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My client a Residential House Builder is looking for a Senior Site Manager to work across ploys ranging from 35-250. They are didicated to building Social / Affordable housing.
As the Senior Site Manager (SMTS/NVQ 6) you deliver projects on time and on budget. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring that all site activities are conducted efficiently and safely, while also managing a team of staff. This role requires strong leadership skills, excellent organisational abilities, and a commitment to maintaining high standards of quality.
The role has great opportunities to move into a senior SM or even PM role for the right person
Responsibilities
As a site manager you will be responsible for looking after the teams on a construction site, as well as liaising with the clients. You could be monitoring costs and budget, and ordering materials for the project.
The job role of a site manager involves the following duties:
- Liaising with clients and reporting on progress to staff and the public
- Supervising construction workers and hiring subcontractors
- Buying materials for each phase of the project
- Monitoring build costs and project progress
- Conducting quality and safety inspections
- Checking and preparing site reports, designs and drawings
- Maintaining quality control checks
- Motivating the workforce
- Day to day problem solving and dealing with any issues that arise
- Using specialist project management computer programmes
- Working on-site in all weathers, at clients’ businesses or in a site office.
To be considered as a Site Manager, you will need to demonstrate:
Qualifications appropriate to the role - all aspects of D&B project
Good knowledge of Affordable / Social Housing
Safe systems of work and putting people to work safely- Recognise and promote best practice throughout the project
- Work calmly under pressure
- Embrace technology and modern methods of construction and strives for efficiencies
- Problem solver with the ability to break issues down and derive results
- Good knowledge of programme management and control
- Recognise driving critical activities and actively delivers mitigation measures
- Recognise the importance of change management and the associated risks
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, inspiring and motivating others in the project
