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Property Development Site Manager Employment Contract UK

Name: Property Development Site Manager Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: real_estate_site_manager_development_quality_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Set accountable day-to-day development-site control around coordinated trades, verified quality and orderly plot handover.

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This contract includes Coordinate trades logistics and daily priorities. Manage inductions access and site records. Inspect work and track quality defects. Preview before payment PDF and editable DOCX files after checkoutBuilt for UK employers

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
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Job description

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Probation period

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Role-specific duties

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Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

Holiday terms explained for the selected arrangement.

Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

Notice terms explained for both parties.

Before you create it

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When to use this contract

Coordinate coordinated daily site delivery, deliver evidenced plot quality, and maintain safe controlled access and handover.

Workplace context: Office, client premises, remote systems or assigned work locations.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering development phase role and reporting. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering trades logistics access and programme. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering quality inspections design and records. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering sales visits completion and customer handover. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering company policies.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The manager cannot accept statutory duties not appointed, approve design changes without authority, bypass safety controls, conceal defects or certify specialist work beyond competence. May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

What to prepare before you issue it

the site plots phases and delivery model
the formal appointments and authority
the hours logistics and contractor controls
the inspection defect and document systems
the technical safety and client escalation routes

Day-to-day operating brief

What Site Manager (Development) work looks like in practice

A Site Manager on a property development coordinates daily construction activity, trade sequencing, logistics, access, inspections and plot readiness. Contract terms should identify the project and any formal appointment, working hours, inductions, site records, contractor coordination, materials, quality checks, temporary works interfaces, utilities, neighbourhood concerns, sales visits and customer handover. The manager must understand the distinction between operational supervision and duties allocated to other competent designers, contractors and statutory role holders. Plot-based developments require the site manager to coordinate roads, drainage, utility connections and shared temporary works alongside individual homes or units. The contract should identify responsibility for delivery booking, crane and scaffold interfaces, weather protection, material storage and inspection hold points. Sales deadlines cannot justify covering defects or allowing customers into uncontrolled areas. A useful handover record distinguishes complete work, agreed minor snags, unavailable documents and matters awaiting designer or utility action, preventing informal promises from becoming untracked obligations.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Coordinate trades logistics and daily priorities.
Manage inductions access and site records.
Inspect work and track quality defects.
Escalate design safety and programme issues.
Prepare plots and information for handover.

A realistic working scenario

Sales request a customer visit through an active work zone, so the manager agrees a controlled route and timing or refuses access until safe.

Outputs to agree

coordinated daily site delivery
evidenced plot quality
safe controlled access and handover

Records and evidence

Attendance induction and access.
Daily activity logistics and constraint.
Inspection defect and close-out.
Design query incident and plot handover.
Work records.
Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Senior Manager, Director or Business Owner. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

The manager cannot accept statutory duties not appointed, approve design changes without authority, bypass safety controls, conceal defects or certify specialist work beyond competence.
May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Supervision

Allocate and review assigned work within delegated authority and escalate formal people matters through the Employer's procedures.

Tools and systems

HR systems.

Workplace context

Office, client premises, remote systems or assigned work locations.

Training and certification

Employer-confirmed evidence of training required for Site Manager (Development) duties where applicable to the role.

Contract priorities

development phase role and reporting
trades logistics access and programme
quality inspections design and records
sales visits completion and customer handover

Information the employer should prepare

the site plots phases and delivery model
the formal appointments and authority
the hours logistics and contractor controls
the inspection defect and document systems
the technical safety and client escalation routes

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Maintained role evidence

The facts this Site Manager (Development) contract is built around

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Work setting

Office, client premises, remote systems or assigned work locations.

Primary duties

Coordinate trades logistics and daily priorities.
Manage inductions access and site records.
Inspect work and track quality defects.
Escalate design safety and programme issues.

Tools and training to confirm

HR systems.
Employer-confirmed evidence of training required for Site Manager (Development) duties where applicable to the role.

Governance focus

Employer procedures and role controls. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering development phase role and reporting. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering trades logistics access and programme. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering quality inspections design and records.

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Role wording

Site Manager (Development) duties

Coordinate coordinated daily site delivery, deliver evidenced plot quality, and maintain safe controlled access and handover.

Coordinate trades logistics and daily priorities. Manage inductions access and site records. Inspect work and track quality defects. Escalate design safety and programme issues. Prepare plots and information for handover.

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What is added to the finished contract

The manager cannot accept statutory duties not appointed, approve design changes without authority, bypass safety controls, conceal defects or certify specialist work beyond competence.

May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering development phase role and reporting.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering trades logistics access and programme.

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