Assistant Site Manager
Location: Working for our Workington office/Site Based - Working in and around Carlisle, Workington, Maryport, Whitehaven and surrounding areas, Typically working Monday to Friday 39 hours per week
As an Assistant Site Managers for Novus, you’ll get to 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 ad learn.
Along with utilising your Assistant Site Management skills in Social Housing, Internal planned refurbishment works including Kitchen, Bathrooms, Rewires, boiler replacements, groundworks and Voids, 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 and trusted to make decisions to grow and develop relationships and revenue.
Whilst ensuring 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 & 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 Hols & BH – option to buy or sell holidays
Company pension scheme – up to 7.5%
Fleet Van/Fuel Card
We also offer a; Discounted Healthcare Scheme, High street & lifestyle discounts including Taste card, a day paid volunteering per year, length of service awards, and more….
An outline of your responsibility as a Assistant Site Manager
Supported by the Site Manager to deliver the below
Manage site teams, work activities and resources to meet the requirements of individual contracts.
Manage the selection and formation of site personnel teams (including Sub Contractors)
Collate all preconstruction information (packs, asbestos surveys etc).
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 Assistant Site Manager will enhance the existing team, experience in Voids and Planned refurbishment Works, within Social Housing/tenanted properties is preferred but not essential. Supporting the delivery or works through to completion/handover. Working on a few sites at any given time. Commercial awareness ensuring costs are meeting budget requirements. You will need to hold a Full UK driving licence to travel to Sites daily. SMSTS or associated NVQ and First aid at work qualifications preferred, as well as being confident with IT and proficient in MS Office. The role will also require a DBS check to be completed
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 127-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 we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand for many reasons that 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.
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