Aviation Construction Leader - Strategy & Delivery

Wallace Hind Selection; Bicester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car

25 days Annual Holiday

Company Pension (3%)

Private Healthcare

Death in Service

Critical Illness Cover

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection is seeking a Senior Construction Leader for a high-profile role in a growing specialist airport infrastructure business. Based at our Northamptonshire HQ with UK-wide travel, you will shape the construction function and set standards to support continued growth.

You will lead multiple UK projects, drive delivery excellence, and develop teams while maintaining safety, quality and profitability across complex interfaces with design, engineering and commercial teams.

Qualifications

• Experience as Senior Construction Manager or similar in airport/infrastructure environments.
• Strong leadership and delivery management across multiple projects.
• Thorough knowledge of CDM and health & safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior leadership across multiple concurrent UK construction projects.
• Develop and implement construction standards, governance and delivery strategy.
• Lead and develop Project Managers, Site Managers and delivery teams.
• Drive programme, safety, quality, productivity and commercial performance.
• Oversee design coordination, buildability and construction readiness through RIBA Stages 0-7.
• Integrate off-site manufacture and modular construction where appropriate.
• Manage interfaces across design, engineering, procurement, manufacturing and construction.
• Ensure safe and effective delivery in live airport/operational environments.
• Build strong relationships with clients, airport operators, contractors and stakeholders.
• Provide construction expertise across pre-construction, tenders, business development and growth.

Skills

Leadership

Construction planning

RIBA Plan of Work 0-7

CDM Health & Safety

Stakeholder management

Job description

Wallace Hind Selection is seeking a Senior Construction Leader for a high-profile role in a growing specialist airport infrastructure business. Based at our Northamptonshire HQ with UK-wide travel, you will shape the construction function and set standards to support continued growth.

You will lead multiple UK projects, drive delivery excellence, and develop teams while maintaining safety, quality and profitability across complex interfaces with design, engineering and commercial teams.