Assistant Site Manager

Location: Birmingham

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Salary: £38,850 per annum + company car or allowance

Benefits: 25 days annual leave, staff rewards, volunteering leave, family-friendly policies

Mears Group is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing and care services. We deliver essential maintenance, regeneration, and retrofit services to homes and communities across the country. Our teams work in partnership with local authorities and housing providers to improve energy efficiency, safety, and living standards for residents.

About the Role

This is an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Site Manager to support the successful delivery of planned works programmes, primarily kitchen and bathroom replacements within occupied properties.

Working closely with the Site Manager, you will support the day-to-day coordination of site teams and subcontractors, helping to ensure works are delivered safely, on time and to a high standard.

The role requires strong organisation, communication and site management skills, with a particular focus on health and safety, quality, compliance and ensuring residents receive a positive experience while works are being carried out in their homes.

Duties:

• Support the Site Manager with the day-to-day management of site teams, operatives and subcontractors delivering planned kitchen and bathroom replacement programmes.
• Assist with overseeing all elements of kitchen and bathroom installations, including associated plumbing, electrical, tiling, flooring, plastering, carpentry and finishing works.
• Coordinate works and trades to help ensure properties progress efficiently through each stage of the planned works programme.
• Carry out regular site inspections to monitor progress, workmanship, quality and compliance, escalating any issues where required.
• Support the delivery of works in line with specifications, building regulations, contractual requirements and agreed programmes.
• Help maintain health and safety standards on site, ensuring risk assessments, method statements and safe working practices are followed.
• Monitor progress against timescales, KPIs and quality standards, providing updates to the Site Manager.
• Maintain accurate site records, progress updates and compliance documentation.
• Liaise with residents, subcontractors, clients and internal teams, providing clear updates and helping to minimise disruption to residents.
• Support the monitoring of subcontractor compliance with CDM requirements, company procedures and required quality standards.
• Assist with snagging, quality inspections and completion of works, ensuring properties are handed back to the required standard.
• Support site-based teams and promote high standards of workmanship and continuous improvement.
• Attend client meetings, progress reviews and operational planning meetings where required.

Role Criteria:

• SMSTS or SSSTS qualification.
• Asbestos Awareness certification.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Previous experience working within planned maintenance, refurbishment or investment works programmes, ideally within social housing.
• Experience supporting the coordination of subcontractors, operatives and site-based teams.
• Good knowledge of Health & Safety requirements, CDM regulations and site compliance.
• Experience carrying out site inspections, quality checks, snagging and progress monitoring.
• Good understanding of refurbishment works, including kitchens, bathrooms and associated trades.
• Ability to support the delivery of multiple workstreams while working to agreed deadlines, programmes and KPI targets.
• Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to liaise effectively with residents, clients, subcontractors and internal teams.
• Competent IT skills with experience maintaining site records, reports and project documentation.

Benefits we can offer you

• Company Sick Pay
• Employee can choose between 4% and 6% pension contribution which the company will match with Scottish Widows
• Life Assurance (2x annual salary)
• £4,000 annual car allowance or Company car
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity (14 weeks full pay, 12 weeks half pay and 13 weeks statutory pay), paternity (2 weeks full pay) and adoption leave
• Employee Assistance Programme - free confidential support and counselling available
• Mears Rewards offering discounts and cashback at leading retailers including travel, household items and shopping
• 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 – up to two days per year to support community initiatives
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Share save scheme
• Recognition and long service awards
• Buy up to 5 days holiday each year depending on length of service
• Learning and development opportunities
• Career progression opportunities across Mears Group
• Occupational health support
• Green car scheme with Tusker after successful probation period
• Be part of an inclusive workplace with access to a range of colleague networks and support groups focused on diversity, wellbeing and career development. From Disability, Pride (LGBTQ+) and Ethnic Diversity networks to Women in Leadership, the Women Operative Support Group, Women's Health, Men's Mental Health and Armed Forces communities, these groups provide opportunities for support, connection and professional development across our diverse workforce.

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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At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.

We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.

In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.