JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Site Manager

Reports to: Construction Manager

Salary: On Application

Main Purpose

Key Accountabilities

Planning

1. Work closely with the Contracts Manager to plan the project effectively, by ensuring that the project requirements, specification, design drawings, health and safety proposals are all read, understood and agreed, and that a project programme is in place.

2. Set up an emergency plan and general site facilities for the project, ensuring that these are in line with the health and safety proposal.

3. Form and maintain the storage facilities and manage stock planning so that stock, materials, plant and tools are organised to meet the timescales for the project.

4. Form a secure site, including access and egress.

5. Formulate a material schedule for the project, including take off from issued drawings and specifications, and produce requisitions as far ahead of programme periods as possible to enable best prices to be obtained by the Purchasing Department.

6. Produce a labour schedule in conjunction with line manager and project surveyor to ensure sub contractors packages are placed in time to meet the programme. Maintain the schedule and track progress, keeping records on file and copying weekly records to line manager/ office.

To manage building contracts on-site, liaising with the Contracts Manager, client, sub contractors and other trades, co-ordinating all aspects of the works so that the building project is completed in line with the requirements, within budget and on time.

Have a commercial understanding of the project, advising and implementing cost savings at all times, and represent the company in a professional and proactive manner in all dealings with those associated with, and affected by, the building project.

Health, Safety and Security

7. Provide first aid facilities, ensuring there is a first aid area (kept clear), first aid stocks/facilities are kept clear

8. Ensure safety to public, site visitors and staff on site at all times, ensuring that preventative measures are taken, including personal protection, following safety instructions and following all aspects of the health and safety proposal for the site.

9. Maintain security of completed works, perimeter barriers, stored materials and plant, at all times during the project

Ongoing Management

10. Supervise and manage all site based operatives, overseeing all aspects of their work, to include; carrying out safety inductions; tool box talks; controlling quality of work; ensuring method statement and order fulfilment; cleanliness & tidiness; the use of plant and tools, waste reduction; upkeep of plant and facilities; use of personal protection equipment/wear,

11. Ensure that all works carried out are undertaken within current codes of practice eg for brick work, plastering, carpentry etc and that works are are to the required standard

12. Check that all materials used, including those used by sub contractors, are compliant with technical and quality specifications.

13. Keep photographic survey of all site operations and works and forward to the office via line manager.

14. Maintain and track deliveries, ensure that stock and materials are deployed properly, off load/check all deliveries to relevant storage facilities, and manage stock issue, adhering at all times to operational needs and with due regard for health, safety and security.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Experience

1. Substantial experience of the full life cycle of a number of commercial building projects, involving the supervision of the project and the staff working on it

2. And/Or 3. Construction Management degree, plus some site based work experience up

to supervisory level

4. Qualified first aider

5. CSCS card (management level)

Skills / Technical Competencies

1. Analytical skills to be able to understand and interpret complex technical specifications, drawings and documents and formulate plans from them

2. Written communication to be able to write reports and complete paperwork/administration

3. Numeracy skills, to enable scaling of drawings, checking measurements/angles and doing calculations

4. Verbal communication skills to enable effective communication all levels, and able to develop good relationships with clients/client representatives.

Communication

15. Communicate effectively at all times with the client, clients representative, project architect, project engineer, local authorities, residents (if applicable) and all persons affected by the project, representing Thomas Sinden with professionalism, integrity and honesty.

16. Liaise daily with the project surveyor and line manager.

17. Attend and takes notes of any meetings relevant to the project, either on site or in offices.

Paperwork/Administration

18. Maintain accurate and up to date records for site attendance, site induction, tool box talks, accidents, good received, weekly site records, site safety inspections, plant register records, scaffold report records and all staff related forms / administration.

19. Produce TQ sheets and resolve these with the relevant person, ensuring directives are undertaken and also maintaining records of these items, including site instructions received.

5. Knowledge and understanding of all the trades required on site, the codes of practice relating to them and the requirements for them, to be able to quality control works ensuring that they are completed to the required standards

6. Understanding of all the health and safety proposal and able to apply health and safety and security requirements.

7. Commercial approach, identifies cost savings, understands budget issues.

8. Knowledge and understanding of the CDM regulations

Qualities / Key Performance Areas

1. People management skills, to be able to instruct staff, deal with difficult staffing situations and maintain a productive, happy but disciplined working environment

2. Pro-active good at planning ahead as far as possible as the project progresses, checking back to plans/programmes regularly

3. Strong sense of achievement; able to drive projects forward, expects good standards of work, tenacious, and able to overcome barriers/ solve problems.

4. Organised, good at time management and prioritisation of work

5. Good eye for detail, e.g. for seeing small points in drawings, checking work quality

6. Reliable, punctual and responsible