Assistant site manager pay in Birmingham April 2026

Construction managers have the job of running and organising construction projects.

These types of projects can be:

• Building homes
• Building offices, corporate buildings, shops and venues
• Building factories, plants and industrial sites
• Building roads or transport lines

Other names for construction managers are:

• Site managers
• Team leaders
• Contracts managers

This type of job might involve:

• Checking plans
• Organising budgets and costs
• Planning how long a project will take
• Hiring construction workers
• Buying construction materials
• Running a construction site day-to-day
• Assessing construction site risks
• Making sure everyone working on a site works safely
• Checking the progress and quality of a build
• Giving clients updates and reports

You may have to work late into the evenings and over weekends.

Some construction sites will be high up and you’ll have to work in all types of weather.

If you want to apply for a construction manager job, you might need the following:

• A university degree or a relevant apprenticeship
• A Construction Skills Certification Scheme (SCSC) card
• Previous experience working on construction sites
• The right to work in the UK