, training and development.
• Show exemplary behaviour in all aspects of health and safety, organisation, conduct, quality of work and professionalism.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience working to an established build programme and managing key priorities on challenging sites.
• Proven ability to consistently deliver weekly targets through proactive organisation of the labour force and promotion of a team working ethic.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills to gain commitment and compliance, driving delivery.
• Demonstrated leadership and assertiveness to ensure optimum delivery to the highest quality standards on site.
• Ability to prioritise tasks proactively to anticipate and meet changing business needs.
• Strong problem solving ethic, and the ability to identify the root cause of a problem.
• Membership of the Chartered Institute of Builders and/or qualification to NVQ level 5 in Construction Management, or a time served tradesman with considerable experience of the full range of construction trades.
• In depth knowledge of all aspects of construction and housebuilding, and relevant legislative requirements such as health and safety, NHBC requirements and Building Regulations.
• Comprehensive knowledge and well rounded experience dealing with customers and potential customers, providing information and advice, resolving customer issues, and confirming company procedures.

Benefits

• Competitive Bonus Scheme
• Private Medical Cover - Single Cover
• Annual Medical Health Assessment
• 26 days holiday (increase by 1 day for every 3 years of continuous service, up to 29 days)
• Cycle to Work scheme, reduced hotel rate, discounts at major retailers
• Employee loans and savings accounts, house purchase discounts

Additional Benefits

• Pay in service leave, paid volunteer and study leave
• Enhanced family friendly policies, including Parents and Carers leave
• Share buying scheme
• Pension scheme with up to 10% employer contributions

We are a 5 star rated housebuilder since 2010, recognised for supplying high quality homes for all generations. We offer a hybrid way of working, with a culture that supports both office based and on site collaboration, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, ensuring a supportive environment for all employees regardless of gender, race, age, sexuality, disability or background.