Self-Employed Site Manager

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Lead a £4M fit-out project while managing subcontractors and ensuring top-quality standards and compliance with Health & Safety on site.

Location: Milton Keynes
Rate: Day rate £300 (includes travel)

Start: Early March / Duration: 20 weeks
Project Value: £4M CAT B Office Fit‑Out

About the Opportunity

We’re supporting a leading workspace delivery specialist on a high‑quality commercial office CAT B project in Milton Keynes. They’re looking for an experienced Site Manager (Subbie / Contractor) to take full ownership on site and drive the project through to flawless delivery.

This is a No.1 on‑site role, ideal for someone who thrives on being actively present, managing the day‑to‑day operations, maintaining control of trades, and ensuring exceptional standards from start to finish. Strong IT skills and excellent Health & Safety management are absolutely essential.

Perform well here and there is the potential for ongoing contract work across future projects.

 

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Acting as the lead on site for a premium £4M commercial fit‑out.
  • Driving daily site activity, hands‑on, visible, proactively managing subcontractors.
  • Overseeing all Health & Safety, ensuring full compliance and best practice.
  • Managing site documentation, reporting and workflow using digital tools.
  • Ensuring work is delivered to the highest standards of quality and finish.
  • Liaising with project teams, suppliers, and trades to keep the programme on track.
  • Representing the contractor professionally and confidently on site.

Requirements

  •  Proven experience as a No.1 Site Manager on commercial office CAT A/B projects.
  • Strong IT capability for reporting, documentation and daily site systems.
  • Exceptional H&S knowledge and a proactive approach to safe site management.
  • A leader who is present on site, not desk‑based.
  • Someone reliable, organised and confident managing subcontractors.
  • Strong communicator with a solutions‑focused mindset.

Universal Business Team (“UBT”) is a global enterprise spanning 19 countries across the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, Central America and Australasia. UBT, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, is a diversified business consultancy that supports clients with business-advisory and group-buying services with the objective to help businesses develop a competitive edge. UBT was launched in 2009 in response to the Global Financial Crisis to support client organisations that were either in distress or looking to improve their competitiveness and financial performance. Currently, UBT turns over $500M (AUD) and has aspirations for significant growth over the next three to five years. A recent decision was made to bring four separate global regions together under the one global brand and leadership team. UBT’s business advisory services comprise corporate training, consulting, recruitment, accounting, and group buying services. UBT facilitates leadership and business excellence for our client’s in their respective industries. Through the group buying function, UBT nurtures mutually-beneficial relationships between member businesses and world-leading providers of business goods and services. The outcome to which we strive is a “win-win” for small-to-medium enterprises and big business alike. UBT provides services and products to approximately 3,000 independent, family-owned businesses globally with combined annual revenues exceeding $12B (AUD). The majority are small to medium sized enterprises with typical annual revenue ranges between $5m-$20m. However, there are also some larger businesses with annual revenues in the range of $100m-$250m. The unifying feature of all UBT’s clients is that the owners are parishioners of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC). UBT (which is owned by the PBCC) supports clients by providing products, services and support designed to increase their profitability and growth. The after-tax profits generated by UBT are reinvested into community initiatives, predominantly through schools (established to educate the children of Brethren families) and charities, such as the Rapid Relief Team (“RRT”) and the Red Cross. UBT Recruitment are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We will apply a rigorous, objective selection process using non-discriminatory criteria, as far as possible on behalf of all the businesses we recruit for.To view our policy in full please contact [email protected]

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