Lead Site Manager Cladding & Retrofit | Plymouth City Centre | £2m Project
Location:
Plymouth city centre
Salary: £45,000 £ 55,000 + car allowance/company van
Contract type:
Permanent | Project duration: 12 months (start to finish)
A friendly, client-focused, and growing privately owned main contractor across the South West is looking for an experienced Lead Site Manager to oversee a £2m cladding and retrofit project to private apartments in the heart of Plymouth. With an expanding project pipeline across the region, this is a great opportunity to join a business at an exciting stage of growth.
The RoleAs Lead Site Manager, you will take full responsibility for the day-to-day running of the site, reporting to a visiting Contracts Manager. You’ll oversee the project from start to finish over its 12-month duration, working largely autonomously on site while being supported by regular contracts manager visits. This is a logistically challenging city-centre scheme involving occupied private apartments, so strong client and public-facing skills are essential alongside technical site management ability.
Key responsibilities include:- Managing all on-site operations from mobilisation through to practical completion
- Overseeing cladding and retrofit works to occupied residential apartments
- Managing site logistics in a constrained city-centre environment, including access, deliveries, and public interface
- Acting as the key point of contact for residents, clients, and stakeholders, handling queries and concerns professionally and proactively
- Coordinating subcontractors and trades to maintain programme and quality
- Ensuring compliance with health & safety, quality, and building regulations, including relevant cladding/fire safety standards
- Chairing site and progress meetings with the client and design team
- Reporting progress, issues, and programme updates to the visiting Contracts Manager
- Managing site records, RAMS, and progress reporting
- Proven experience as a Site Manager or Lead Site Manager, ideally on cladding, retrofit, or refurbishment projects
- Experience working on occupied residential buildings, with strong public and client-facing skills
- Comfortable managing logistically challenging city-centre sites, working autonomously day-to-day
- Valid CSCS card and First Aid certification essential
- SMSTS essential; scaffold inspection qualification a plus
- Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Must live within an easy daily commute of Plymouth
- Full UK driving licence
- £45,000 £ 55,000 per annum, dependent on experience
- Car allowance or company van
- Private medical insurance
- Life insurance
- Contributed pension
- Income protection
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Genuine opportunity to work for a friendly, client-focused, and growing main contractor with further pipeline across the South West
Salary: £45000 - £55000/annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Plymouth, Devon
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