Site Manager
Location: Peterborough
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Salary: £43,268.04 per annum + company vehicle
Benefits: 25 days annual leave, staff rewards, volunteering leave, family-friendly policies
Mears Group is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing and care services. We deliver essential maintenance, regeneration, and retrofit services to homes and communities across the country. Our teams work in partnership with local authorities and housing providers to improve energy efficiency, safety, and living standards for residents.
About the Role
We’re looking for a proactive and detail-focused Site Manager to join our team, supporting the delivery of our retrofit programme within the social housing sector. You’ll be managing planned works across housing properties, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, and to a high standard.
This role involves supporting site operations, monitoring progress, coordinating subcontractors, and ensuring compliance with health and safety and building regulations. You’ll work closely with your Site Manager and local teams to deliver excellent service to residents and stakeholders.
Role Responsibilities
- Support the day-to-day operational delivery of planned works contracts
- manage site teams and subcontractors to ensure works are delivered efficiently
- Monitor progress through regular site visits and ensure works meet quality standards
- Oversee internal and external works including insulation, windows, doors, heating, and roofing
- Check workmanship against building regulations and specifications
- Ensure scaffolding and working-at-height activities are safely managed
- Communicate regularly with your line manager regarding site progress and issues
- Record updates and changes in line with company procedures
- Ensure subcontractor compliance with H&S regulations, CDM, and Mears policies
- Liaise with residents to ensure minimal disruption and excellent customer service
- Promote a safe working environment and report any hazards or incidents
- Support continuous improvement and contribute to team development
Role Criteria:
- SSSTS certification (Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme)
- Asbestos Awareness certification
- Experience working at height and understanding of scaffold safety
- Proven ability to manage, monitor, and report on health & safety and compliance
- Knowledge of internal and external refurbishment works
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to lead, mentor, and support site operatives
- Problem-solving mindset and results-oriented approach
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- IT literacy and ability to maintain accurate written records and reports
- Full UK driving licence
Benefits:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
- Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
- Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more
- Family friendly policies
- Car allowance and Uniform
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.
Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.
Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:
Joe Monger ([email protected])If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.
At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.
We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.
In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.
Skills Required
- SSSTS certification
- Asbestos Awareness certification
- Experience working at height and understanding of scaffold safety
- Proven ability to manage, monitor, and report on health and safety and compliance
- Knowledge of internal and external refurbishment works
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to lead, mentor, and support site operatives
- Problem-solving mindset and results-oriented approach
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- IT literacy and ability to maintain accurate written records and reports
- Full UK driving licence
- Entitlement to work in the UK without visa sponsorship
- Must be over 21, have held a driving licence for more than 3 months, and have fewer than 9 points to drive a Mears vehicle
Mears Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mears Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Mears Group.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — 25 days’ holiday with the option to buy additional days, plus paid volunteering time, signal a comparatively generous time-off offering. Flexible working available in many roles further supports practical time-off and balance.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Retail discounts, Cycle to Work, an employee assistance line, volunteering days, and company family events add tangible non-cash value. Access to training and UK‑recognised qualifications reinforces the broader wellbeing and development offering.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — A stated commitment to pay at or above the Real Living Wage and the publication of pay-related reports indicate governance and baseline fairness focus. Independent snapshots also suggest many roles meet living‑wage thresholds.
Mears Group Insights
What We Do
Mears Group is a market-leading housing and care company that provides bespoke services to our clients. We provide and manage 11,000 homes for local and central Government and are also responsible for keeping 750,000 of all social housing in the UK in good repair. Mears has 6,500 employees and a footprint across the country
