H&J Martin Construction (part of Lagan Specialist Group) is now recruiting for a Housing Site Manager
Job Type: Full-time - Permanent
Reporting to: Project Manager / Construction Director
Location: Greater Belfast
Who We Are
H&J Martin Construction is one of Ireland’s longest standing and most successful Developers and Building Contractors. Over the years, we have successfully contributed to the Built Heritage of Ireland, with the delivery of many Iconic buildings. In recent years, the delivery of quality family homes across Greater Belfast has returned as a key part of our business model.
H&J Martin Construction have strong relationships with local NI Developers, including development businesses within the wider Lagan Specialist Group. With these development partners, we have a healthy pipeline of local work over the next number of years and are therefore on the lookout for talented, innovative and ambitious individuals to join our team.
Role Overview
As a Housing Site Manager, you will be responsible for the safe, timely, high-quality and profitable delivery of private family homes. It is expected that you will support with management of these projects in a professional and diligent manner, ensuring milestones and objectives are met.
What you'll do
The following reflect the main tasks associated with your position and are not intended to be exclusive or exhaustive:
· Oversee the construction of projects from conception to completion.
· Ensure that projects are delivered to the highest quality, safely, on time and to projected profit levels.
· Compliance with Health and Safety Regulations, ensuring that policy and procedures are implemented throughout the operations. This will always include the ownership and promotion of site health and safety.
· Using an effective leadership style to ensure that all functions within the project are managed and operating to agreed objectives and targets, leading to the completion of the project to the tendered level of profitability as a minimum.
· Liaise with the client on site and represent the Company at progress meetings.
· Liaise with all external bodies, statutory authorities and key stakeholders, always portraying a professional and positive image.
· Ensure overall client and external body satisfaction with construction process and end product.
· Ensure the project is always on or ahead of programme, and with the support of project commercial staff ensure that no contractual disputes arise.
· Manage risk and opportunity effectively throughout the project.
· Play a part in the selection of the correct supply chain, and then manage this supply chain effectively to deliver the project.
· Management of Project Quality on a daily basis, ensuring that works are always delivered to the highest standard and in compliance with project specifications and relevant best practice guides
· Ensure all Quality Management is adequately recorded in line with Quality Management Plan.
· Review RAMS issued by sub-contractors.
· Material take-offs for orders for labour only contractors.
· Provide micro programmes/period ‘look aheads’ to ensure detailed project monitoring.
· Raise Technical queries and issue to consultants.
· Develop Progress reports with the assistance of Senior Management and commercial teams.
· With the support of Senior Management, ensure that the key roles are staffed with people who can effectively undertake their roles, ensuring that their roles are clearly defined and understood and that all personnel are motivated and managed to achieve the business’s objectives.
· With the support of Senior Management and commercial staff, ensure that good relations with suppliers are established and maintained so that the most favourable deals are facilitated.
· Portray a professional image at all times.
· Keep an accurate record of site activities throughout the project
· Promote company values on a daily basis.
What you'll bring
As a Housing Site Manager your main skills and experience will include:
- At least 5 years’ experience in the management of housing construction sites and projects.
- Experience in the delivery of Timber Frame construction.
- Chartered CIOB Membership or progressing towards this.
- Experience of delivering residential schemes to NHBC Best Practice standards or equivalent (such as ICW or Global Homes).
- A positive awareness of the Commercial Management of site issues.
- Site Management Safety Training Scheme (5-day SMSTS).
- CSR/CSCS Qualification or equivalent.
· Strong capabilities with relevant IT software.
- Relevant experience of client and end user engagement.
- Scaffold inspection training.
- Qualified first aider.
How we'll reward you
In return, we offer an attractive, competitive salary and a wide selection of lifestyle offers, development and learning programmes, services and support designed to help you manage and balance your work/life priorities.
Our Core Benefits potentially available to this role include:
· Generous holiday allowance increasing in each of your first 5 years’ service
· Ability to purchase additional holidays
· Discretionary Bonus Scheme
· Health Cash Plan – discounts for optical, dental, physio and other health and wellbeing services
· Occupational Sick Pay
· Paid Membership fees of a relevant Institution or Professional Body
· Car Allowance & Fuel Card/Company Van & Fuel Card
· Use of our free Company Gym based at Head Office in Belfast
· Discounted Membership for other Gyms
· Ongoing Health and Wellbeing activities that include free annual health checks for all employees
· Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme – contributions are taken before tax
· Company EV Leasing Scheme
· Life Assurance Plan – four times annual salary
· Cycle to Work Scheme – spread the cost and save on a new bike and cycling equipment
· Ongoing Health and Wellbeing activities that include free annual health checks for all employees
Your application
At Lagan Specialist Group, we want everyone to feel welcome. That’s why we want you to know that we'll work with you to make the application process as smooth as possible. So please just let us know if you need any adjustments or support – we'll do whatever we can to help.
To apply for this role, please submit a copy of your CV. We wish you every success in your application.
LAGAN SPECIALIST CONTRACTING GROUP ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITES EMPLOYER - We will not discriminate against anyone on the grounds of Sex, Pregnancy or maternity, Gender reassignment, Marital or Civil Partnership status, Religious or other similar philosophical belief, Political Opinion, Racial group, Sexual orientation, Disability or Age.
Pay: From £45,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
