Job Title: Assistant Site Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £39,439.25 (£43,590.75 is achieved after 12 months successful performance in the role)
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, full time
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, Hybrid
Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom - you will travel to various sites within the North West area

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for someone who

• Experience in a similar house building site management position within an established house building organisation.
• Experience of managing quality and health and safety to high standards
• Experience of dealing with customers and delivering open market sale developments

• Ensure construction works are carried out and monitored in accordance with current health, safety and environmental legislation (HSE) and in line with company policies. Undertake HSE inspections as required legally and by company policy. Ensure any HSE inspections are undertaken using the company’s electronic compliance system (Zutec). Liaise with the appointed health and safety advisor and Riverside group health and safety team where applicable.
• Effectively support the supervision of, and management of, all contractors and labour force on site to consistently deliver to the highest standard of workmanship. Ensuring construction works are delivered in line with construction programme and agreed customer completion dates. Manage material and subcontractor call offs to ensure site operations are efficient and delays avoided. Ensure all reporting is accurate with any risks identified and mitigated accordingly.
• Ensure construction works are delivered in line with site start budget including prelim allowances. Minimise day works and variations proactively ensuring company process is followed. Liaise with the commercial department accordingly.
• Deliver a 5-star product, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction and minimal snags at handover stage, promoting a ‘Getting it Right First Time’ approach in everything you do. Aim to reduce RIs and BRIs as part of an ongoing continual quality improvement process. Ensure any QA inspections are undertaken using the company’s electronic compliance system (Zutec). Liaise with the customer care department accordingly.
• Undertake 10-day customer visits post completion to identify defects ensuring these are rectified promptly prior to handover to customer care. Ensure customers are spoken to regularly post completion to ensure a positive HBF CCS survey response is received. Ensure your development has a minimum 60% survey response rate and achieves a 5-star HBF CSS rating. Liaise with the sales department and customer care department where required.
• Liaise with the technical department proactively on design queries. Aim to address matters in advance prior to works commencing to avoid reworking and variations. Provide feedback on buildability in house type designs.
• Attend, and chair where required, weekly subcontractor coordination meetings ensuring matters of programme, quality, HSE, and cost are discussed with actions agreed. Liaise with the commercial department and technical department where required.
• Attend sales build meetings with the site manager and sales executive where required. Ensure communication relating to customer matters is effective and actions affecting completion dates and customer satisfaction are addressed urgently.
• Attend development team meetings and contribute proactively to discussions on development performance. Ensure construction matters are discussed with cost and programme delivery being key considerations.
• Contribute to the collation of handover pack information where required.
• Ensure sites are properly secured with clear segregation between work areas and the public realm. Ensure sites are clean and tidy and well presented at all times.
• Ensure the company’s procedures are followed at all times by yourself and others on site
• Provide ad hoc cover on other sites as and when required
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with subcontractors, material supply chains, NHBC inspectors, and consultants. Ensure communication is effective and prompt where needed. Ensure accurate records are maintained and available to the Head of Commercial in the event of legal action being taken.Undertake any other duties deemed required by the Managing Director, Head of Construction or Contracts Manager to ensure the effective operation of the business.