Construction Assurance Manager

CPR; Wendover; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

CPR seeks a Construction Assurance Manager to oversee ground engineering activities on a major high-speed rail programme. You will review earthworks, bridges and structures, ensuring work aligns with design and safety standards, on-site and within an integrated project team.

You will apply a risk-based approach, supervise NEC3 contract duties, and coordinate with quality, health, environment and stakeholder teams across multiple interfaces.

Qualifications

• Civil engineering background on large-scale projects including earthworks, bridges, structures or ground engineering.
• Experience with NEC3 contracts and Supervisor responsibilities.
• Knowledge of UK construction regulations (CDM) and construction safety management.
• Degree in civil engineering, construction or building science, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Review construction activity across earthworks, bridges, structures and ground engineering to ensure delivery matches design.
• Conduct site safety tours and apply risk-based assurance across contracts.
• Support management of interfaces across contract boundaries and with NEC3 project teams.
• Prioritise and plan workload for significant contract values while coordinating with quality, health and safety teams.

Skills

NEC3 contract principles

Risk-based constructability assurance

Stakeholder management

Read construction programme

Education

Civil engineering degree

Job description

Construction Assurance Manager, High Speed Rail

Our client is recruiting Construction Assurance Managers to work on one of the most ambitious civil engineering programmes in Europe, making sure that complex construction work is being built correctly, safely and in line with what has been engineered and planned. You will be on the ground, reviewing construction activity across earthworks, bridges, structures and ground engineering, checking that what is being delivered matches what was designed, and identifying and resolving issues before they become problems. Your day-to-day purpose is to keep the client's assurance position honest across the contracts you are responsible for.

This is a client-side role within an Integrated Project Team. You will work closely with NEC3 Project Managers and Supervisors, supporting them in administering their contracts and discharging their duties under them. You will carry out site safety tours and apply a risk-based approach to constructability assurance, coordinating with colleagues across quality, health and safety, environment and stakeholder management as the work demands. Where the construction works need to meet Undertakings and Assurances, Environmental Minimum Requirements or Code of Construction Practice obligations, you will be part of making sure they do. Where interfaces cross contract boundaries, you will help manage them.

The scope of work you will be assuring runs to significant contract values, so the ability to prioritise, plan and manage a varied workload across competing demands is essential.

What you need to bring

Your background is in civil engineering on large-scale projects, and that background should include earthworks, bridges, structures or ground engineering at a scale where programme complexity and competing priorities were part of the daily reality. Experience gained on major roads, major drainage or major earthworks schemes is directly relevant. Our client would also welcome candidates who have held general foreman or junior engineer roles on programmes of this kind, where close site involvement has built a strong practical foundation.

Candidates from the rail sector are of interest too, including those with a Contractor's Responsible Engineer background, as the programme will move into rail systems delivery in due course.

A working knowledge of NEC3 contract principles and Supervisor responsibilities is expected. You will also need a solid grounding in UK construction regulations, including CDM and construction safety management, and an understanding of health, safety and environmental site management processes. The ability to identify and manage risk, to read and follow a construction programme, and to build effective working relationships with contractors and internal colleagues are all important. A degree in civil engineering, construction or building science is expected, though equivalent practical experience will be considered.

Useful to have

A background that includes an understanding of how to review construction plans, inspect on site and confirm that what is being installed reflects the engineering intent. Experience of HS2 or a comparable high-speed rail programme. Familiarity with Undertakings and Assurances or equivalent environmental and planning obligation frameworks on major infrastructure.

The role will be based along the trace such as Wendover, Aylesbury, Ricksmanworth, Brackley and Southam.