Site Manager - Volume housebuilding
Posted Today by Tilia Homes
Negotiable
Undetermined
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Longridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary: Tilia Homes is seeking a Site Manager for their Northern region, specifically at the Alston Grange site in Preston, on a fixed-term contract until December 2026. The role involves overseeing multi-trade repairs and maintenance in new housing developments while ensuring compliance with health and safety standards and delivering excellent customer service. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in construction management and a commitment to quality and teamwork. This position offers a chance to contribute to a company dedicated to making a positive impact in local communities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, NHBC standards, building regulations, and quality standards on site.
- Coordinating labor and resources to deliver the build program on larger developments.
- Conducting quality control procedures and inspections, rectifying defects to avoid additional costs and delays.
- Monitoring production costs and approving payments to contractors and trades.
- Initiating and attending plot inspections with local building inspectors or NHBC.
- Conducting toolbox talks to promote best practices on site.
- Liaising with internal departments and external suppliers to achieve build program goals.
- Working with sales to ensure smooth delivery of homes to customers.
- Maintaining high standards of site presentation.
- Conducting new home demonstrations with customers and addressing any issues before legal completion.
- Supporting the on-site construction team with clear guidelines and resources.
- Exemplifying health and safety, organization, conduct, and professionalism.
Key Skills:
- NVQ Level 6 in Construction Site Management or equivalent.
- CSCS – Black Management/White Academic.
- SMSTS certification.
- First Aid at Work certification.
- BREGS or willingness to achieve during probation.
- Fire Safety for low-rise flats and housing or willingness to achieve during probation.
- Environment Supervision in Construction Training – SSP (SEATS).
- Understanding of NHBC or LABC/Premier standards.
- Experience working to an established build program.
- Proven ability to deliver weekly targets through proactive labor organization.
- Experience managing contractor agreements and liaising with contractor supervisors.
- In-depth knowledge of construction and housebuilding legislative requirements.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills.
- Leadership skills for optimal delivery of quality standards on site.
- Proven experience in customer relations within residential housebuilding.
- Proficient IT skills – Office, Word, Excel.
- Full UK Drivers Licence.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Longridge
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Tilia Homes are an ambitious, 5 star housebuilder that put people and the planet at the heart of everything we do. We're dedicated to delivering the best possible standards in design, build quality, and service for our customers. We’re committed to making a positive difference in the local areas we build new homes. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and diverse employer of choice and build careers, not just communities. We’re looking for talented and enthusiastic individuals who will share this passion, to join our team. The post delivers multi-trade repairs and maintenance to new homes housing developments, providing excellent customer service at all times. Our benefits include: Pension Scheme Life Assurance 26 days holiday with additional bank holidays Holiday Buy Scheme Employee Assistance Programme We have an opportunity for a Site Manager to join our team working from our Northern region and based at our site in Alston Grange, Preston PR3 3BD on a fixed term contract to end December 2026.
Duties include:
- Ensuring compliance on site at all times to the company Health and Safety standards and processes, NHBC standards, building regulations, and overall quality standards
- Co-ordinating labour and resources on site to deliver the build programme on larger developments, and to proactively schedule in trades to ensure optimum delivery
- Undertaking company directed quality control procedures and inspections at the correct timings and rectifying any defects so as not to incur additional cost, time delays, or reduction in the final quality
- Monitoring and controlling the cost of production, and approving payment to contractors and trades where appropriate
- Initiating and attending plot inspections with the Local Building Inspector or NHBC, taking corrective action to ensure a minimum of RI’s/BRI’s
- Carrying out toolbox talks or similar on-site briefings to influence and drive best practice
- To display a proactive approach to mitigating risk, build sequencing, and overall quality on site
- Liaising proactively with other internal departments, externals suppliers and partners to ensure the build programme is achieved
- Working with Sales through regular build/ sales meetings to ensure smooth and controlled delivery of homes for customers
- To deliver a high standard of site presentation at all times
- Carrying out New Home Demos with the Sales Advisor and customer(s) to give a good demonstration of the home, answering any questions, and rectifying any issues before Legal Completion
- With the support of the Contracts Manager, ensure the on-site construction team is fully resourced and well-directed, with clear guidelines to their own job responsibilities, and are provided with full support in achieving these in terms of communication, training and development, and the organisation of the site’s workload and resources
- Showing a good behavioural example in all aspects of health and safety, organisation, conduct, quality of work, and professionalism
We’re looking for the following skills or experience:
- NVQ Level 6 in Construction Site Management or equivalent
- CSCS – Black Management/White Academic
- SMSTS
- First Aid at Work
- BREGS or willingness to achieve in probation period
- Fire Safety for low-rise flats and housing or willingness to achieve during probationary period
- Environment Supervision in Construction Training – SSP (SEATS)
- Understanding of the NHBC or /LABC/Premier standards
- Experience of working to an established build programme
- Proven ability to consistently deliver weekly targets through proactive organisation of the labour force, and promoting a team working ethic
- Managing Contractor agreements and liaising with Contractor Supervisors
- In depth knowledge of all aspects of construction and housebuilding, and the relevant legislative requirements e.g. Health and Safety, NHBC requirements and Building Regulations
- Excellent communicator and influencer of people to gain commitment and compliance, and to drive delivery
- Leadership skills to ensure optimum delivery to the highest quality standards on site
- Proven history and well-rounded experience of dealing with customers and potential customers, giving information and advice or resolving any customer issues and confirming company procedures within residential housebuilding
- Proficient IT skills – Office, Word, Excel
- Hold a Full UK Drivers Licence
Bringing together two trusted housebuilding brands, Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes, untypical aims to make a positive difference to the UK housebuilding market and help to provide greater access to homes which are affordable for buyers.