Site Manager

Overview

As Site Manager / Assistant Construction Manager, you will oversee the delivery of critical infrastructure for a major new residential community near Brentwood. You’ll engage from design through construction, completion and adoption, coordinating across contractors, consultants and authorities. The role blends hands-on site leadership with design input to ensure safe, high-quality delivery at scale. You will work within a multidisciplinary team to shape the project’s lifecycle and impact. This is a high-visibility opportunity to help deliver a flagship development and drive timely, compliant completion.

Pay / Benefits

• 55,000 – 65,000 salary
• Car Allowance / Company Car
• Excellent benefits package
• Flagship residential development
• Long-term career progression opportunities
• Involvement in major community delivery

Responsibilities

• Provide technical input during infrastructure design and buildability feedback.
• Coordinate infrastructure and utility interfaces and review contractor submissions.
• Assist with construction access, haul road and logistics planning as part of the site plan.
• Monitor on-site contractor performance for programme, quality, and standards compliance.
• Support the consultant delivery team and provide engineering assistance on site.
• Review Health & Safety documentation, as-built records, and handover information.
• Support quality assurance, inspections, and contract deliverables on completion.
• Monitor defects period and assist with final inspections and close-out activities.
• Coordinate servicing parcels with housebuilders and manage site permit requirements.
• Act as a main point of contact for site stakeholders and support day-to-day site operations.

Key requirements

• Previous Civil Engineering / Infrastructure experience
• Experience managing contractors on-site
• Strong understanding of highways, drainage and utility infrastructure
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
• SMSTS or SSSTS
• CSCS Managers Black Card or Supervisors Gold Card
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proactive and solutions-focused mindset
• Team-oriented collaboration in multidisciplinary environments
• Reading and interpreting engineering drawings
• Highways, drainage and utility infrastructure knowledge
• RAMS review and ITP knowledge

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