Site Manager Trainee - Leeds
This is an apprenticeship vacancy we are promoting on behalf of one of our contractors.
United Living are looking for an apprentice to join their Infrastructure Services business, who deliver critical resilient infrastructure that improves daily life by partnering with their clients to achieve sustainable outcomes for their customers and communities. You will join the Water division who are a national provider of infrastructure and non-infrastructure water and wastewater services to UK water utility companies and will assist the Site Management team who manage and control the activities on the construction sites.
Some of your key responsibilities will be:
- Ensuring all operational activity from start to finish adheres to all Company policies, procedures and practices.
- Ensuring that the quality and programme standards expected by the client are delivered as directed by the Site Manager.
- Working collaboratively with external and internal departments to ensure smooth running of the site and tasks are undertaken in line with the programme requirements.
- Reviewing and monitoring progress against programme addressing any shortcomings and issues as they arise in conjunction with the Site or Project Manager.
- Shadowing the Site Manager to learn and understand the site management responsibilities and how they are fulfilled.
- Working closely with the commercial team to understand and be aware of the financial position of the contract and raising any issues or concerns as appropriate.
- In conjunction with the commercial team and Site Manager, ensure that records pertaining to requests for information, verbal instructions, delay and disruption are rigorously maintained to ensure the Company’s liabilities are protected.
- Assisting in the development of a Considerate Constructor’s strategy and ensuring full implementation.
- Developing an understanding and gaining full working knowledge of the relevant contract terms and conditions and the associated obligations.
As part of their apprenticeship programme, you will be enrolled on the Level 4 Construction Site Supervisor Apprenticeship, which will be delivered by their training partner and you will spend one day per week studying towards your qualification. Upon successful completion of your apprenticeship, you will be awarded a Level 4 Construction Site Supervisor Apprenticeship, a Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) in Construction Site Management, and will automatically qualify for TechCIOB-L4 professional accreditation. You will then progress to the Level 6 Construction Site Management Degree Apprenticeship programme.
Qualifications
In order to be successful in this role, they would like you have already achieved, or be predicted to achieve in Summer 2025:
- GCSEs at Grade 9-4/A*-C including English and Mathematics
- A level 3 qualification, e.g. BTEC, A-Levels, T-Level etc.