Site Manager

Job Overview

Site Construction Manager – 5 month contract, live operational environment on a major Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) project.

• Ensure all personnel complete induction and show valid qualifications.
• Enforce mandatory personal protective equipment (PPE) and site standards.
• Maintain tidy work areas and clear access routes.
• Prevent unauthorised work and keep the site secure.
• Review and update the Construction Phase Plan (CPP) or Health & Safety (H&S) plan.
• Plan and communicate site activities, ensuring coordination of subcontractors.
• Inspect welfare areas regularly and manage waste appropriately.
• Ensure statutory inspections are completed, and remove keys when not in use.
• Confirm approved Risk Assessment and Method Statements (RAMS) and undertake risk assessments.
• Provide supervision and monitor the site daily.
• Review and update Project Charter Information (PCI) documents.
• Ensure CPP/H&S plan includes all required details and deliver it to the client and PD/PSDP.
• Complete notifications and maintain written appointments.
• Maintain professional, heated welfare facilities with hygiene products and emergency equipment.
• Secure boundary, signage, lighting and manage equipment storage.
• Require all arrivals to report, sign in and receive induction; visitors must be accompanied.
• Maintain qualification records for all personnel on site.
• Produce methodology sequencing, review third‑party RAMS and ensure final RAMS are submitted 5 days pre‑start.
• Plan activities considering overlaps and prepare pre‑work briefings for all operatives.
• Implement Permit to Work for high‑risk tasks, with the issuing authority remaining on site.
• Conduct briefings, pre‑use inspections and establish emergency arrangements.
• Coordinate or provide awareness training for Temporary Works (TW), maintain TW register, design brief and checks.
• Ensure supervisors deliver safety briefings, conduct daily monitoring, and contractors report any issues.
• Close permits, complete reviews and record testing in operational & maintenance (O&M) manuals.
• Develop commissioning programmes, record testing results and maintain defect registers.
• Provide Health & Safety file, deliver end‑user training and issue final acceptance certificate during handover.

• SMSTS certification.
• CSCS (Managers card preferred).
• First Aid at Work.
• Strong understanding of CDM regulations.
• Desirable:
  Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC) certification.
• Desirable:
  Temporary Works Awareness (TWA) certification.

• Experience overseeing daily site operations within a live working environment.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate subcontractors safely and efficiently.
• Proven track record managing M&E installation activities.
• Knowledge of maintaining high standards of H&S documentation, reporting and compliance.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Project for programme delivery.
• Strong CDM regulations knowledge across all project phases.

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