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Your new company
A successful main contractor specialising in new build residential schemes now seeks an experienced site manager to oversee an upcoming scheme in East London on a permanent basis. Working across Greater London & the South East, they are extremely well established, particularly in the social housing sector. Typically taking on projects of between 20-100 units, they go through an extremely busy period and need to expand their management team. The role is permanent with the initial scheme being a 25 unit plus commercial apartment scheme in East London, due on site January.

Your new role
As site manager, you will be project lead and number 1 on site reporting to a visiting contracts manager once a month. You will oversee the scheme from site-site-up through to client handover, working closely with an office-based qs, your site team, the client and sub-contactors. You will be comfortable with short-term programming, subcontract management, quality control, health and safety enforcement and generally managing a tight, busy site. You will be expected to keep accurate site records, be comfortable with the day to project administration and be able to report monthly on the site progress to the directors.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a standalone site manager comfortable running your own scheme and all that entails, you will have worked as a site manager previously building similar schemes and have evidence of some stability with previous employers. You will hold valid 1st Aid, cscs and smsts qualifications and be looking for a long-term career move on a permanent basis. Due to site location, ideally you will live within 1 hr commute.

What you'll get in return
A competitive salary plus the opportunity to run a well procured scheme with a good client from day 1 on site.
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