Site Manager (Painting)

Location: Gateshead office - Working in and around North East and Yorkshire - Typically working Monday to Friday 39 hours per week

As Site Managers for Novus, you'll get to see the impact and improvements your role delivers to your customers and team every day - taking your job satisfaction to whole new levels. This varied and challenging role offers you the opportunity to work with and manage a skilled professional trade team, in a secure environment with long-term contracts and the opportunity to grow and learn.

Along with utilising your Site Management skills in Painting within various sectors such as; Social Housing, Health, Education and Commercial you'll also be looking for ways to add real value to the communities and customers you work with. Supported by your peers, team, and management to solve problems and trusted to make decisions to grow and develop relationships and revenue.

The role will be diverse covering pricing through to delivery and handover for multiple sectors. Driving the smooth running of multiple designated sites, ensuring all site personnel carry out their tasks efficiently and effectively to enable the contract to be completed on time, with zero defects, within budget and with no risk to the Health & Safety of their operational team, the Client or the general public., Manage site teams, work activities and resources to meet the requirements of individual contracts.

Manage the selection and formation of site personnel teams (including Sub Contractors)

Collate all preconstruction information (packs, asbestos surveys etc).

Ensure all necessary contract documentation / reports are accurate and produced on time in conjunction with the Contracts Manager.

Identify site hazards and ensure risk assessments and control methods are implemented via the Construction Phase Plan

Ensure all sites work comply with Legal and Statutory requirements, including Health, Safety and Welfare

Assist in the preparation process for estimates, bids and tenders in partnership with the Contracts Manager.

Create, manage and report on projects with multiple, live site locations through the use of a master programme.

The successful Site Manager will have strong experience in internal and external paining works, within various sectors such as Social Housing, Hospitals, Universities and a live environment, managing the delivery through to completion/handover. Managing a few sites at any given time. Commercial awareness ensuring costs are meeting budget requirements. You will need to hold a Full UK driving licence to travel to Sites daily. You must hold SMSTS or associated NVQ, as well as being confident with IT and proficient in MS Office.

Novus Property Solutions is a dynamic, award-winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 19 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a social and environmentally responsible family-owned business with a rich 129-year heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients. Our vision is to be the leader in building and maintenance solutions, delivered with compassion and care for the communities in which we operate

At Novus Property Solutions we value people, and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand for many reasons that people very rarely meet all the criteria laid out in the job advert, so, we encourage you to apply for the role even if you do not meet all the criteria or hold all the qualifications. You may be just who we are looking for to join our award-winning Property Maintenance company in this, or another role.

Attractive salary & benefits to suit you

27 Days Hols & BH - option to buy or sell holidays

Company pension scheme - up to 7.5%

Car Allowance or Fleet Van/Fuel Card

We also offer a; Discounted Healthcare Scheme, High street & lifestyle discounts including Taste card, a day paid volunteering per year, length of service awards, and more….