Site Manager

Location: Birmingham

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Salary: £44,000 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 experienced Site Manager to take responsibility for the successful delivery of planned works projects from inception through to completion. Working across a range of internal and external refurbishment programmes, you will lead site teams and subcontractors, ensuring works are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. The role requires strong leadership, excellent stakeholder management skills, and a proactive approach to health and safety, compliance, and continuous improvement, while maintaining a positive experience for clients and residents throughout the project lifecycle.

Duties:

• Manage site teams, operatives, and subcontractors to ensure works are completed safely, efficiently, and on programme.
• Carry out regular site inspections to monitor progress, quality, and compliance.
• Oversee internal and external planned works, including roofing, windows, doors, insulation, heating, and refurbishment projects.
• Ensure all works comply with building regulations, specifications, and contractual requirements.
• Manage health and safety on site, including risk assessments, method statements, scaffolding, and working-at-height activities.
• Monitor project performance against budgets, timescales, and KPI targets.
• Maintain accurate site records, progress reports, compliance documentation, and change controls.
• Liaise with clients, residents, consultants, and internal stakeholders to provide updates and minimise disruption.
• Ensure subcontractor compliance with CDM regulations, company policies, and quality standards.
• Lead, support, and develop site-based teams while promoting continuous improvement and best practice.
• Attend client meetings, progress reviews, and operational planning meetings as required

Role Criteria:

• SMSTS qualification.
• Asbestos Awareness certification.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Proven experience managing planned maintenance, refurbishment, or investment works programmes.
• Experience managing subcontractors, direct labour, and site-based teams.
• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety legislation, CDM regulations, and site compliance requirements.
• Experience carrying out site inspections, quality checks, and progress monitoring.
• Good understanding of refurbishment works including roofing, windows, doors, insulation, heating, and external works.
• Ability to manage multiple projects while meeting deadlines, budgets, and KPI targets.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience liaising with residents and clients.
• 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.