Site Manager - Sunderland SR5 3XE

Interior Fit Out & Refurbishment Contractor

Warehouses, Hotels & Leisure sectors

Working Site Manager - Joinery background

Salary from £260 - £280 per day DOE

Start Date - 29.06.26

Duration of 6 weeks working on the fit out of a gym in Sunderland

Temporary Position


 
The Company

One of our interior fit out contractors are now looking to recruit an experienced Working Site Manager, preferably with a joinery background who will be based on gym fit out in Sunderland starting on the 29th June 2026. The business covers the warehouse, office, leisure and retail sectors with contracts from £100,000 to £2.5million across the whole of the UK and nationally when required.

The Ideal Candidate

You will be an experienced Working Site Manager preferably with a joinery background and a hands on approach to the managing of subcontractors, sites and be organised with an acute attention to detail.  

Experience of fast track interior fit out or refurbishment projects would be beneficial.

Candidates must be willing to get stuck in when required.

Responsibilities

• Checking and registering materials and plant deliveries for compliance quality and quantity
• Checking and recording attendance and timekeeping of subcontractors and operatives
• Liaising with clients and reporting progress, quality, environmental and health and safety matters
• Attending internal and site meetings maintaining a professional manner
• Calling off materials, ordering sundry items and maintaining running totals records
• Supervising subcontract trades, general labour to ensure the highest quality, health and safety are met, and compliance to their order requirements
• Set up and input to subcontractor meetings be it pre-start or progress meeting
• Carry out formal safety inspections ensuring construction and site safety is of the highest standard
• Maintaining our quality control procedures
• Utilising and maintaining all company systems, procedures, forms and templates and policies
• Motivating yourself and your workforce
• Problem solving
• Assisting with both internal and external audits Assisting the Construction Manager as required 
• Completion of site health and safety, quality and environmental inspections and all the job related paperwork
• Read, understand, convey and build to only approved drawings and specifications
• Coordinate delivery/pick up of materials as required
• Order and manage hired in equipment on a daily basis
• Record keeping for Change Control tracking, assessment and monitoring
• Working to agreed programmes

Requirements

• Extensive experience of the construction industry specifically interior fit out
• Knowledge of construction techniques, specifications and details
• Previous people management experience
• Good communication skills and able to deal with clients, subcontractors and the internal team
• Problem solving skills and accountability for decisions made
• Commercial awareness
• Ability to motivate themselves and others
• Team working skills, with the ability to effectively delegate
• Well organized and thorough, with good timekeeping skills 
• Able to work on own initiative
• Be able to run a safe site ensuring the highest quality (with support from a visiting Line Manager)
• Be Computer literate (excel, word, outlook)
• Be based within the Midlands & South Yorkshire
• Have a good understanding of current Building Regulations, Health, Safety & Environmental legislation.
• Must have your own joinery tools and be willing to work on site as a joiner in addition to being the working site supervisor

Qualifications that are Essential:

• SMSTS 
• CSCS Black or Gold Supervisors card as a minimum
• First aid training
• Full UK Driving licence 

Qualifications that are advantageous:

• Scaffold inspection
• IPAF
• Asbestos awareness
• PASMA
• Fire Marshal

The Working Site Manager Package

£260 - £280 / day DOE.

If you are looking for a step up and new opportunity with an exciting company, please send your updated CV to (url removed) or call (phone number removed) for more information.

We act as an Employment Agency/Business with regards to this vacancy. As an Equal Opportunities employer we welcome applications regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or age. All applicants are considered on the basis of their merits and abilities for the job.