Construction Site Manager

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Site Manager (Sites within the North West and Nationwide)

Key focus of Role:

This is an ideal position for a dynamic and confident candidate who is looking for a challenging career and to play a vital role in the timely delivery of new build and refurbishment construction projects.

Reporting to the Construction Manager, you will be responsible for preparing sites prior to the commencement of construction work, to set up the site office and welfare facilities, fencing and pedestrian routes, to form a TMP and update as required, to plan the project and ensure that they meet health and safety regulations, agreed specifications, budgets and timescales. To oversee all work whilst maintaining our high quality, environmental and health and safety standards. You will also need to communicate with the internal team, in order to fulfil the requirements of your role, and aid in the roles of others within the Gallaway team, along with the ability of communicating to clients, architects and engineers.

Responsibilities include:

• Checking drawings and designs, highlighting inconsistences to your line manager
• Checking and registering materials and plant deliveries for compliance quality and quantity
• Checking and recording attendance and timekeeping of subcontractors and operatives
• Production of RAMS, Inspection Test Plans and management/implementation and completion of these (Ensuring the client is kept fully updated)
• Liaising with clients and reporting progress, quality, environmental and health and safety matters, also professional staff (such as the main contractor, architects, engineers and surveyors) also from time to time liaising and dealing with the public
• Attending internal and site meetings maintaining a professional manner
• Able to read drawings, work to drawings, and convey information on drawings to others
• Able to understand and work to programmes, also able to produce short term site based programmess themselves
• Calling off materials, ordering sundie items and maintaining running totals records
• Supervising subcontract trades, general labour to ensure the highest quality, health and safety are met, and compliance to their order requirements
• Set up and input to subcontractor meetings be it pre-start or progress meeting
• Carry out formal safety inspections ensuring construction and site safety is of the highest standard
• Preparing site reports, inspections and test plans, ensuring these are kept up to date
• Maintaining our quality control procedures
• Utilizing and maintaining all company systems, procedures, forms and templates and policies
• Motivating yourself and your workforce
• Problem solving
• Assisting with both internal and external audits

• Advising your line manager and commercial team of any changes, delays or the request of additional works or variances to the works
• Completion of site health and safety, quality and environmental inspections and all the job- related paperwork
• Read, understand, convey and build to only approved drawings and specifications

Your skills:

• Knowledge of construction techniques, specifications and details
• Previous Site Management experience
• Good communication skills and able to deal with clients, subcontractors and the internal team
• Problem solving skills and accountability for decisions made
• Commercial awareness
• Ability to motivate themselves and others
• Team working skills, with the ability to effectively delegate
• Well organized and thorough, with good timekeeping skills
• Able to work on own initiative
• Be able to run a safe site ensuring the highest quality (with support from a visiting Line

Manager)

• Be Computer literate (excel, word, outlook)
• Have a good understanding of current Building Regulations, Health, Safety & Environmental legislation.

Qualifications – essential:

SMSTS CSCS Managers card
First aid training Full UK Driving license + own transport

Qualifications that are advantageous:

Scaffold inspection IPAF
Asbestos awareness PASMA
Fire Marshal Clean water card

We commit to treating all our job applicants and employees fairly and with respect, irrespective of background, disability or any other protected characteristic. If you require any assistance with regards to reasonable adjustments during the application process, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Applicants must be able to prove eligibility to work in the UK and hold a full UK driving license.

Although the company is based in Manchester, there will be a requirement to work away during the week on occasions, where accommodation and subsidence will be paid. Current projects include sites in

South Wales and London.

Competitive salary package including pension and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: From £40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Manchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• You must be prepared to work on sites throughout the Northwest and occasionally nationwide.

Experience:

• Site Management: 3 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)
• First Aid at Work qualification (preferred)
• SMSTS qualification (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person