Senior Site Manager

About the Company

T Vaughan Ltd is a specialist Enabling, Groundworks, Civil Engineering and RC Frame company based in Brentwood, Essex. We employ a select group of individuals with the professional knowledge and practical skills to provide a high-quality service, tailored to our clients' needs. Current projects range in value from 500k to £10 million. As a company we operate within a fast paced environment across a diverse range of projects primarily in London and the South East but with projects stretching across the whole of England. We are currently experiencing a period of sustained growth and require an experienced Senior Site Manager to join our project team in Chester.

About the Role

T Vaughan Ltd.’s nominated Site Manager will have the main responsibilities but not limited to:

• Scheduling, coordinating, and supervising the work of all TVL operatives, ensuring that all work is delivered safely on time and within budget along with managing equipment and materials required.
• Overseeing the temporary works management of the project in the capacity of Temporary Works Supervisor.
• Overseeing all aspects of work, ensuring that construction programme is being followed.
• Ensuring that RAMS are up to date and on-site H&S documentation is in place and effectively communicated to the workforce.
• Directing the site teams on the correct set up of site.
• Attending and delivering daily briefings, safe starts and toolbox talks.
• Overseeing Statutory Checks.
• Overseeing specific elements of work in a hands-on working foreman capacity, driving the project.
• Coordinate delivery / pickup of materials with HQ.
• Identifying plant, tools, and equipment that may be required.
• Ensure procurement and reconciliation of materials is carried out in accordance with company procedures to best value and to prevent delays.
• Ensure site teams’ compliance with company commercial policies and procedures.
• Attend progress meetings on the project as required.
• Ensure correct commercial engagement of any contracted suppliers and sub-contractors.
• Ensure that suitable and sufficient information is regularly communicated to the Project Manager in a timely manner.
• Ensure weekly review of progress and forward planning are carried out, and lookahead programmes are in place.
• Make notification to the Principal Contractor of the intention to use sub-contractors in any part of the planned works.

Health, safety and environmental – By example, set the highest possible standards of leadership and promotion of HS&E procedures and best practice, ensuring compliance with company procedures and legal obligations.

• Ensuring site staff are aware of the site rules, carry out introductions and inductions, retaining a copy of same for H&S records.
• Allocate HS&E responsibilities and duties for site personnel, check understanding and provide training, as necessary.
• Assist in the investigation of notifiable accidents or dangerous occurrences and recommend means of preventing re-occurrence.
• Ensure that adequate resources are allocated to cover sound working methods and reasonable welfare facilities.
• Reprimand any member of site supervisory staff or sub-contractors for failing to discharge safety responsibilities satisfactorily.
• Ensure that any design calculations for temporary works are independently checked (where required) and appoint a temporary works designer
• Set a personal example when visiting sites by wearing appropriate protective clothing and equipment.
• Maintain and manage construction site, including any appointed sub-contractors, ensuring all company procedures and obligations are followed.
• Oversee and ensure that HSE related documents are kept up to date, toolbox talks, briefings, statutory checks, and the like are promptly and correctly completed.
• Undertake senior management site inspections and report back to SHEQ Manager as necessary.
• Have a wide knowledge of the requirements of The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM2015) and other relevant legislation.
• Any other acts and tasks as may be reasonably requested by the line manager, a senior manager, or the Directorship team.
• Assist the SHEQ Manager with Regular audits, understanding the actions required and closing out the actions in a timely manner using the Go Audits platform and app.
• Utilising Field View software to record, retain and collate H&S Records.
• Log in, utilise and implement the use of Chime timekeeping software for timesheets for the site timesheets including adding and updating the database for new starters.

Quality – Ensuring that ITPs/O&M manuals, etc. are followed.

• Ensure that the QA File is maintained as required.
• Establish, set the tone for and promote best practice.
• Issue required QA, ITPs, O&M manuals in a timely manner.
• Responsible for the direction of engineering on the project including production of as built records
• Utilising Field View software to record, retain and collate QA Records.

Client Relations

• Build and maintain relationships with both the client and external customers.
• Any other acts and tasks as may be reasonably requested by the senior leadership team.

We respectfully request that no agencies contact us regarding this role at this point in time.