Site Manager, English Heritage Lots 15 & 16

Location: Head Office and Site Based covering Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Oxfordshire, with regular travel to various sites across the counties

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Salary & Benefits: Competitive salary and benefits, commensurate with experience

We are seeking an experienced Site Manager to join our established team overseeing planned maintenance and responsive and works and projects on English Heritage sites across Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Oxfordshire. This is a hands-on, client-facing role where communication, organisation, and pride in workmanship are just as important as technical knowledge.

You will be head office based with regular travel to English Heritage sites. Working closely with our Contracts Managers and English Heritage representatives, design teams, Subcontractors, and our own skilled craftspeople, you will play a key role in ensuring cyclical work and projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the exceptionally high standards for which Moulding is known.

Your role

As the English Heritage Site Manager for Lots 15 & 16 within our team, you will oversee multiple projects and support maintenance works from initial site setup through to successful completion. You will ensure all works are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards, with exceptional attention to detail.

This role will involve managing maintenance works and projects across approximately 60 historic sites in Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Oxfordshire. Working closely with our English Heritage Lots 15 & 16 Contracts Managers and our experienced trades team, you will coordinate day-to-day site operations, monitor health and safety compliance, maintain project programmes, uphold quality standards, and ensure the client receives a professional and positive experience throughout every stage of the project.

The role is hands-on when required, and you will occasionally assist with trade tasks to support the wider team and project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Health & Safety Awareness: To ensure we manage our sites safely and protect our team’s health, including managing and ensuring CDM 2015 and Risk Assessment & Method Statement (RAMS) compliance. Knowledge of all relevant Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) legislation with regards to statutory compliance. Establishment of a site safety culture, ensuring the use of Protective Personal Equipment (PPE) and safety equipment and conducting site inspections. Lead site inductions, toolbox talks and briefings. Ensuring all documentation related to SHE is completed regularly, kept up to date and filed securely
Project Scheduling & Planning: To organise and manage site activities with regard to the sequencing of activities and the use of labour, plant, equipment and tools in line with project information and the construction programme. Monitor progress to ensure milestones are met
Site Management: To manage day to day operations on site, controlling site logistics such as labour, plant and materials and supervising accredited Subcontractors. Work with Head of Resource & Operations to ensure appropriate skills are available at the right time. Consult with Subcontractors to gather their specialist input into the programme. Manage and maintain the site to a high standard and to ensure that all team members, including Subcontractors, conduct themselves appropriately at all times.
Quality Control: To manage the quality of workmanship of the team onsite to maintain the very highest of standards; including regular site inspections of work to ensure it meets technical specifications, building regulations and quality standards
Commercial Awareness: To manage labour, plant, equipment, tools and ordering of materials to ensure all project tasks are completed efficiently and cost-effectively, meeting all compliance standards and demonstrating value to our clients
Communication & Reporting: To maintain excellent levels of clear communication with Contracts Manager, clients, their representatives and design teams throughout the project. Contribute proactively in meetings to report on progress, address risks and resolve any on-site challenges to ensure milestones and quality standards are met
Site Setup & Security: To set up site, including welfare facilities, fencing and safety signage. Maintain site security and conduct site inductions

What you bring – Qualifications & Experience

Previous Site Management experience with comprehensive knowledge of traditional methods and materials of construction, preferably in traditional and high-end construction and restoration
Site Managers Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) certificate
Current and valid CSCS Card
Basic contractual knowledge

Core Skills

Strong organisational and time management skills
Self-motivated, with proactive outlook and ability to use initiative
Excellent interpersonal skills, and ability to successfully build strong relationships and communicate with confidence with people at all levels
Excellent communication skills
Strong team leadership and motivation skills
Able to work well under pressure and to meet deadlines
Flexible thinker, effective problem solver and decision maker
Commercial awareness to minimise cost and maximise value
Commitment to delivering a high-quality service
Full driving licence (endorsements to be disclosed) is essential as to travel to sites is required

Why join us?

We don’t just build homes – we combine traditional building skills, passed down through generations, with modern day techniques and materials to fulfil the lifestyle aspirations of the owners. That’s why we make great buildings that stand the test of time for generations to come. If you are passionate about quality, heritage, and excellence in construction, this is your opportunity to contribute to some of the most distinguished residential projects in the country.

Company Overview

Established in 1798, R. Moulding & Co. (Salisbury) Limited (Moulding) is an employee-owned company specialising in high-end residential building projects. Based in South Newton near Salisbury in Wiltshire, Moulding has an unrivalled reputation in the south of England for delivering a high-quality, premium service for new build, restoration and maintenance of residential properties and heritage sites. Our projects range from Country House projects and period properties, to bespoke new houses for private clients, restorations, maintenance and landscaping works. We employ over 100 crafts people, have our own joinery workshop, and are one of the few specialist companies with the scale, skills and experience to deliver such a range of work at the very highest standards. As a testament to this, Moulding is also responsible for the restoration and maintenance of all the main English Heritage properties throughout the South of England. We are proud to be listed in the Country Life Top 100 annually as one of the top building firms in the country.

How to apply

For an informal chat about this exciting opportunity please get in touch with Jo, our Head of HR, on 01722 742228.

We are actively interviewing for this role, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please send a covering letter and CV detailing your site management experience and examples of projects to: [email protected].

This role requires having a Right to Work in the UK, we regret that Moulding is unable to provide UK Visa Sponsorship.

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

We prefer to hire directly and do not accept unsolicited speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept any fees associated with them.