Construction Assurance Manager

Turner & Townsend; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Construction Assurance Manager to join our team working on major programmes. You will lead client-side assurance, monitor contractor methodologies, and ensure delivery safety and quality across projects.

The role requires extensive construction delivery experience, a relevant engineering degree, and ideally Chartered status. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, report to leadership, and drive continuous improvements in quality and safety.

Qualifications

• Extensive construction experience in managing and assuring delivery on major programmes.
• Degree in Engineering, Construction management or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Chartered status (CEng, MCIOB, MRICS, MICE) or equivalent (desirable).
• Recognised HSE and environment qualifications (desirable).
• Ability to work collaboratively within a large project team, including construction managers, contractors and supply chains to ensure compliance with technical standards, specifications and contractual obligations.
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to service excellence, be committed to delivering to agreed quality standards.
• Experience in construction assurance, and quality management.
• Knowledge of construction methods, risk management and safety requirements.
• Ability to produce assurance reports for the wider team, including senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Implement client-side construction assurance plan.
• Monitor and verify contractors implement approved construction methodologies, QMS and ITPs.
• Provide assurance that construction works are delivered safely to required quality and compliance with design, technical standards, contract requirements and regulatory obligations.
• Monitor construction progress against the accepted programme.
• Construction Management Plan oversight and acceptance.
• Act as client representative on site.
• Produce assurance reports to leadership and regulators.
• Capture lessons learned and drive improvements in construction quality, safety and delivery.
• Manage and support any safety incidents.

Skills

Construction management

Quality assurance

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder communication

Education

Engineering/Construction degree

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Are you passionate about creating smarter, safer, and more efficient design solutions? Are you ready to work on critical national infrastructure with a fantastic team? Then this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for. Due to increased client demand Turner and Townsend are looking for Construction Assurance Manager to join our growing team.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for implementing client-side construction assurance plan
• Monitor and verify that contractors implement approved construction methodologies, QMS and ITPs
• Provide assurance that construction works are delivered safely to required quality and compliance with design, technical standards, contract requirements and regulatory obligations
• Monitor construction progress against the accepted programme
• Construction Management Plan oversight and acceptance
• Act as client representative on site
• Produce assurance reports to leadership and regulators
• Capture lessons learned and drive improvements in construction quality, safety and delivery
• Manage and support any safety incidents

Qualifications

• Extensive construction experience in managing and assuring construction delivery on major programmes.
• Degree in Engineering, Construction management or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Chartered status (CEng, MCIOB, MRICS, MICE) or equivalent (desirable).
• Recognised HSE and environment qualifications (desirable).
• Ability to work collaboratively within a large project team, including construction managers, contractors and supply chains to ensure compliance with technical standards, specifications and contractual obligations.
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to service excellence, be committed to delivering to agreed quality standards.
• Experience in construction assurance, and quality management.
• Knowledge of construction methods, risk management and safety requirements.
• Ability to produce assurance reports for the wider team, including senior stakeholders.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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