At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage site teams and ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.
- Company: Join Novus Property Solutions, a dynamic and award-winning property maintenance company.
- Benefits: Enjoy 27 days holiday, a pension scheme, and lifestyle discounts.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace that values diversity and encourages all to apply.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in communities while developing your management skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in planned refurbishment works and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
Location: Gateshead office, site based around Blythe initially progressing around the North East. Typically working Monday to Friday, 39 hours per week.
As Site Managers for Novus, you'll see the impact and improvements your role delivers to your customers and team every day, taking your job satisfaction to whole new levels. This varied and challenging role offers you the opportunity to work with and manage a skilled professional trade team in a secure environment with long-term contracts and the opportunity to grow and learn. Along with utilising your Site Management skills in social housing and planned refurbishment works, you'll also be looking for ways to add real social value to the communities and customers you work with.
Supported by your peers, team, and management to solve problems, you will be trusted to make decisions to grow and develop relationships and revenue. Work streams include, but are not limited to, internal refurbishments of communal areas within independent living flats, electrical rewires, heating, painting and decorating, flooring, and fire doors. You will ensure the smooth running of multiple designated sites, ensuring all site personnel carry out their tasks efficiently and effectively to enable the contract to be completed on time, with zero defects, within budget, and with no risk to the health and safety of their operational team, the client, or the general public.
What's in it for you?
- Attractive salary & benefits to suit you
- 27 days holiday & bank holidays - option to buy or sell holidays
- Company pension scheme - up to 7.5%
- Car allowance or fleet van/fuel card
- Discounted healthcare scheme
- High street & lifestyle discounts including Taste card
- A day paid volunteering per year
- Length of service awards
An outline of your responsibility as a Site Manager:
- Manage site teams, work activities, and resources to meet the requirements of individual contracts.
- Manage the selection and formation of site personnel teams (including subcontractors).
- Ensure all necessary contract documentation/reports are accurate and produced on time in conjunction with the Contracts Manager.
- Identify site hazards and ensure risk assessments and control methods are implemented via the Construction Phase Health.
- Ensure all sites work comply with legal and statutory requirements, including health, safety, and welfare.
- Assist in the preparation process for estimates, bids, and tenders in partnership with the Contracts Manager.
- Create, manage, and report on projects with multiple live site locations through the use of a master programme.
About You:
The successful Site Manager will have strong experience in planned refurbishment works within social housing/tenanted properties and have a good working knowledge of internal refurbishments, managing the delivery through to completion/handover. You should have commercial awareness ensuring costs are meeting budget requirements and great communication skills to build relationships with the client and tenants alike. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence to travel to sites daily. You must hold SMSTS or associated NVQ, as well as being confident with IT and proficient in MS Office. The role will also require a DBS check.
A little bit about us:
Novus Property Solutions is a dynamic, award-winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 19 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a social and environmentally responsible family-owned business with a rich 129-year heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients. Our vision is to be the leader in building and maintenance solutions, delivered with compassion and care for the communities in which we operate. At Novus Property Solutions, we value people and are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand that for many reasons, people very rarely meet all the criteria laid out in the job advert, so we encourage you to apply for the role even if you do not meet all the criteria or hold all the qualifications. You may be just who we are looking for to join our award-winning property maintenance company in this or another role.
Site Manager (6 Month Fixed Term Contract) in Gateshead employer: Novus Property Solutions Ltd.
Novus Property Solutions is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and inclusive work culture that prioritises employee growth and community impact. With competitive salaries, generous holiday allowances, and a range of benefits including a discounted healthcare scheme and opportunities for volunteering, our Site Managers can thrive in a secure environment while making a meaningful difference in the North East. Join us to develop your skills alongside a dedicated team, all while contributing to the enhancement of social housing and local communities.
Contact Details:
Novus Property Solutions Ltd. Recruitment Team
