Site Manager – Abingdon, Oxon

£70,000 – £75,000 + package | Permanent

Award Winning Quality Developer with impressive pipeline of work

Start Nov /Dec 2026 ( or later if on notice period) 

We’re working with a well-established residential developer on a major new development in Abingdon, and they’re looking to appoint an experienced Site Manager to kick of this new community development of high quality houses.

The development will deliver a significant new community, including up to 350 new homes, alongside associated infrastructure, landscaping, open space and community facilities.

This is a great opportunity for a Site Manager who enjoys being hands-on and wants to be involved in a sizeable residential development from the early stages through to completion.

The Role

Reporting into the Construction Manager, you’ll take responsibility for the day-to-day management of the site, ensuring the development is delivered safely, on programme and to the required quality standards.

You’ll be responsible for:

Managing subcontractors and site labour on a day-to-day basis Planning and coordinating construction activities

Maintaining high standards of health & safety across the site

Ensuring work is completed to programme and specification

Managing quality and ensuring defects are kept to a minimum

Coordinating trades and subcontractors

Working closely with the commercial and technical teams

Maintaining accurate site records and reporting progress

Ensuring the site is kept organised, safe and well presented

Supporting the successful handover of completed properties

About You

We’re looking for an experienced Site Manager with a background in residential housebuilding and a good understanding of traditional construction methods.

You’ll ideally have:

Previous experience managing residential housing developments

A strong understanding of construction programmes and sequencing

Experience managing subcontractors and trades

Excellent health & safety awareness

Good quality control and attention to detail

Strong communication and organisational skills

SMSTS

CSCS

First Aid

Most importantly, we’re looking for someone who takes pride in what they deliver, can manage a busy site effectively and works well as part of a wider team.

For more information, or a confidential conversation about the role, please contact Russell Gale at Avocet Recruitment.

Site Manager – Brize Norton, Oxfordshire

£70,000 – £75,000 + package | Permanent

Award Winning Quality Developer with impressive pipeline of work

Start Nov /Dec 2026 ( or later if on notice period) 

We’re working with a well-established residential developer on a major new development in Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, and they’re looking to appoint an experienced Site Manager to kick of this new community development of high quality houses.

The development will deliver a significant new community, including up to 350 new homes, alongside associated infrastructure, landscaping, open space and community facilities.

This is a great opportunity for a Site Manager who enjoys being hands-on and wants to be involved in a sizeable residential development from the early stages through to completion.

The Role

Reporting into the Construction Manager, you’ll take responsibility for the day-to-day management of the site, ensuring the development is delivered safely, on programme and to the required quality standards.

You’ll be responsible for:

Managing subcontractors and site labour on a day-to-day basis Planning and coordinating construction activities

Maintaining high standards of health & safety across the site

Ensuring work is completed to programme and specification

Managing quality and ensuring defects are kept to a minimum

Coordinating trades and subcontractors

Working closely with the commercial and technical teams

Maintaining accurate site records and reporting progress

Ensuring the site is kept organised, safe and well presented

Supporting the successful handover of completed properties

About You

We’re looking for an experienced Site Manager with a background in residential housebuilding and a good understanding of traditional construction methods.

You’ll ideally have:

Previous experience managing residential housing developments

A strong understanding of construction programmes and sequencing

Experience managing subcontractors and trades

Excellent health & safety awareness

Good quality control and attention to detail

Strong communication and organisational skills

SMSTS

CSCS

First Aid

Most importantly, we’re looking for someone who takes pride in what they deliver, can manage a busy site effectively and works well as part of a wider team.

The Opportunity

With up to 350 homes planned, this is a substantial development with plenty of longevity and the opportunity to play a key role in delivering a new community in Oxfordshire.

For more information, or a confidential conversation about the role, please contact Russell Gale at Avocet Recruitment.

Housing Site Manager

Location:  Rushden
Salary: £80K + package
Type: Permanent

Join a highly regarded developer at an exciting stage of growth

We are working with a highly respected, privately owned housebuilder that is entering a significant period of expansion. With an excellent reputation for quality, customer satisfaction and delivering well-designed developments, the business is looking to strengthen its site delivery team with an experienced Housing Site Manager.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Site Manager who has a strong background in volume housebuilding and is used to managing busy, fast-paced developments from groundworks through to completion.

The Role

As Site Manager, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day management of the development, ensuring homes are delivered safely, efficiently, on programme and to the highest possible standards.

You will coordinate subcontractors and trades, manage build programmes, maintain health and safety standards and work closely with the wider technical and commercial teams to ensure successful delivery.

