Senior Site Manager

Overview

Manage multiple East Midlands construction sites ensuring safety, budget, and delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• site management
• team performance
• safety compliance
• labour coordination
• materials procurement
• staff training

Tasks

-Ensure that staff and operatives are managed and led effectively by developing the skills and attitudes of managers leading to provision of a working environment that engenders high morale. -Manage site teams by monitoring performance against contract targets and instigating any necessary corrective actions.. -Take direction and instruction from line managers and challenge if necessary -To ensure that the site is organised and that it is always in good order. -To communicate within the construction team and potentially direct junior members of the team. -Ensure compliance with Group Safety Policy and Health and Safety Regulations. -To direct the necessary labour, plant, staff and equipment to achieve both plot and project completion on time, to specification and within budget -To assists and lead on occasions with the various disciplines within the construction processes -Monitor that the Buying team and Surveying department order the correct materials and sub-contract services in good time to meet contract objectives -Train and develop junior members of the team to meet current and assessed future requirements -Establish that staff training and development has occurred as plan at annual appraisal and appraisal review stages.

Requirements

• cscs card
• smsts
• audit
• trade experience
• legislation
• team understanding

What You Bring

-CSCS Card at Site Manager level -Valid SMSTS certificate -Achieve maximum marks on the twice monthly Health and Safety audit. -Trade experience and site experience preferable -Up to date knowledge of health and safety obligations and building legislation -To have an understand of his/her position within the construction team and to understand what is expected.

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Benefits

-Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it -Cycle to Work schemes -Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays -Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme -A wide range of corporate discounts -Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role -Comprehensive pension plan

About Galliford Try

-a national construction powerhouse with a history tracing back to two century‑old local builders. -now focusing on Building, Infrastructure (including Highways and Environment), and Specialist Services, delivering projects such as schools, hospitals, water barriers, and road networks. -expanded through strategic acquisitions—Morrison Construction in 2006, Miller Construction in 2014, and water and specialist services firms since 2021—to broaden its technical capabilities. -delivers projects in sectors like education, health, defence, justice facilities, major highways, water treatment infrastructure, fire‑safety upgrades, and digital infrastructure. -retains dual brands—Galliford Try in England & Wales and Morrison Construction in Scotland—to maintain regional strength. -has shown strong growth, recovering from COVID, reinstating dividends in 2021, and aiming to exceed £2.2 billion in revenue and achieve a 4% operating margin by 2030.

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