Assistant Site Manager

Assistant Site Manager

Location: London - Kensington Kensal Road

Contract: Full Time, Permanent, 42.5 hours per week Monday – Friday

Salary: up to £38,850 per annum, plus a company van

Mears is delighted to be delivering the merge contract in partnership with Octavia and Abri, supporting the integration of housing services and investment in residents' homes and communities. This programme focuses on delivering high-quality planned improvement works, enhancing resident experience and ensuring homes remain safe, sustainable and fit for the future. Through collaboration, innovation and a customer-first approach, Mears is committed to delivering exceptional outcomes for residents across the contract.

About the Role:

As an Assistant Site Manager, you will support the successful delivery of refurbishment and planned maintenance projects, ensuring works are completed safely, on time and to the highest standards. Working alongside the Site Manager and wider operational team, you will help drive quality, customer satisfaction and commercial performance whilst maintaining excellent relationships with residents, clients and subcontractors.

• Assist on management of the day-to-day operational delivery of planned work contracts and all associated staff and ensuring contractual KPI’s are achieved and maintained

• Checking the quality of work in line with building regulations.

• Overseeing internal and external works to include cyclical works , K&B upgrades , new windows, doors and scaffolding to blocks of flats and working at height

• Support the management and monitoring of work programme progression and completion via ongoing site visits and WIP/Post inspections to ensure works are adequately resourced, being effectively delivered to set quality standards and completed on time and within budget.

• Ensure regular communication with line manager on site progress, advising of issues which may impact / change the contract programme and record as per company standard operating procedure

• Assist in the  management of sub-contractors, ensuring compliance and adherence to H&S regulations, Mears standard operating procedures & values, quality assurance accreditations, CDM and the company’s commitment to best practice with legislation, codes of  good working practices relevant to all work activities.

• Be fundamental in the collection and collation of evidence gathering to ensure we are compliant with H&S and Quality.

Role Criteria:

• SSSTS

• Driving License

• Managing, monitoring, recording and reporting of Health & Safety and compliance

• Good technical knowledge of internal or external refurbishment works

• Interpersonal and communication skills

• People management with ability to lead & mentor others

• Strong customer focus

• Problem solving & results orientated

• Planning, programming and organisational skills

• IT literate with good written & communication skills

It would be advantageous to have experience of working on social housing and Resident liaison experience btu this is not essential.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!

• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.

• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% off weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more

• Family friendly policies

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.

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