About You

We are looking for an experienced Site Manager with:

• Proven experience managing volume housing schemes with PLC housebuilders

• A strong understanding of the residential construction process

• Experience managing subcontractors and multiple trades

• A solid track record of delivering developments safely, on programme and to quality standards

• Excellent organisational and communication skills

• A proactive approach and the ability to lead from the front

• Relevant site management qualifications, ideally including SMSTS, CSCS and First Aid

Most importantly, you will take pride in the quality of your work and be looking to join a business where you can play a key role in its continued growth.

The Opportunity

Joining at a time of significant expansion, you will have the opportunity to become part of a successful privately owned developer with an ambitious pipeline and a strong reputation within the industry.

The company offers a competitive salary and benefits package, together with genuine long-term career opportunities as the business continues to grow.

If you are an experienced Housing Site Manager looking for your next opportunity with a developer that values quality, people and delivery, we would be keen to hear from you.

Assistant Site Manager – Exeter Region (Based in Yeovil, BA21)

Help build something perfect. Start the career you're proud of.

Leading 5* housing developer - prior experience with a developer is a requirement due to the quality of work performed.

What you'll be doing:

• Supporting (and deputising for) the Site Manager, supervising employed and subcontract labour
• Coordinating subcontractors and deliveries to keep the build on programme and on quality
• Scheduling work to hit production targets without cutting corners
• Getting involved in pre-completion inspections with purchasers
• Being a reliable link between the build, sales, and customer care teams

What you'll bring:

• Experience on a new build residential construction site
• SMSTS and First Aid certified
• Solid grasp of site Health & Safety
• Confidence reading and interpreting designs and drawings
• Sharp attention to detail and a genuine desire to succeed

What's in it for you:

• Company car, phone and laptop
• Scottish Widows pension
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays

Ready to build your career with us? Apply today.

Site Manager – Exeter Region (Based in Yeovil, BA21)

Build something perfect. Lead a team that makes it happen.

Site Manager- top quality developer, excellent culture and strong pipeline of regional work.

What you'll be doing:

• Owning the build programme — planning, progress, and problem-solving
• Setting the standard for quality, safety and compliance on site
• Leading and coordinating subcontractors and labour
• Being the first point of contact for customers, inspectors and your team
• Delivering pre-completion inspections that leave nothing to chance

What you'll bring:

• Proven Site Manager experience on new build residential sites, start to finish
• SMSTS and First Aid certified
• A full driving licence
• Sharp people skills, sharper attention to detail
• The drive to lead a site — and a team — to its best result

What's in it for you:

• Company car, phone and laptop ( EV or allowance available)
• Bupa healthcare
• Pension
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays

Contracts Manager- Residential South/East Midlands

• CIS Day Rate or PAYE
• Award winning developer
• High quality Developments under construction

We are seeking the appointment of a residential Contracts Manager for September 2026 or earlier.

The role will see you managing 3 existing development and reporting to a Construction Manager. Sites are in Staffordshire, Northampton and Bedfordshire. 

You will need a vehicle though mileage will be expensed as site visits will be expected with a day or two to work from home/ the regional office.

This award winning developer with a large footprint in the area is looking for an interim appointment for now to help support the site teams due to an upturn in production and new sites coming on board for them. 

The role is being offered with an immediate start and is well supported. 

Assistant Site Manager

• Residential - Ongoing Contract
• High Quality Build - award winning developer
• CIS/PAYE Day Rate on offer 

Avocet Recruitment is working alongside a well established housing developer who require an Assistant Site Manager on their development in Lichfield, Staffordshire.

The Role 

The role of Assistant Site Manager, reports to the Site Manager and Construction Manager and assists with the responsibility for managing all aspects of a construction development site, ensuring the provision of safe, efficient and cost effective works at all times while maintaining the highest quality of work and customer service are delivered within the given timescales.

Principal accountabilities of the role include:

• Support the Site Manager with the day to day running of the development and provide clear direction to those working on the construction site regarding their responsibilities and targets.
• Assist with management and implementation of health and safety procedures, working closely with the Health and Safety Managers and ensure that that all aspects of health and safety are followed and adhered too.
• Motivate, support and manage directly employed site staff, providing toolbox talks, training, coaching, and support as required to improve performance.
• Ensure site presentation is maintained at the correct standard at all times.
• Support the Site Manager to deliver all aspects of production requirements in strict accordance with relevant technical and planning documentation provided and any subsequent instructions that may be necessary from time to time.
• Fully conform to building regulations and warranty providers’ requirements (NHBC, LABC Services).
• Assist the Site Manager with producing accurate production/progress returns and ensure that they are updated and sent to the Construction Manager and/or Construction Director as requested.
• Ensure that adequate site records are maintained including but not limited to Site Managers reports, labour requirements, plant, materials, site inductions and health and safety records.
• Thoroughly inspect and ensure any remedial work is completed in advance of each NHBC key stage inspection Experience, Qualifications and Skills Experience
• Experience of working as an Assistant Site Manager with a high volume residential house builder.
• Experience of effectively managing teams 
• Up to date knowledge of health and safety and building legislation. 

