Senior Site Manager

Hill Group UK

Role overview:

Responsible for the delivery of an allocated project to the highest standards of Health and Safety, on time, and within budget. Through excellent leadership, motivation and teamwork, the highest standards are to be strived for and attained. Quality of product and pride in presentation are to be upheld at all times. Adhere to and engage with QA/ISO system and other company procedures.

Role Scope:

This should be read in conjunction with the authorities’ chart that forms part of the ISO production manual.

Depending on size, complexity, and risk, this could be either a standalone Site Manager responsible for a project or acting as part of a larger ‘management team’.

Likely to have a large team of sub-contractors to manage with responsibility for line management of Assistants and Trainees.

Project value likely to be £30m+.

Key Internal/External Relationships:

Internal: Contracts Manager, Project Manager, Technical Co-ordinator, Regional Head, Contracts Surveyor, Trainee/Assistant Manager (if applicable), Sales Managers (where applicable).

External: Clients, Sub-contractors, consultants, statutory bodies, affected residents.

Key Results Areas:

1. Health & Safety
   • Ensure compliance with H&S legislation, policies, safety plans, risk assessments and method statements.
   • Ensure the project (site) is never left unattended without appropriate cover.
   • Educate and act immediately and accordingly to ensure desired behaviour of all site personnel.
   • Strive to achieve above acceptable site scores.
   • Stop any bad practices immediately and embed a ‘Don’t Walk By’ culture on your site.
2. Quality
   • Maintain quality control using ISO systems including full implementation of SnagR processes.
   • Undertake sub-contractor performance reviews with the project team.
   • Issue sub-contractor notice of non-conformance.
   • Issue materials notice of non-conformance.
   • Provide detailed customer care information immediately to maintain our NHBC 5 Star targets.
   • Provide information on reported defects to minimise our exposure and to protect customer relationships.
   • Control the site on a daily basis and implement policies and objectives effectively as advised by Contracts Manager or company procedure.
   • Organise and control the construction of the development in accordance with the drawings, schedules, ERs, and specification provided and the construction programme.
   • Ensure that the construction complies with the relevant NHBC, Zurich or other warranty organisations and statutory authorities.
   • Review issued drawings and ensure they are compliant and deliverable.
   • Issue reviewed drawings post order to the Supply Chain under Site Instruction.
   • Ensure site is clear, tidy and compliant with corporate standards – at all times to an exemplar standard.
   • Maintain boundaries in a condition that are best in class.
3. Delivery
   • Deliver project on time and accurately report current position on programme, working to pre-determined time targets.
   • Understand, comply, and coordinate the management of site prelims in accordance with approved budgets.
   • Carry out the construction in the most effective manner and deal with all obstacles efficiently and appropriately.
   • Drive liaison with stats to ensure timely connections.
   • Issue sub-contractor notice to commence.
   • Hold effective sub-contractor meetings and record/distribute minutes of the meeting.
   • Prepare short term programme and issue formally.
   • Order, plan and schedule material delivery requirements and prepare accurate and timely material requisitions to enable site progress to be maintained.
   • Prepare plant requisitions with the information needed to enable the best solution to be concluded.
   • Handover completed scheme to client on time, to agreed quality standard and budget.
4. Financial
   • Keep within preliminary budgets, review in monthly meetings with Contract Surveyor.
   • Maximise profit by keeping all costs under control ensuring works are right first time.
   • Issue instructions in consultation with Contract Surveyor.
   • Engage in consultation with Contract Surveyor including at sub-contract tender stage.
   • Issue site instructions to subcontractors.
   • Compile colour choices/selections in line with budget.
   • Prepare material take-offs and call-off schedules accurately in a timely manner to enable the best price.
   • Minimise material requisitions by accurately forecasting requirements.
   • Maintain an accurate weekly materials received sheets.
   • Maintain an accurate monthly hired and owned plant record sheet.
   • Compile accurate labour allocation sheet and issue to Contract Surveyor to enable cost to be passed on to others.
5. People Management
   • Motivate, control/set targets, and appraise performance to ensure all personnel are working individually and as a team to effectively achieve the build programme.
   • Deal effectively with any poor standards appropriately, whether internal or external personnel, to ensure site is functioning to the agreed programme, safely and to budget.
   • Line manage (plan, organise, lead, delegate action, set control and review) assistants and trainees.
   • Mentor trainees if asked.
   • Work in partnership with other departments and proactively drive communication and problem solving with them to achieve plan, using clear communication showing leadership and taking ownership of issues.
   • Attend and actively participate in client meetings.

Success Measures:

• The safe operation of the site where all Health and Safety practices, policies and procedures are followed by all, and there are no breaches.
• Effectively supervises and monitors safe working practices and ensures others are competent to carry out assigned tasks.
• The project deliverables are communicated to the team and monitored against plan.
• The project is delivered to programme targets.
• Short term programme delivered that ensures the project is delivered to plan.
• Implementation of corrective action to mitigate delay as they occur.
• Forward planning in a timely fashion to ensure key elements such as material requisition, plant requisition & stats booking are delivered to programme dates.
• Quality inspections and records are completed, and the project is delivered to quality requirements including compliance with statutory bodies and current legislation.
• Project status reports are accurate and available to demonstrate progress against plan.
• Proactive responsibility of preliminary budgets and expenditure is evident through management and control of labour, materials, sub-contractor costs etc.
• The construction and development is controlled in accordance with the drawings, schedules, ERs and specification provided.
• Ensure the construction complies with the relevant statutory bodies and current legislation.
• Effective labour and call off schedules are in place in compliance with approved budgets.
• The project team is managed effectively and work in a collaborative way to reach target.
• Everybody on site is treated with dignity and respect, and have equality of opportunity.

Skills, Experience and Attributes:

• HND/Degree level qualification or equivalent.
• Experience of delivering projects up to £5m from inception to completion.
• Experience in multi-phase, mixed use projects.
• Broad knowledge of all trades.
• Thorough knowledge of the construction process.
• Demonstrate sound understanding of relevant H&S practices and regulations, and is able to promote a safe working environment.
• Site Management experience including management of contractors and external partners.
• Previous people management experience at minimum supervisory level in a Construction setting.
• Excellent delegation skills and experience of leading and motivating teams.
• Ability to prepare site-specific risk assessments and method statements.
• Demonstrates a full understanding of the sub-contractor order to minimise sub-contractor variation instructions.
• Experience of engaging and consulting with contract surveyors, sub-contractors and relevant partners/stakeholders to work collaboratively to deliver the project.
• Competent with project planning, with commercial awareness.
• Strong budget management and demonstrates financial awareness.
• Excellent client customer service.
• Good communication, organisation, and planning skills.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Excellent attention to detail with a desire to succeed.
• Scaffold Inspection.
• Construction Management Fire Safety.
• TWC.
• CSCS.