Assistant Site Manager in Welwyn Garden City

At Places for People, we hire People, not numbers! We are the UK's leading Social Enterprise dedicated to creating inclusive and thriving Communities for both our Customers and Employees. We are more interested in hiring someone who embodies our People Promises and does the right thing, is enthusiastic and motivated to grow, believes in Community spirit, is respectful and enjoys their work.

As Assistant Site Manager, you'll support the Site Manager to ensure production runs smoothly, meeting agreed programmes, budgets, and quality standards. You'll uphold our commitment to safety, compliance, and excellence, while representing Places for People’s People First approach in every interaction with customers, suppliers, and the wider community.

What You'll Do

• Manage day-to-day site activities, ensuring safe working practices are always maintained.
• Oversee build stages and inspections to guarantee homes are completed to the highest standards before handover.
• Carry out health and safety inductions, maintain site discipline, liaise with NHBC and other stakeholders, and deputise for the Site Manager when required.
• Plan logistics and resolve snagging issues for new homeowners to keep the site running efficiently and safely.

Essential Criteria for Interview

We're seeking someone with a proactive, positive approach and a passion for delivering exceptional results. To succeed in this role, you must have:

• Experience on a housebuilder site/construction site
• Knowledge of NHBC guidelines
• Full clean driving licence
• SMSTS qualification
• CSCS card

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading organisation and contribute to a development that will make a real difference to the local community.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly
• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
• Excellent holiday package – 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year
• A bonus scheme for all colleagues
• Car allowance/company car
• Training and development
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career, apply following our simple 5 minute application process. Upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please email the recruitment team.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided you meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture, so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can discuss reduced hours, flexible start and finish times, or compressed hours.

Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including DBS checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture and report concerns to protect those in our communities.

Places for People will guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces and meets the essential criteria for the vacancy.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident scheme Level 2 employer. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process can disadvantage them. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.