Willmott Dixon
Senior Site Manager
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Willmott Dixon is recruiting for a Senior Site Manager to work on further education building projects in the Oxford area.
Our aim is for you to be a part of our team to deliver projects close to home. We work across multiple sectors, including education, commercial, leisure, blue-light, healthcare, defence, and residential with project values ranging between £10M – £150M+
As a Senior Site Manager at Willmott Dixon, you will be part of our one team ethos that delivers quality projects on time, whilst also having a positive impact on the local community.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Construction Project Manager, the successful Senior Site Manager will manage the delivery of projects safely, on time, within budget and to the highest quality.
- Leadership and people management.
- Maintain the highest standards of health, safety and environmental management.
- Implement project strategies to achieve the company’s sustainability objectives.
- Establish standards of quality on-site and ensure delivery of a quality build in accordance with the project specifications and project requirements.
- Understand the client priorities and adopt a professional and considerate approach to maintain good working relations.
- Implement the supply chain policy.
- Adopt the principles of the Considerate Constructor’s Scheme and manage community relations. Ensure appropriate site image is maintained to encourage repeat business.
- Produce and develop project programmes and control operations to achieve delivery of the project on time. Organise the works and supply chain to provide the right working environment to avoid disruption between trades.
- Undertake the works in the most economical manner to eliminate waste and avoid non-recoverable costs and preliminary losses. Monitor and work to the agreed preliminary budget.
- Maintain continuous professional development to ensure appropriate technical awareness.
- Comply with standard procedures.
- Manage project handover and ensure defect / snag-free completion.
- Support the strategy for the closure of defects during the defects period and obtain a certificate of Making Good Defects within targets set.
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About You
You will have:
- A proven track record of successfully delivering construction projects as part of a wider team.
- Experience of working on projects in a live educational environment.
- Technical knowledge and experience with managing complex infrastructure and groundworks packages.
- Engineering background with the relevant minimum qualification/s (HNC/HND/NVQ4 etc).
- The ability to read and accurately interpret programmes, drawings and technical specifications.
- Full UK Driving License.
- Appropriate CSCS card.
- SMSTS certificate.
- First Aid at Work certificate.
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Why Willmott Dixon?
We reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. This role will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.
Additional Information
At Willmott Dixon, we provide an inclusive and flexible working environment for people to thrive in.
We are a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme.
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