Qualifications and Training
• Valid CSCS card (or equivalent).
• Valid SSSTS or SMSTS certificate 
• Valid First Aid certificate
• Good administration skills
• Works effectively to deadlines and competently works on multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to work on own as well as part of a team
• Proficient IT skills along with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Committed to diversity and inclusion The Role and Working Conditions
• Willing to be flexible in respect to day to day duties and hours worked.
• Ability to travel to development sites, including the divisional office.

In return we can offer you:

• Competitive Day Rate (CIS or PAYE) 

Assistant Site Manager

• Residential - Ongoing Contract
• High Quality Build - award winning developer
• CIS/PAYE Day Rate on offer 

Avocet Recruitment is working alongside a well established housing developer who require an Assistant Site Manager on their development in Pershore, Worcestershire

The Role 

The role of Assistant Site Manager, reports to the Site Manager and Construction Manager and assists with the responsibility for managing all aspects of a construction development site, ensuring the provision of safe, efficient and cost effective works at all times while maintaining the highest quality of work and customer service are delivered within the given timescales.

Principal accountabilities of the role include:

• Support the Site Manager with the day to day running of the development and provide clear direction to those working on the construction site regarding their responsibilities and targets.
• Assist with management and implementation of health and safety procedures, working closely with the Health and Safety Managers and ensure that that all aspects of health and safety are followed and adhered too.
• Motivate, support and manage directly employed site staff, providing toolbox talks, training, coaching, and support as required to improve performance.
• Ensure site presentation is maintained at the correct standard at all times.
• Support the Site Manager to deliver all aspects of production requirements in strict accordance with relevant technical and planning documentation provided and any subsequent instructions that may be necessary from time to time.
• Fully conform to building regulations and warranty providers’ requirements (NHBC, LABC Services).
• Assist the Site Manager with producing accurate production/progress returns and ensure that they are updated and sent to the Construction Manager and/or Construction Director as requested.
• Ensure that adequate site records are maintained including but not limited to Site Managers reports, labour requirements, plant, materials, site inductions and health and safety records.
• Thoroughly inspect and ensure any remedial work is completed in advance of each NHBC key stage inspection Experience, Qualifications and Skills Experience
• Experience of working as an Assistant Site Manager with a high volume residential house builder.
• Experience of effectively managing teams 
• Up to date knowledge of health and safety and building legislation. 

Qualifications and Training
• Valid CSCS card (or equivalent).
• Valid SSSTS or SMSTS certificate 
• Valid First Aid certificate
• Good administration skills
• Works effectively to deadlines and competently works on multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to work on own as well as part of a team
• Proficient IT skills along with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Committed to diversity and inclusion The Role and Working Conditions
• Willing to be flexible in respect to day to day duties and hours worked.
• Ability to travel to development sites, including the divisional office.

In return we can offer you:

• Competitive Day Rate (CIS or PAYE) 

Freelance Quantity Surveyor (outside IR35 - day rate)

Are you a seasoned hands-on Quantity Surveyor who enjoys managing multiple projects and being involved in quality projects?

This privately owned contractor has built a great reputation building and refurbishing high-end one-off housing projects.

They also undertake alteration works with most projects in the £250K to £3m in value.

We are looking for a self-driven Quantity Surveyor who can lead these projects whilst enjoying support from a commercial manager and company administrator.

You will manage your own diary and be able to work from home, though, also be expected and expensed to visit projects in London and Bristol on occasion.

With support from a great team environment of construction managers and supervisors you will drive fair commercial outcomes from the projects taking schemes over from hand-over to final account.

To be successful in the position you will be confident in managing 3 projects at differing stages and be a strong communicator and flexible to project changes. 

The culture is one of openess and fairness and the staff turnover levels are very low, the company can consider permanent applications given the strength of the order book but day rate is offered to attract those considering a long-term consultancy appointment. 

For more information please call today.

• Location: Wimborne Road, Poole (near the railway station).
• Project Goal: Conversion of vacant office space into 362 residential flats.
• Structure: Comprises three interlinked hexagon-shaped towers.
• Current Status: Approval granted, with focus on preserving the building’s façade and incorporating eco-friendly, energy-efficient designs.
• Significance: The move is part of the regeneration of Poole town centre, bringing new life to the former landmark