Construction Assurance Manager

National Highways; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Annual leave 26+ days

Life assurance

Career development opportunities

Job summary

National Highways is seeking a Construction Assurance Manager to support the North West region. You will ensure schemes meet time, cost, quality, and safety targets, coordinating with project teams and supply chain across Warrington, Preston, Penrith or Manchester offices.

The role requires strong engineering background, knowledge of highways standards and on-site safety practices, with cross-functional collaboration and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent engineering experience in highways/structures.
• Knowledge of CDM, HSE, DMRB, MCHW and Chapter 8.
• IOSH or SMSTS qualification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assure completion of planned works to agreed standards and escalate concerns.
• Ensure works are constructed in line with CDM, HSE, DMRB and MCHW.
• Provide regular feedback on scheme progress, risks and early warnings.
• Coordinate delivery programme with key supply chain partners and carry out buildability reviews.
• Maintain liaison with Project Managers and Procurement on Early Warnings and Compensation Events.

Skills

Degree in engineering

Highways/roads experience

Site health & safety knowledge

Stakeholder management

NEC4 ECC familiarity

Education

Engineering degree (civil preferred)

Tools

NEC 4 ECC form

Job description

Job Description

About the job.

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Construction Assurance Manger to join our team in North West region. The Construction Assurance Manager will play a key role in the delivery of National Highways Capital Investment Schemes by representing the companies interests on civil engineering construction and maintenance sites. Reporting directly to the Construction Manager, you will actively ensure construction schemes are delivered in line with time, cost, quality and safety standards, and customer experience is not adversely impacted. This well-established team pride itself on its culture and this role will give you a varied, challenging workday, every day.

This role is based from our Warrington, Preston, Penrith or Manchester office.

You will also be required to drive as part of your role and you will need to have no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.

• Assuring the completion of planned works to agreed standards and elevate any concerns to the Construction Manager, in line with agreed governance requirements.
• Ensuring that all works are constructed in line with: CDM regulations, HSE Legislation, Chapter 8 requirements, Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and Manual of Contract Documents for Highways Works (MCHW).
• Ensuring Project Managers receive regular and timely feedback on scheme construction progress, risks, early warnings, design related issues, and act as the initial point of escalation for any on-site issues that need to be resolved.
• Acting as liaison between all key supply chain partners and co-ordinate the delivery programme, ensuring buildability reviews are carried out on all projects.
• Maintaining good liaison with Project Managers and Commercial & Procurement colleagues, providing relevant and timely information on Early Warnings and Compensation Events

About you.

• Educated to degree level in relevant engineering discipline (desirable; civil engineering degree preferred) OR proven highways/structures maintenance/construction experience. Experience of working on high-speed Trunk Road/Motorway Networks is desirable
• Knowledge of site-based processes, relevant legislation, practices and policies for health & safety, environmental and quality management, including good understanding of the DMRB, MCHW, Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual and CDM Regulations.
• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) or Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) preferred.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including stakeholder management, with a strong customer focus and managing geographically dispersed teams.
• Experienced in using the NEC 4 ECC form of contract.

About us.

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership. Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads. We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys. External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

About Us

Why you should join us

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We're proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.

Our benefits package

• Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
• Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working
• Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
• Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
• A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
• Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience

And we are

• Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
• Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
• Community friendly - offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year

And finally

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