Senior Site Manager

Senior Site Manager – Residential Development

£350 Per Day | Temporary to Permanent | £75,000 + Package Once Permanent

We are recruiting for an experienced Senior Site Manager to join an established PLC residential developer, taking a leading role in the delivery of one of their flagship residential developments.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proven residential professional who takes pride in delivering a high-quality product, maintaining exceptional site standards and driving construction programmes through to successful completion.

The developer's preference is to appoint somebody initially on a temporary-to-permanent basis, providing an opportunity for both parties to establish a successful working relationship before transitioning into a permanent position.

The Role

As Senior Site Manager, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day management and successful delivery of a significant residential development, ensuring that programme, quality, health & safety and customer expectations are consistently achieved.

Key responsibilities will include:

Leading and coordinating site operations, subcontractors and directly employed personnel.

Driving construction programmes, maintaining progress against key milestones and proactively addressing potential delays.

Ensuring consistently high standards of workmanship, presentation and finished product across all stages of construction.

Managing quality control, inspections, snagging and the successful handover of completed homes.

Maintaining excellent health & safety standards and ensuring compliance with company procedures.

Working closely with the wider construction and commercial teams to ensure efficient project delivery.

Providing effective leadership to the site management team and maintaining a positive, accountable site culture.

About You

We are particularly interested in speaking with experienced Senior Site Managers who can demonstrate a strong, proven track record of successfully delivering high-quality residential developments, ideally within a recognised PLC housebuilder.

You will need to demonstrate:

Substantial experience managing volume residential developments.

A proven history of delivering successful projects, with particular emphasis on build quality and finished product.

Strong technical knowledge of traditional residential construction methods and sequencing.

The ability to effectively manage multiple trades, subcontractors and competing programme demands.

Excellent organisational, communication and leadership skills.

A proactive, hands-on management approach with a genuine commitment to quality.

Experience working within the standards, processes and reporting structures of a major residential developer.

Essential Qualifications:

Valid CSCS Card (appropriate management level).

SMSTS.

First Aid at Work.

Advantageous:

Scaffold Inspection / Scaffold Appreciation certification.

Remuneration & Opportunity

Initial freelance rate: £350 per day.

Permanent salary: Circa £75,000 per annum + comprehensive benefits package.

Engagement: Temporary to permanent preferred.

Opportunity to lead a flagship development for an established PLC residential developer.

Genuine long-term career prospects within a structured regional construction team.

Interested?

If you are an experienced Senior Site Manager with a demonstrable history of delivering successful, high-quality residential developments and would welcome the opportunity to secure

O’Neill and Brennan values diversity and promotes equality, All individuals will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation
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