Assistant Site Manager – Barnstaple

Assistant Site Manager
Barnstaple (with travel across the South West)

About us

With a rich history dating back to 1923, Cavanna Homes is the South West’s largest independent house builder. We are family-owned and construct beautiful new homes that customers love.
Our aim is to become the most admired regional house builder in the South West. We strive to achieve this through our product design, innovation and build quality whilst maintaining the trust and respect of our customers and the local communities around our developments. We aim to be a company whose employees, shareholders, customers, business partners and the community can be proud to be associated with.

At Cavanna Homes, everyone lives by ‘The Cavanna Way’. This is our set of values that defines who we are as a team and how we behave – ‘Customer Focused’, ‘Integrity’, ‘Socially Engaged’, ‘Reputable’, ‘Successful’ and ‘Safe’. If you believe these values match your own, then we’d love to hear from you.

About the role

We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Site Manager to join our team in Barnstaple.

You will be responsible for managing your allocated construction project efficiently whilst maintaining high standards in quality of work, controlling costs and ensuring that the company’s health & safety policies and company requirements are met at all times.

You will be responsible for all a small team of Cavanna Homes employees working on your site, along with all subcontract personnel operating on projects allocated to you.

Key Responsibilities

Delivering the construction phase of the project within the time, cost and work-in-progress limits defined in the pre-start pack
Ensuring that company quality standards are adhered to at all times
Delivering excellent customer service to internal and external customers
Leadership of all subcontractors and Cavanna Homes colleagues allocated to the project under your control
Liaise effectively with the sales department and customers to ensure the highest level of expectation can be achieved which will include satisfactory communication and completion of inspections and documentation.
Ensure build quality and programme dates are achieved for the sections of build responsible to the role for each individual project and in line with the construction department’s policy and procedures
Supporting the progression and development of Cavanna Homes colleagues
Adhering to all company and statutory health and safety procedures and practices
Working with project teams to ensure that customer expectations are met

Who we are looking for

We are looking for Assistant Site Managers who will be as passionate about quality as we are. You will have excellent knowledge of modern construction methods and current health and safety legislation combined with strong organisational, communication and leadership skills.

What you’ll get in return

Salary – competitive
Discretionary annual bonus
Electric or hybrid company car, or car allowance
Private Healthcare for yourself and family
Life Assurance X3
6% employer pension contributions
Medicash health cashback scheme
33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays), additional holidays awarded for length of service
Free access to Maji – a complete financial wellbeing and money management platform
Option to purchase an extra week of holiday
Cycle to Work Scheme up to the value of £3,500
Discount on purchase of a Cavanna Home
Regular company funded social events

We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.

Please note Cavanna Homes prides itself on recruiting directly, CVs received through agencies will not be considered.

So, if you want to join our team, please apply via the link: https://bit.ly/3CP3O3B