Oldham site manager celebrates scooping top industry award

A Redrow site manager from Oldham is celebrating after winning a top industry accolade.

Jake Green, who is 28, has been awarded a NHBC Pride in the Job Quality Award for the North West.

The National House Building Council (NHBC) celebrates the very best UK site managers and their commitment to raising standards in house building.

With only 444 winners selected out of over 8,000 entrants across the UK, Jake is among the country’s best house builders, and among just 42 winners in the North West, along with his colleagues Cait Grady, Ben Goostrey, and Peter Campbell-Wright.

Judging for the awards is rigorous, with the current competition beginning in July last year.

Each site manager is assessed across six key areas: consistency, attention to detail, leadership, interpretation of drawings and specifications, technical expertise and health and safety.

Thousands of site inspections and meticulous scoring and verifications have taken place to decide the winning site managers.

This is the second year in a row that Jake, a father of two, has received this award.

Jake has worked for Redrow for the past six years, after starting its graduate scheme in 2017.

It was obvious from the start that the father-of-two was heading for success when he was taken off what should have been a two-year training programme and fast tracked to a promotion after just 11 months.

He was given the role of assistant site manager at 23 and his own site to run at Mulberry Park in Macclesfield.

From there he went to Cranberry Gardens in Congleton before being made site manager at Tabley Park in Knutsford, where he’s worked for the past three years.

“I am delighted to win this award for the second time. It is testament to my team’s hard work, dedication and consistency that we have won it two years in a row,” said Jake.

“The culture of the team is excellent. Everyone is working to the same standards from the company’s senior managers to the site management team, site operatives and tradespersons.”

Jason Newton, managing director for Redrow NW, said: “This award is given to the best site managers in the UK and I’m very proud to say that four of those work for Redrow here in the North West.

“Jake’s hard work, dedication and determination to achieve the highest quality standards has been deservedly recognised; I wish him all the very best for the next round.”

Commenting on the awards, Steve Wood, CEO at NHBC, said: “It is important we recognise the vital role site managers play in ensuring new homes are delivered on time, on safe sites and to exacting construction quality standards.

“This accolade recognises the best site managers across the UK and celebrates how much all the winners have inspired their teams by going the extra mile to deliver homes of the highest quality.”

The Quality Award winners will now go on to compete for Seal of Excellence and Regional Awards in the autumn, with the national Supreme Award winners unveiled in January 2024.

To find out where Redrow is building in the region visit: www.redrow.co.uk/northwest, or to find out more about a career at Redrow visit: www.redrowplc.co.uk/careers

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