DAVID WILSON HOMES SITE MANAGER IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE RECOGNISED AS BEST IN THE COUNTRY

A Senior Site Manager at David Wilson Homes’ Northstowe development in Cambridgeshire has won a top national award for the quality of the homes he is building.

Michele Raucci (27) has won his third Pride in the Job Quality Award from the National House Building Council (NHBC). These prestigious awards are known as the “Oscars of the housebuilding industry”.

In total, Barratt Developments’ Site Managers have won 98 Pride in the Job Quality Awards, which is more than any other housebuilder. This is the 18th year in a row that site managers from Barratt Developments have won more of these awards than any other builder, underlining the long-term commitment Barratt and David Wilson Homes has to building high quality properties.

Michele, from Peterborough, joined David Wilson Homes in 2015 as a Trainee Assistant Site Manager and has since climbed the ranks to Senior Site Manager.

Michele said: “I am delighted to have won my third Pride in the Job Award. It was great to find out, especially because of some of the challenges we have faced this year.

“One of my favourite parts of the job is seeing the team around me develop. This award wouldn’t have been possible without them, and I would like to say a huge thank you to my team including Ashley, Chrissie, John, David, and Harry.”

The Pride in the Job Awards showcase the best site managers in the country who can demonstrate exceptional standards in building new communities, delivering the highest quality homes for their customers. Each Site Manager is judged on a range of key criteria including health and safety, their technical knowledge, customer service and attention to detail.

Every Site Manager who is registered with the NHBC is automatically entered into the awards, with just 450 winners being selected from over 11,000 entrants.

The awards also help to build quality standards across both developments and teams, with winning Site Managers invariably having an Assistant Site Manager working with them. They in turn learn the high standards that are needed to win, increasing quality throughout the industry.

Daniel Evans, Managing Director at David Wilson Homes Cambridgeshire, said: “We want to make our customers happy by building high quality homes for them. These awards recognise only the best new homes and well-run developments and we are very proud of our record having won more of these awards than any other housebuilder for 18 years in a row.

“Every customer who buys a home built by a Site Manager who has won a Pride in the Job Quality award can have confidence that their home is of the highest possible quality.”

These awards closely follow Barratt Developments being awarded five stars by its customers for satisfaction in the annual Home Builders Federation (HBF) new homes survey. To be rated five star means that more than 90% of its customers would recommend one of its homes to a friend, with the developer being the only major national housebuilder to be rated five star for 13 years in a row.