Asset Construction Manager - Scotland & Northern Ireland

ASDA; Ouzlewell Green; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary company bonus

Pension up to 7% matched

Company car allowance £5,700

Colleague discount 15%

Wellbeing services (Stream, GP,Counsel

25/7 wellbeing support

Allies Inclusion Networks

Parental leave policies

Job summary

ASDA is seeking an Asset Construction Manager to lead retail asset projects across Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North of England. Based from ASDA House with field duties, you will oversee scope, programme, cost and safety.

The role requires coordinating with external design teams, driving cost controls, and ensuring CDM compliance while maintaining ASDA standards. A hybrid working pattern applies with minimum 3 days in home offices and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering varied retail asset projects and store enhancements.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of CDM regulations and health & safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Deliver retail asset projects, car parks and store enhancements within Scotland, NI and North of England.
• Lead external design team through design and site meetings to ensure scope meets cost, programme and quality.
• Develop programme and chase milestones to minimise disruption to operations.
• Manage project costs and adhere to financial controls.
• Ensure CDM duties and compliance with ASDA Ways of Working and permits.
• Coordinate with City FM to align across work areas with ASDA model specification.
• Highlight innovative construction initiatives to improve lifecycle costing.
• Engage stakeholders to present projects for scheme approval to SLT.

Skills

Retail asset project delivery

Leadership

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Cost control

Safety and CDM compliance

Job description

Job Title

Asset Construction Manager - Scotland & Northern Ireland

Location

Asda House (Fieldbased)

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits

Category

Construction Project Delivery - SF

Closing Date

29 October 2026

Client-side construction project manager is accountable for scope, programme, cost and quality of construction projects whilst maintaining high Safety, Health & Environment standards within a designated region. Supporting with the overall planning, organising, leading. Coordination and managing resource from inception to completion?

Responsible for Scotland, Northern Ireland and North of England.

• Responsible for delivering a varied range of retail asset projects, Car Parks and Store Enhancement projects, by taking a leading role in the implementation, change and cost control of the projects within the region.
• Lead an external Design Team through a series of design meetings and site meetings to ensure the scope is being delivered to cost programme and quality within store enhancements and standalone asset projects inline with the ASDA Model Specification & give feedback on possible improvements
• Develop programme & chasing to minimise disruption and impact to operations as well as the Identification, mitigation, monitoring and control of risks within the project scope
• Manage project costs and the adhere to all financial processes and controls
• Deliver and ensure client duties are under CDM, as well as management of CDM regulations and compliance with ASDA Ways of Working to ensure all legal construction regulations and permits are met
• Work as partners with City FM to ensure alignment across all work areas and that the work is in line with the Asda model specification
• Highlighting and developing new innovative construction initiatives to improve lifecycle costing and EDLC
• Engaging key stakeholders to ensure all business opportunities/initiatives are landed & present projects for scheme approval to the Senior Leadership team

Ideal candidates will need to be based in Scotland and willing to travel.

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• Company Car allowance of £5,700
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks - helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves