Assistant Site Manager

Keepmoat Homes is a fast growing top 10 UK housebuilder. We design and build quality homes and create places where people want to live.

Our investment and participation helps transform communities and improves the lives of local people. We have a national presence combined with local knowledge and expertise in all aspects of housing - from finance, design and planning, to developing and building. Our comprehensive skills and capabilities give us a wider perspective across the whole housing lifecycle and we create lower risk ways of building homes people need.

For more than 90 years our work has been absolutely visible to local communities so being part of the community is in our DNA. We hire local suppliers and tradespeople and work with local communities to make sure that our plans meet their needs.

Job description

The Assistant Site Manager reports to the Site Manger and the main responsibilities are to assist the site team to manage the building project in accordance with agreed timescales, quality, and cost.

To understand, implement and adhere to Health & Safety policy and strategy and ensure that all staff reporting to them do the same and to ensure in the Site Managers absence all those duties are fulfilled.

Key Accountabilities

Production

• Participate in Pre-Site Start meetings, site inspections and ensuring site is set up in both a timely and effective manner
• Produce short term working programmes
• Manage and liaise with all specialised sub contractors
• Ensure all completion dates are met

Quality

• Strive to achieve construction excellence and recognition within internal key performance indicators (customer excellence) and external awards (N.H.B.C. "Pride in the Job" and LABC).
• Carry out routine inspections (minimum twice per day per plot) to ensure that instructions are carried out, the specification and site presentation requirements are complied with, and the required quality standards are met, updating the Plot Quality Control Checklists).
• Liaise with Project Manager/Senior Site Manager/Site Manager to complete any items raised on 21 day visits by Home Sales Executives

Cost Control

• Ensure materials are stored securely and in accordance with manufacturers’ recommendations to minimise loss and wastage -
• Advise the Project Manager/Senior Site Manager/Site Manager of material shortages and excesses in order to adjust schedules
• Ensure waste materials/packaging are recycled wherever possible and where not are disposed of in accordance with the waste management policy
• Monitor the performance of Suppliers and Sub contractors in line with the cost reports from Commercial Director

Customer Care

• Ensure the customer journey is followed to promote customer excellence
• Respond and complete open COINS issues in a timely manner
• Ensure the Customer Hallmark is followed to ensure customer excellence is provided
• Ensure that all contractors comply with the Defects Resolution Process within their Trade Specification ensuring that the timescales to complete defects are achieved within that timescale.

People Management

• Lead and motivate the site team (direct employees and sub-contractors) to achieve the required objectives
• Ensure that direct employees on site receive timely feedback on their performance and are trained and developed accordingly. Monitoring the skills attained through training
• Protect the company’s legal and contractual obligations

HS&S Responsibilities

To take care of your own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by your work and adhere to the Keepmoat Health, Safety and Sustainability standards.

Skills, knowledge & experience

Essential:

• Previous experience gained through working in Site Management; Clerk of Works; Buildings or NHBC inspection roles is an essential requirement
• The ability to deal with difficult situations and communicate in a clear and confident manner
• Strong customer facing experience coupled with a delivery focus

Education & qualifications

Essential:

• 5 GCSE’s at Grade C or above along with industry requirements

Desirable:

• Level 4 in Construction Management

Why work for us?

At Keepmoat Homes we pride ourselves on being a great place to work. As the market leader in our industry we want to ensure that we attract, motivate and retain the best people who can deliver the best service for our customers.

• Competitive rates of pay - We regularly check our pay against our competitors to make sure they reflect our position as market leader. We also review our pay every year.
• Bonus Scheme - Our annual bonus scheme is linked to team and company performance.
• Special offers for staff - We run a range of offers and discounts exclusively for our employees including holidays, health club memberships and days out.
• Trust - We encourage you to come up with ideas and get the most out of your job with us.
• Development - we offer genuine development opportunities to progress your career.

Our values

Our values are the foundation for our vision, the cornerstone of our culture and the benchmark for our achievement.

• Straightforward - We get the job done in the most efficient and effective way. We are friendly, open and honest. It’s about being respectful and working in a transparent and honest way.
• Collaborative - We work together in partnership to deliver the very best customer experience. Partnership working is key to our business. We work collaboratively to deliver the best results possible.
• Passionate - We care about what we do. We put pride and energy into delivering results. It’s important to us to do a good job.
• Creative - We are proactive, flexible and resourceful. We listen, learn and deliver solutions. We don’t offer a one size fits all solution; we are flexible and will tailor our services to our customers’ needs.