Senior Site Manager

Description

• To deliver a high standard of site presentation at all times.
• Carrying out New Home Tour with the Sales Advisor and customer(s) to give a good demonstration of the home, answering any questions, and rectifying any issues before Legal Completion.
• Co-ordinating labour and resources on site to deliver the build programme on larger developments, and to proactively schedule in trades to ensure optimum delivery.
• Monitoring and controlling the cost of production, and approving payment to contractors and trades where appropriate.
• Carrying out toolbox talks or similar on-site briefings to influence, gain commitment, and to drive best practice.
• Undertaking company directed quality control procedures and inspections at the correct timings, and rectifying any defects so as not to incur additional cost, time delays to the programme, or reduction in the final quality.
• Ensuring that all plots are built to the highest standard of quality, complying with the NHBC Standards, Building Regulations, range specifications, and best practice.
• With the support of the Contracts Manager, ensure that the on-site Construction team is fully resourced and well-directed, with clear guidelines to their own job responsibilities, and are provided with full support in achieving these in terms of communication, training and development, and the organisation of the site’s workload and resources.
• Working with sales through regular sales/build meetings to ensure a smooth and controlled delivery of homes for customers.
• Ensuring compliance on site at all times to the company health and safety standards and processes, NHBC standards, building regulations, and overall quality standards.
• Liaising proactively with other internal departments, externals suppliers and partners to ensure the build programme is achieved.
• Initiating and attending plot inspections with the Local Building Inspector or NHBC, taking corrective action to ensure a minimum of RI’s/BRI’s.
• Manage material levels on larger site to ensure the minimum amount of stock, but enough to ensure the site programme is met and all labour is efficiently employed.

Requirements

• Proven ability to consistently deliver weekly targets through proactive organisation of the labour force, and promoting a team working ethic.
• Showing a good behavioural example in all aspects of health and safety, organisation, conduct, quality of work, and professionalism.
• Ability to prioritise tasks proactively to anticipate and meet changing business needs.
• Extensive experience of working to an established build programme and managing key priorities on some challenging sites.
• Excellent communicator and influencer of people to gain commitment and compliance, and to drive delivery.
• A member of the Chartered Institute of Builders and/or qualified 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 the relevant legislative requirements e.g. health and safety, NHBC requirements and Building Regulations.
• Ability to demonstrate a strong problem-solving ethic, and the ability to get to the route cause of a problem.
• To have regularly displayed a proactive approach to mitigating risk, to build sequencing, and to overall quality on site.
• Demonstrated good leadership and assertive skills to ensure optimum delivery to the highest quality standards on site.
• A thorough knowledge and well-rounded experience of dealing with customers and potential customers in all aspects, such as the giving of information and advice, resolving any customer issues, confirming company procedures etc.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
• Private Medical Cover - Single Cover
• Annual Medical Health Assessment
• Company Car or Cash Allowance
• Choice of Flexible Benefits
• 26 days’ holiday (increase by 1 day for every 3 years’ continuous service up to 29 days)
• Competitive Bonus Scheme

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance