Freelance Site Manager

We are seeking an experienced No.1 Site Manager to provide two weeks’ holiday cover on a live recladding project near Tower Bridge.

The successful candidate will take full day-to-day responsibility for the site, maintaining safe and efficient operations while ensuring the programme, quality standards and project procedures are followed.

Key responsibilities

• Manage all daily site operations as the project’s No.1 Site Manager.
• Coordinate subcontractors, labour, deliveries and access.
• Oversee recladding and associated façade works.
• Conduct site inductions, daily briefings and toolbox talks.
• Maintain health and safety standards, site records and statutory inspections.
• Review RAMS and ensure works are completed in accordance with approved procedures.
• Monitor progress against the programme and address delays or coordination issues.
• Carry out quality inspections and manage defects or non-conforming work.
• Liaise with the client, project team, residents or building management as required.
• Provide clear daily reports and a thorough handover at the end of the cover period.
• Manage any temporary works, lifting operations and scaffold interfaces within the scope of the project.

Essential requirements

• Proven experience working as a No.1 Site Manager on recladding, façade or external-envelope projects.
• Experience managing occupied or live-site environments.
• Strong knowledge of current UK health and safety requirements.
• Valid SMSTS.
• Valid CSCS card.
• First Aid at Work.
• Asbestos Awareness.
• Fire Marshal qualification.
• Excellent subcontractor management, communication and record-keeping skills.
• Ability to take control of an established project with minimal supervision.

Desirable

• Temporary Works Coordinator qualification.
• Experience with high-rise or complex London projects.
• Familiarity with rainscreen cladding, insulation, fire barriers and remediation works.
• Scaffold inspection or lifting-management experience.
• Knowledge of Building Safety Act and façade-remediation requirements.

This position would suit a confident, hands-on Site Manager who can quickly understand an established project and maintain continuity during the permanent manager’s absence.