JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:

Site Manager

Reports to:

Construction Manager

Salary:

On Application

Main Purpose

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
paperwork/administration
3. Numeracy
skills,
to
enable
scaling
measurements/angles and doing calculations

of

and complete

drawings,

checking

4. Verbal communication skills to enable effective communication all levels, and

able to develop good relationships with clients/client representatives.

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