Assistant Site Manager

Annual salary: up to £38,850.00

Location:
Birmingham

Contract Type:
Full-Time, Permanent

Salary: £38,850 per annum + company car or allowance

Benefits: 25 days annual leave, staff rewards, volunteering leave, family-friendly policies

Mears Group is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing and care services. We deliver essential maintenance, regeneration, and retrofit services to homes and communities across the country. Our teams work in partnership with local authorities and housing providers to improve energy efficiency, safety, and living standards for residents.

This is an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Site Manager to support the successful delivery of planned works programmes, primarily kitchen and bathroom replacements within occupied properties.

Working closely with the Site Manager, you will support the day-to-day coordination of site teams and subcontractors, helping to ensure works are delivered safely, on time and to a high standard.

The role requires strong organisation, communication and site management skills, with a particular focus on health and safety, quality, compliance and ensuring residents receive a positive experience while works are being carried out in their homes.

• Support the Site Manager with the day-to-day management of site teams, operatives and subcontractors delivering planned kitchen and bathroom replacement programmes.
• Assist with overseeing all elements of kitchen and bathroom installations, including associated plumbing, electrical, tiling, flooring, plastering, carpentry and finishing works.
• Coordinate works and trades to help ensure properties progress efficiently through each stage of the planned works programme.
• Carry out regular site inspections to monitor progress, workmanship, quality and compliance, escalating any issues where required.
  
  Support the delivery of works in line with specifications, building regulations, contractual requirements and agreed programmes.
• Help maintain health and safety standards on site, ensuring risk assessments, method statements and safe working practices are followed.
• Monitor progress against timescales, KPIs and quality standards, providing updates to the Site Manager.
• Maintain accurate site records, progress updates and compliance documentation.
• Liaise with residents, subcontractors, clients and internal teams, providing clear updates and helping to minimise disruption to residents.
• Support the monitoring of subcontractor compliance with CDM requirements, company procedures and required quality standards.
• Assist with snagging, quality inspections and completion of works, ensuring properties are handed back to the required standard.
• Support site-based teams and promote high standards of workmanship and continuous improvement.
• Attend client meetings, progress reviews and operational planning meetings where required.

• SMSTS or SSSTS qualification.
• Asbestos Awareness certification.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Previous experience working within planned maintenance, refurbishment or investment works programmes, ideally within social housing.
• Experience supporting the coordination of subcontractors, operatives and site-based teams.
• Good knowledge of Health & Safety requirements, CDM regulations and site compliance.
• Experience carrying out site inspections, quality checks, snagging and progress monitoring.
• Good understanding of refurbishment works, including kitchens, bathrooms and associated trades.
• Ability to support the delivery of multiple work streams while working to agreed deadlines, programmes and KPI targets.
• Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to liaise effectively with residents, clients, subcontractors and internal teams.
• Competent IT skills…