Job Description

Site Manager - FRA & Social Housing

Temporary Contract Opportunity

Location: Portsmouth, England
Rate: 20.00 - 30.00 per hour (Dependent on experience)
Contract Type: Temporary
Sector: Social Housing / Planned Refurbishment & FRA

We are seeking a highly competent, safety-conscious Site Manager to oversee critical Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) and planned refurbishment programs across an occupied social housing portfolio in Portsmouth.

In this temporary role, you will lead daily site activities, coordinate sub-contractors, and guarantee absolute adherence to strict compliance and safety standards. Acting as a principal point of contact on-site, you will manage operational handovers efficiently while maintaining close, professional communication with residents to minimize disruption.

Key Responsibilities

• Site Oversight: Manage daily operational delivery of FRA (Fire Risk Assessment) works and planned internal/external refurbishments within occupied communal spaces and housing units.
• Subcontractor Coordination: Drive subcontractor performance, ensuring works strictly conform to project specifications, tight timelines, and quality benchmarks.
• Health & Safety Compliance: Enforce rigorous health, safety, and environmental standards on-site, executing regular checks and maintaining all necessary safety paperwork.
• Resident Liaison: Foster clear and empathetic communications with social housing residents, ensuring they are fully informed of works and that tenant disruption is kept to an absolute minimum.
• Quality Handovers: Conduct inspections, manage defect rectifications, and deliver flawless handovers in line with statutory social housing compliance standards.

Requirements & Qualifications

Candidates must demonstrate proven experience managing FRA or planned refurbishment frameworks explicitly within a Social Housing environment, alongside exceptional subcontractor and tenant management skills.

Mandatory Certifications (Non-Negotiable):

• CSCS Black Managers Card
• SMSTS Certificate
• First Aid Certificate
• Asbestos Awareness Certificate

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.