A.D.S Construction Personnel Ltd
Senior Site Manager
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Senior Site Manager
Location: Luton (projects within 30 miles / M25 corridor)
Salary: £60,000 + £5,000 car allowance
Hours: 7.30 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday
Job Type: Full-time, permanent
About the Company
A long-established, reputable and well-respected main contractor based in Bedfordshire, delivering high-quality construction projects across commercial, education, industrial and leisure sectors. The business has a strong local presence, a successful track record, and a reputation for excellence. Continued growth and a strong project pipeline have created the need for an additional Senior Site Manager.
Projects are typically located within a 30-mile radius of Luton, covering the wider M25 corridor including Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire.
The Role
The Senior Site Manager will oversee day-to-day site operations on projects up to £15m, ensuring safe, efficient and high-quality delivery. This includes managing trades and subcontractors, maintaining programme, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and delivering projects on time, within budget and to the required specification.
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The role requires strong programming capability, excellent organisational skills and the ability to lead site teams while maintaining high standards of quality, safety and client satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee daily site operations across live schemes
- Manage trades, subcontractors and site staff
- Deliver site inductions, toolbox talks and safety inspections
- Ensure safe systems of work and adherence to health and safety protocols
- Maintain productivity to ensure projects are completed on time
- Manage activity on site in line with contract and cost constraints
- Minimise environmental and community impact
- Coordinate interfaces between clients, consultants and internal teams
- Monitor progress against programme and adjust sequencing where required
- Maintain accurate site records, reporting and documentation
- Support commercial teams with variations, valuations and contract administration
- Ensure projects are delivered to specification and client quality standards
Person Specification
- Experience as a Site Manager or Senior Site Manager for a main contractor
- Background delivering refurbishment and new build schemes up to £15m
- Strong understanding of JCT and NEC contracts
- In-depth knowledge of health and safety protocols
- Familiar with industry ISO standards
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Strong programming and organisational capability
- Ability to manage multiple trades and complex site logistics
- Comfortable working with a variety of clients and stakeholders
- Strong prioritisation and coordination skills
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Qualifications
- CSCS card (appropriate grade)
- SMSTS
- First Aid
- HNC in Construction Management (or equivalent) or qualified by experience
- Additional health and safety or contract-related training advantageous
Benefits
- £60,000 salary + £5,000 car allowance
- 33 days holiday including bank holidays
- Contributory pension
- Non-contributory life cover
- On-site parking at head office
- Provision of all PPE
- Continued professional development through the Group Life Learning Programme
- Supportive, family-run culture with strong work-life balance
- Regular social events
- All projects within a 30-mile radius with no long travel
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