Site Manager

The Vacancy

WPS Planned Division

📍 Leamington Spa

About the Project

WPS Planned Division is delivering a significant programme of works for one of our existing social housing partners focused on retrofit, energy efficiency, and decarbonisation.

The project includes insulation upgrades, new roofs, windows, and doors, alongside innovative digital and renewable technologies such as smart thermostats, heat pumps, and solar panels. These works are designed to improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, and lower energy costs for residents, aligned with SHDF and similar funding frameworks.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Site Manager to oversee planned works across the Leamington Spa area. You will take full responsibility for day-to-day site operations, leading teams to deliver works safely, on programme, and to the highest quality standards, while maintaining excellent client and resident relationships.

Key Responsibilities

As Site Manager, you will:

• Programme Management: Plan, coordinate, and monitor short-term programmes of work to ensure timely and efficient delivery
• Team Leadership: Manage direct labour and subcontractors, ensuring performance targets, quality standards, and specifications are met
• Health & Safety: Ensure full compliance with H&S legislation, company procedures, and site documentation requirements
• Site Standards: Maintain high standards of attendance, conduct, housekeeping, and PPE compliance
• Resource Management: Ensure all operatives and subcontractors are correctly qualified, inducted, and equipped
• Quality Control: Monitor workmanship, manage defects, and respond to client variations
• Client & Stakeholder Engagement: Attend inspections and meetings, providing clear and regular progress updates
• Reporting: Produce accurate reports covering health & safety, programming, and labour attendance
• Commercial Awareness: Work closely with the commercial team to support cost control and overall project success

Who You’ll Work With

• Directly employed workforce
• Subcontractors and suppliers
• Internal operational and commercial teams
• Clients, residents, and key stakeholders

About You

You will be a proactive and organised Site Manager with proven experience delivering SHDF-funded or similar retrofit, energy efficiency, or decarbonisation projects, ideally within social housing or occupied environments. You’ll be a confident leader with strong communication skills and a commitment to safety, quality, and customer satisfaction.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.