Job Description:

Job Opportunity: Working Foreman – Residential

Location: EN10
Duration: 3 months initially, with strong potential for ongoing work
Rate: £22–£26 per hour, dependent on experience
Contract Type: Freelance

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Working Foreman to join a leading national contractor on a residential development in EN10.

The project involves overseeing the final stages of construction across five newly built townhouses, with a particular focus on multi-trade finishing works, snagging and ensuring the properties are completed to a high standard ready for handover.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on Working Foreman with a strong residential construction background who can confidently coordinate multiple trades while carrying out practical finishing works where required.

The initial contract is for three months, with a genuine prospect of ongoing work thanks to the contractor's fantastic pipeline of future projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate the day-to-day running of site activities, ensuring works are completed safely, efficiently and in line with the construction programme.

• Take a hands-on approach to multi-trade finishing works, assisting with general finishing tasks and supporting subcontractors to maintain progress across all five properties.

• Coordinate and supervise finishing trades, including joiners, decorators, plasterers, tilers, electricians, plumbers and other relevant subcontractors.

• Manage internal finishing works such as second-fix carpentry, architraves, skirting boards, ironmongery, door adjustments, mastic application, minor making good and general snagging.

• Oversee final decoration, touch-ups, plaster repairs and other remedial works to ensure a consistent, high-quality finish throughout each property.

• Monitor the completion of kitchens, bathrooms, sanitaryware, tiling, flooring and other final fixtures and fittings, coordinating trades to avoid clashes and delays.

• Carry out regular quality inspections, identify defects and incomplete works, and ensure snagging items are rectified promptly.

• Organise and prioritise daily tasks across the development, allocating work to trades and ensuring labour is being used effectively.

• Maintain a clear understanding of progress across each townhouse, driving works towards completion and ensuring handover deadlines are achieved.

• Coordinate deliveries, materials and subcontractor attendance to ensure the site remains organised and finishing works progress without unnecessary disruption.

• Liaise closely with the Site Manager and project team, providing regular progress updates and escalating any issues affecting quality, programme or delivery.

• Maintain high standards of health and safety, housekeeping and site organisation throughout the final stages of construction.

• Ensure completed properties are clean, presentable and ready for client inspections and handover.

Requirements

• Previous experience as a Working Foreman or in a similar supervisory role within residential construction.

• Strong experience overseeing multi-trade finishing works on new-build residential developments.

• A practical, hands-on approach with the ability to undertake minor finishing and remedial works where required.

• Good knowledge of construction sequencing, snagging, quality control and residential handover processes.

• Valid CSCS card.

• SMSTS or SSSTS certification.

• Valid First Aid qualification.

• Strong organisational, communication and leadership skills.

• The ability to coordinate multiple trades and drive works towards completion within tight deadlines.

What's on Offer?

• £22–£26 per hour, dependent on experience.

• Initial three-month freelance contract.

• Opportunity to work with a leading national contractor.

• A hands-on role on a five-unit new-build townhouse development.

• Strong potential for ongoing freelance work through the contractor's excellent pipeline of future projects.

Interested?

If you're an experienced Working Foreman with a strong residential finishing background, the relevant qualifications and the ability to drive a development through to completion, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today to find out more about this opportunity.