Site Manager

Role

Title:

Site Manager

Business Unit: OAK Facades

Location: UK Wide - Head office (Leicestershire)

As a Site Manager, you will lead the day-to-day delivery of fire remediation and façade projects, ensuring works are completed safely, on time and to a high standard. You’ll coordinate activities from design through procurement to on-site installation and handover, working closely with project teams and stakeholders.

You will have experience of managing all aspects of the build process; the applicant will be required to coordinate the packages from the completed design stage through the procurement phase to installation on site and handover.

• Trade experience and site experience preferable
• Up-to-date knowledge of health and safety obligations and building legislation

• Manage site operations, ensuring safe, compliant and efficient delivery
• Coordinate subcontractors, trades and packages from install through to completion
• Lead site progress meetings and provide clear, accurate reporting on programme, risks and performance
• Ensure all works meet health & safety, environmental and quality standards in line with BMS
• Review and control drawings and site documentation, ensuring teams have current information
• Monitor progress against programme and support recovery where required
• Work with the Project Manager to manage costs, resources and delivery targets
• Maintain strong relationships with clients, principal contractors and site teams
• Support inspections, handover and completion, including maintenance certification

• SMSTS and CSCS (Site Manager level)
• Trade or hands‑on site background (preferred)
• Experience in fire remediation, cladding or façade works (desirable)
• Good understanding of current H&S legislation and site compliance
• Able to read and interpret drawings, specifications and programmes
• Familiar with site reporting and document control systems
• Construction qualification (HNC/HND/Degree) or working towards (desirable)

• Proven experience managing live construction sites and subcontractors
• Strong knowledge of site safety, build sequencing and construction delivery
• Confident leading teams and coordinating multiple trades
• Organised and proactive, with the ability to manage programme pressures
• Clear communicator who builds strong working relationships on site

Galliford Try offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits to support your well‑being and career development.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Competitive family leave policy
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees, and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full‑time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long‑term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.