Register your interest: Site Lead

While we’re not currently recruiting for this role, if you’d like to register your interest for future vacancies, please email andrew.thomas@touchwoodplay.com

About Us

At TouchWood, we design, build and install unique, natural playgrounds that inspire, challenge and connect children with nature. Since 2002, we’ve created hundreds of play experiences for parks, schools, visitor attractions, trusts, charities and commissions both in the UK and across the world.

TouchWood creates amazing environments where children of all ages can run wild. From zip wires to dens, towers to slides, and epic swings to mud kitchens, our installations appeal to everyone, including parents, carers and community members. Best of all, we strive to make everything as local, sustainable and natural as possible.

The Role

As a Site Lead, you will be a strong leader who’s capable of managing a small team of operatives daily through a hands-on approach. You’ll be an integral part of our manufacturing and installation teams and your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Planning and organising site tasks and jobs on a daily basis.
• Leading the installation of the play equipment with a hands-on approach showcasing your skills and techniques.
• Day to day supervision and running of projects, ensuring the programme is adhered to and tasks conducted efficiently.
• Liaise with design, manufacturing, and installations departments to set out and complete the site installations in accordance with the CDM guidelines.
• Be the main site contact between site teams, management, suppliers and clients.
• Manage the site installations safely, efficiently and to set deadlines.
• The ability to interpret architects’ drawings and set the sites.
• Manage the safety and welfare of your site installation team.
• Communicate with management to complete and sign off the site in accordance with PSI, H&S and play safety requirements.
• Manage and delegate roles and tasks on site.
• Ensure site vehicles, plant and equipment are maintained and working correctly.
• Order plant, equipment and materials when required.
• Take overall responsibility for your site teams H&S documentation: PUWER, LOLER, HAVS, vehicle and plant inspections including Toolbox talks on a weekly basis.
• Be responsible for all on site expenditure and working to budget.
• Ensure materials are adequately resourced in suitable time.
• Confident in face-to-face communication with clients, suppliers and contractors.
• Be willing to work away for extended periods of time.

About you

The role of a Site Lead is varied and would suit someone who is hands-on and has experience working in an outdoor environment, in all weather conditions and has good knowledge of landscaping, fencing and groundworks. Experience of woodwork/carpentry is desirable, however a full UK driving license is essential.

As this is a working position you will be physically fit, enjoy manual work and have a well-rounded skill set in using various tools and machinery. As the main link between site teams, management, and clients you will ensure your sites are run efficiently, managed to programme and adhere to H&S and CDM regulations and guidelines. You will be able to demonstrate strong organizational skills, have excellent attention to detail and have good communicational skills to achieve an efficient and cohesive working environment.

TouchWood Play is a Bristol-based company but you will be required to work on sites throughout the UK and on occasions overseas for blocks of 1-4 weeks at a time. A willingness to stay away Monday to Friday is essential. While away, you will be accommodated in high-quality Airbnbs, with your own personal space.

We are offering competitive rates of pay, travel and staying away allowance, continuous training and development, transport to sites, company uniform and immediate starts available for the right candidates.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a market leader who will ensure the right candidates will thrive within their new role and receive continued development and excellent progression opportunities within the company.

Benefits

• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme