Site Manager

H&J Martin Construction (part of the Lagan Specialist Contracting Group) is now recruiting for a Site Manager.

Job Role: Site Manager
Company: H&J Martin Construction
Job Type: Full-time - Permanent
Reporting to: Contracts Manager
Location: Newry & Belfast

Who We Are

H&J Martin Construction have strong relationships with local NI Developers, including those Development businesses within the wider Lagan Specialist Contracting 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 Site Manager you will use an effective management style to lead the timely, profitable, safe and high-quality projects that we deliver.

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 include the ownership and promotion of site health and safety at all times.
• 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, portraying a professional and positive image at all times.
• Ensure overall client and external body satisfaction with construction process and end product
• Ensure the project is on or ahead of programme at all times, 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.
• Contribute to the progress reports with senior management.
• Good understanding of IT software.
• 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 favorable 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
• To undertake any other reasonable duties as required by this function

What you'll bring

• Extensive experience in the management of Construction projects.
• 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).
• Experience of delivering schemes to Choice Housing Design Guide
• A positive awareness of the Commercial Management of site issues
• Site Management Safety Training Scheme (5-day SMSTS)
• CSR/CSCS Qualification or equivalent
• Relevant experience of client and end user engagement
• Scaffold inspection training
• Temporary works 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. At our Head Office in Belfast we have an on-site Gym and Wellbeing Hub which is available for use to all our employees.

Our Core Benefits for this role include:

• Excellent Annual Leave allowance with the ability to purchase additional days leave each year
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Occupational Sick Pay
• Paid Membership fees of a relevant Institution or Professional Body
• Health Cash Plan & Employee Assistance Program with money off dental, optical, chiropody, physiotherapy to name just a few…
• Ongoing Health and Wellbeing activities that include free annual health checks for all employees
• Private Medical Insurance
• Car Allowance & Fuel Card
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Gym Membership
• Company EV Scheme
• Life Assurance Plan
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Your application

At Lagan Specialist Contracting 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 no later than 12 Noon on Friday 22nd November 2024

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.