At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and manage construction projects, ensuring safety and quality standards are met.
- Company: Join Fortem, part of the Willmott Dixon group, dedicated to improving communities.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous leave, private healthcare, and training opportunities.
- Other info: Embrace a culture of equality, diversity, and respect in a supportive environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in social housing while developing your career in construction.
- Qualifications: Experience in managing construction projects and relevant qualifications required.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
The Customer
This will be working within the Sanctuary Housing, Stoke and Chester contract, delivering Retrofit and Capital Works refurbishment programmes.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensure safe, effective and timely delivery of the Retrofit/Construction and external refurbishment projects (e.g. EWI/External Wall Insulation, Cladding, Roofing, doors/windows).
- Lead and manage a team of direct and sub‑contracted Construction and Trades staff.
- Reporting into the Project Manager you will have direct responsibility for operational Site Management.
- To lead, assess and be responsible for all retrofit/construction works with the Projects division.
- Ensure that Company Health & Safety Policies and procedures are strictly adhered to and work closely with Health & Safety Managers and Advisors.
- Maintain and produce, on request, up‑to‑date Health & Safety records.
- Ensure that Environmental and Waste Management Policies are adhered to.
- Ensure that all staff, sub‑contractors and visitors to the site are appropriately inducted.
- Fully comply with the Company's Customer Satisfaction Policy and Procedures.
- Ensure all directly employed personnel work within the required specification and adhere to general Company Policies.
- Ensure that procedures and controls laid down by the Company are fully implemented by all site personnel.
- Motivate, support and manage directly employed site staff. Provide training, coaching, appraisal and support as required to improve performance.
- Ensure site presentation is maintained at the correct standard at all times.
- Organise regular site meetings and pre‑plan and ensure efficient usage of all resources.
What You Will Need
Proven experience of managing construction projects.
- Proven experience of working on high/low rise properties.
- Experience of managing direct and sub‑contracted construction/refurbishment staff.
- Minimum level 4 qualification (NVQ4 or HNC) or equivalent experience.
- SMSTS.
- Scaffold inspection.
- CSCS card.
- Asbestos awareness (duty to manage would be desirable).
- Full UK driving licence.
- Experience within the social housing sector.
Competitive Salary and Benefits
Competitive salary based on experience with profit‑related bonus.
- Option to opt into a salary‐sacrifice car lease.
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + your birthday off (34 days total).
- Discretionary bonus up to 10%.
- 26 weeks full pay maternity leave.
- Annual pay reviews.
- 8 weeks full pay paternity leave.
- Discounted gym memberships at national and local gyms.
- Up to £3,000 colleague referral fee.
- Vast directory of training on bespoke in‑house Learning Management System.
- Private healthcare and dental care.
- Cycle to work scheme.
Who We Are
We are part of the Willmott Dixon group, established in 2002. Fortem provides specialist property solutions tailored to keep homes and buildings running smoothly. Our highly trained teams deliver a range of internal and external repairs as well as high‑quality voids, planned installations and gas services. Alongside our core functions, we have extensive experience in decarbonisation, specialising in making homes more energy‑efficient and helping clients on their journey to become zero carbon.
Our experience, commitment to best practice and exemplary quality, together with a genuine partnered approach, ensures we achieve excellent outcomes for our partners, clients and customers. We have an established track record of improving communities and creating better places for people to work and live.
We are Investors in People – Gold. We believe in equality, diversity and respect for all and encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
