Senior Site Manager
3 days ago
Oxford
Senior Site Manager – Major Healthcare Project 📍 Oxford 💷 Circa £350 per day ⏳ Freelance | Approx. 2-year contract | ASAP start £350/day + around 2 years of work on a major healthcare build in Oxford. 🏗️ If you’re a hands-on Senior Site Manager who wants to be out driving the job rather than managing it from behind a desk, this is a strong long-term contract. A current CITB Temporary Works Coordinator qualification is essential. About the role You’ll work alongside the Construction Manager and wider delivery team, taking ownership of day-to-day site operations across multiple subcontract packages. The focus is simple: safe delivery, strong subcontractor control, programme, quality and solving problems before they hit the job. Key responsibilities • Manage daily site activities and multiple subcontract packages, • Drive short-term programmes, sequencing and look-ahead planning, • Coordinate subcontractors, Site Managers, supervisors and labour, • Review RAMS, permits, ITPs and construction information, • Monitor quality against drawings, specifications and programme, • Coordinate closely with M&E, design and specialist trades, • Manage logistics, access, deliveries and trade interfaces, • Identify buildability and sequencing issues early, • Maintain high health, safety and environmental standards, • Act as Temporary Works Coordinator, • Support snagging, commissioning and handover Requirements • Strong Senior Site Manager / experienced Site Manager background on substantial building projects, • Current CITB Temporary Works Coordinator qualification, • SMSTS, CSCS Management card and First Aid, • Strong subcontractor and package-management experience, • Confident reading drawings and managing construction sequencing, • Experience coordinating M&E / building-services interfaces, • Practical, proactive style with the confidence to challenge subcontractors and make decisions on site Desirable background Particularly relevant experience includes: • Hospitals / healthcare, • Laboratories, • Major fit-out, • Modular construction, • Technically complex or heavily serviced buildings, • Fire stopping, partitions, ceilings and builders’ work, • M&E penetrations and interface coordination Best-Fit Candidates / Useful Matching Context Strong matches may currently be working as a Senior Site Manager, Site Manager, Construction Manager or Senior Construction Manager within a main contractor or major construction environment. Relevant backgrounds include healthcare construction, hospitals, laboratories, major commercial buildings, fit-out, life sciences and other technically complex M&E-intensive projects. Recommended LinkedIn posting skills Construction Management | Temporary Works | Site Management | Subcontractor Management