Senior Site Manager

About the Company

T Vaughan Ltd is a specialist Enabling, Groundworks, Civil Engineering and RC Frame company based in Brentwood, Essex. We employ a select group of individuals with the professional knowledge and practical skills to provide a high-quality service, tailored to our clients' needs. Current projects range in value from 500k to £10 million. As a company we operate within a fast-paced environment across a diverse range of projects primarily in London and the South East but with projects stretching across the whole of England. We are currently experiencing a period of sustained growth and require an experienced Senior Site Manager to join our project team in Chester.

About the Role

T Vaughan Ltd.'s nominated Site Manager will have the main responsibilities but not limited to:

• Scheduling, coordinating, and supervising the work of all TVL operatives, ensuring that all work is delivered safely on time and within budget along with managing equipment and materials required.
• Overseeing the temporary works management of the project in the capacity of Temporary Works Supervisor.
• Overseeing all aspects of work, ensuring that construction programme is being followed.
• Ensuring that RAMS are up to date and on-site H&S documentation is in place and effectively communicated to the workforce.
• Directing the site teams on the correct set up of site.
• Attending and delivering daily briefings, safe starts and toolbox talks.
• Overseeing Statutory Checks.
• Overseeing specific elements of work in a hands-on working foreman capacity, driving the project.
• Coordinate delivery / pickup of materials with HQ.
• Identifying plant, tools, and equipment that may be required.
• Ensure procurement and reconciliation of materials is carried out in accordance with company procedures to best value and to prevent delays.
• Ensure site teams' compliance with company commercial policies and procedures.
• Attend progress meetings on the project as required.
• Ensure correct commercial engagement of any contracted suppliers and sub-contractors.
• Ensure that suitable and sufficient information is regularly communicated to the Project Manager in a timely manner.
• Ensure weekly review of progress and forward planning are carried out, and lookahead programmes are in place.
• Make notification to the Principal Contractor of the intention to use sub-contractors in any part of the planned works.

Health, Safety and Environmental

• By example, set the highest possible standards of leadership and promotion of HS&E procedures and best practice, ensuring compliance with company procedures and legal obligations.
• Ensuring site staff are aware of the site rules, carry out introductions and inductions, retaining a copy of same for H&S records.
• Allocate HS&E responsibilities and duties for site personnel, check understanding and provide training, as necessary.
• Assist in the investigation of notifiable accidents or dangerous occurrences and recommend means of preventing re-occurrence.
• Ensure that adequate resources are allocated to cover sound working methods and reasonable welfare facilities.
• Reprimand any member of site supervisory staff or sub-contractors for failing to discharge safety responsibilities satisfactorily.
• Ensure that any design calculations for temporary works are independently checked (where required) and appoint a temporary works designer.
• Set a personal example when visiting sites by wearing appropriate protective clothing and equipment.
• Maintain and manage construction site, including any appointed sub-contractors, ensuring all company procedures and obligations are followed.
• Oversee and ensure that HSE related documents are kept up to date, toolbox talks, briefings, statutory checks, and the like are promptly and correctly completed.
• Undertake senior management site inspections and report back to SHEQ Manager as necessary.
• Have a wide knowledge of the requirements of The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM2015) and other relevant legislation.
• Assist the SHEQ Manager with regular audits, understanding the actions required and closing out the actions in a timely manner using the Go Audits platform and app.
• Utilising Field View software to record, retain and collate H&S Records.
• Log in, utilise and implement the use of Chime timekeeping software for timesheets for the site timesheets including adding and updating the database for new starters.

Quality

• Ensuring that ITPs/O&M manuals, etc. are followed.
• Ensure that the QA File is maintained as required.
• Establish, set the tone for and promote best practice.
• Issue required QA, ITPs, O&M manuals in a timely manner.
• Responsible for the direction of engineering on the project including production of as built records.
• Utilising Field View software to record, retain and collate QA Records.

Client Relations

• Build and maintain relationships with both the client and external customers.
• Any other acts and tasks as may be reasonably requested by the senior leadership team.