Site Manager

Livin Housing Limited

Annual salary: up to £44,232.00

Site Manager

Location: Islington

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Salary up to £44,232 per annum, plus, company van or car allowance

42.5 hours per week Monday – Friday

“A desire to make a positive difference wherever we operate has always been at the heart of our business. It was 30 years ago when we were a small maintenance contractor with a single van; and it still is now we are a truly national company”.

About the Role

As a Site Manager you will be working within the social housing background, providing a stable and profitable contract, delivering excellent service and support through our local teams, who understand the importance of working together for the local community you will be supporting high standard Site Management activities for Planned Works Programmes to Housing properties, delivering best in class customer service, and satisfying all safety, quality, and cost control standards

Role Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operational delivery of planned work/s contract and all associated staff and ensuring contractual KPI’s targets are achieved and maintained
• Managing internal and external works to include wall cavity insulation, new windows, doors, storage heaters and roofing to include scaffolding within properties, tower blocks and working at heights
• Manage and monitor work programme progression and completion via ongoing site visits to ensure works are adequately resourced, being effectively delivered to set quality standard and completed on time and within budget
• Management of employees and sub-contractors, ensuring compliance and adherence to H&S regulations, Mears standard operating procedures & values, quality assurance accreditations, CDM and the company’s commitment to best practice with legislation, codes of & good working practices relevant to all work activities
• Provide quotations for work, manage costs during work, ensure final accounts are completed accurately and to budget and information input is timely and accurate in support of this
• Carry out onsite inspections, undertake investigations, enquiries, prepare reports and offer solutions maintaining continuous improvement
• Liaising with Design Teams, Client Representatives and Consultants
• Provide good management of employees’ performance, ensuring HR Policies & Procedures are followed
• Ensure the customer experience is central to all activities by adopting a professional manner when communicating with all stakeholders, this includes but is not limited to appearance, company ID, maintaining a high standard of Health & Safety requirements
• Follow and support policies, procedures, initiatives, and work instructions at all times and keep all supplied company assets in a good condition in line with the company policies, reporting to your manager where damages occur
• Undertake any other duties as required by the company, provide back up to other site managers to cover any absences and attend informal and formal company & client meetings and training sessions as required

Role Criteria

• Experience in the above role responsibilities
• SMSTS qualification
• Asbestos Awareness
• First aid at work
• Social housing refurbishment experience
• UK Full Driving License
• Knowledge of housing improvements measured term contracts and Schedule of Rates
• Managing, monitoring, recording, and reporting of Health & Safety and compliance
• Experience of managing sub-contractors
• Health & Safety knowledge, including COSHH
• Strong customer focus
• Problem solving & results orientated
• Ability to negotiate and influence
• IT literate with confident oral and written communication skills
• Thorough knowledge of CDM requirements
• Knowledge of SOR’s

Benefits we can offer you

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Annual Mears Fun Day – Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
• Volunteering Leave – Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment
• Staff perks with Mears Rewards – discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more
• Family friendly policies
• Company van or car allowance

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.

Required Qualifications

SMSTS or CIOB, CISRS basic scaffold

Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:

Laura Bourne ()

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