Assistant Site Manager

Assistant Site Manager

Sub Division: Building Solutions

Location: Rainham

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time - 40 hours - Monday to Friday

Creating and maintaining great places to live and work delivered by excellent people who care…

Purpose of Role

We are recruiting for a Trainee Site Manager to join an established construction and refurbishment business, offering a structured route into site management and long-term career progression.

Job Description

This is an ideal opportunity for someone with some construction, refurbishment, building maintenance or site experience who is looking to develop into a Site Manager. You will spend your first 18 months–2 years working alongside an experienced Senior Site Manager, learning how construction and refurbishment projects are planned, coordinated and delivered. As you develop, you will gradually take on more responsibility and begin to undertake duties associated with an Assistant Site Manager / Site Manager.

Projects can include:

• Building refurbishment and renovation
• MEP strip-outs
• Building maintenance
• Extensions and alterations
• New build projects
• Basic civils and external works
• Short and long-term refurbishment projects

Responsibilities

You will work across a variety of sectors, including airports, museums, hospitals and schools. The role will give you exposure to the day-to-day running of construction sites, including subcontractor coordination, site standards, health & safety, programme management and project delivery.

Training & Development

You will receive structured training and development throughout the role, which can include:

• SSSTS
• First Aid
• CSCS-related training and qualifications
• IOSH Managing Safely
• Further construction and site management training as you progress

Essential Qualifications/Skills

We are open-minded about your background and welcome candidates who have worked as Labourers, Skilled Labourers, Construction Operatives, Site Operatives, or Refurbishment Operatives, especially those looking to take the next step in their career. We are also highly open to individuals with limited construction experience who can demonstrate the right attitude, a willingness to learn, and a genuine interest in progressing within construction and site management. To excel in this role, you should be practical, organised, reliable, and comfortable working in a site-based environment; please note that you must hold a valid CSCS card before starting the position.

In return for your hard work we offer additional training and development, 26 days holiday (+ bank holidays), generous pension contribution, life assurance and much more.

We are VINCI Facilities – experts in the built environment. VINCI Facilities is a Facilities Management and Building Solutions provider, delivering cost-effective and sustainable bespoke solutions to customers in the public and private sectors. We are committed to working towards a lower carbon society, focusing on sustainable and innovative methods to exceed our partners' goals and add value for all stakeholders – and we were named the top-ranked FM service provider in the Sustainable FM Index for 2020. We put our people first. Always working as a team and collaborating from start to finish. We are the trusted expert in the built environment because we listen to our team and create a workplace that maximises their potential.

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Facilities is about recognising and celebrating each other’s differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

VINCI recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.