Recruiting now for Asbestos Removal –

Site Manager

1. Role details

• Job title: Site Manager
• Reporting to: Contracts Manager
• Direct reports: Supervisors, Chargehands, Senior Operatives, Operatives, New Starters (as allocated)
• Role type: Site-based

2. Role purpose

To provide overall leadership and operational control on larger or complex sites, ensuring safe, compliant and efficient delivery in line with company policies, controlled procedures, and project documentation.

3. Key accountabilities (what the role is accountable for)

• Overall site leadership, coordination and control from set-up through to completion.
• Ensuring site activities are delivered in accordance with company requirements and the project documentation (including RAMS/Plan of Work and site instructions).
• Effective supervision, direction and support of Supervisors and Chargehands.
• Maintaining standards of documentation, evidence capture and audit readiness.
• Professional client interface and effective escalation/communication to Contracts Manager/Managing Director.

4. Key responsibilities (what the role is expected to do)

• Direct and support Supervisors, Chargehands and site teams, ensuring clarity of instruction and standards.
• Act as the escalation point for site issues, ensuring they are reported, controlled and resolved through the appropriate management route.
• Liaise with the Contracts Manager regarding progress, resources, constraints, and performance.
• Ensure site inductions, briefings and toolbox talks are completed and recorded.
• Oversee site documentation and evidence capture (including digital systems), ensuring records are complete and submitted as required.
• Monitor site standards (safety, quality, housekeeping and conduct) and take timely corrective action.
• Support competence development of Supervisors/Chargehands through coaching, observation and feedback.

5. Competence & appraisal evidence (for audit and progression)

The Site Manager must demonstrate and maintain competence through documented evidence, including (as applicable): – Inductions/briefings/toolbox talks delivered and recorded – Site inspections/audits and close-out actions – Quality of site records and completion packs – Incident/near miss reporting quality and learning actions – Client feedback and issue management – Demonstrated leadership behaviours and supervision effectiveness

6. Performance indicators (KPIs)

• Site compliance performance (including non-conformances, close-out timeliness)
• Quality and completeness of site documentation and audit outcomes
• Team competence development and training completion (as allocated)
• Client satisfaction and communication effectiveness
• Delivery performance against agreed programme requirements (subject to external dependencies)

7. Skills, knowledge and behaviours

Essential

• Proven experience in site management/senior supervision in a regulated environment
• Strong understanding of controlled documentation and compliance-led delivery
• Leadership, mentoring and problem-solving capability
• Organised, clear communicator; able to manage site priorities and escalation

Behaviours

• Sets standards; leads by example
• Stops work and escalates where conditions are unsafe or unclear
• Professional, calm and decisive under pressure

8. Governance requirements

• Must comply with all company policies and controlled procedures, and ensure site teams do the same.
• Must only authorise and direct work within the limits of competence, training and agreed project controls.
• Must maintain confidentiality and appropriate information handling.

9. Interfaces

• Contracts Manager, Managing Director
• Client/client representative and principal contractor teams (as applicable)
• Subcontractors and third parties on site (as applicable)