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SalaryWe have a great opportunity for a Site Manager to join our development located on Lower Bristol Road, Bath. The scheme is PBSA building which comprises of two buildings and is for circa 300 student accommodation units.
As Site Manager, you'll be managing processes to ensure the project is completed to the highest possible standard, on time, safely and profitably resulting in a satisfied client.
As the Site Manager you’ll be managing the internal works overseeing quality, safety and pace to ensure that projects and work is completed to the highest possible standard, on time, safely and profitably resulting in satisfied clients.
The main remit of Site Manager will be to manage the works on site, managing quality, safety, and pace to ensure that projects and work is completed on time to the required standard. You will manage subcontractors and communicate instructions / directions in relation to the construction working programme and arrange and attend subcontractor meetings with Project Manager and Quantity Surveyors. The successful candidate will need to maintain sight of drawings and plans in order to understand costs and budgets with a view to eliminating or minimising waste. Additional to this the successful candidate will hold responsibility for tasks within the development / project as delegated by the Project Manager.
About You
We’re looking for an individual who is educated to NVQ Level 3, ‘A’ Level or HNC standard in a relevant discipline or who has the equivalent experience. With good communication skills and a technical aptitude, you need to possess a SMSTS certificate, First Aid certificate and hold a valid CSCS card. We’d like you to have experience of working with high rise buildings, student accommodation builds or BTR builds and be comfortable working in an extremely fast paced environment. Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word and Excel are a must, as are strong management and leadership capabilities
We’d like you to have experience of working with high rise buildings, student accommodation or BTR and you need to be capable working in an extremely fast paced environment. Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word and Excel are a must, as are strong management and leadership capabilities.
Why Join Us?
Watkin Jones offers an in-house Learning & Development team to support you with personal and professional development including vocational qualifications, as well as a company car or car allowance, discretionary annual bonus, a health cash plan, discounted gym memberships, and exclusive shopping discounts.
Watkin Jones’ success to date has been based on our emphasis on building relationships of trust, our customer focus, and our forward-thinking structure. Our intention is to create the future of living, which to us means high quality rental homes, community focus and sustainably driven development.
About Us
Watkin Jones Group is the UK’s leading developer, builder, and manager of residential for rent homes, with 52,000+ homes developed and in-build across 135 schemes. Our operating arm, Fresh, manages over 22,000 units across 64 schemes, reflecting approximately £1.7bn of assets under management, giving us unique and unrivalled insight into what tenants and investors desire.
Our company was established in 1791 and has been building homes since 1927. More recently, we listed on the AIM market in 2016, and have a current market cap of c.£250m. In FY2022 we generated gross revenue of £407m and a Gross Profit of £67m. Our position in the market is based on a ‘capital light’ model, where we typically work with institutional forward funders.
