Construction Assurance Manager

National Highways; Wrenthorpe; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Pension up to 10%

Hybrid working

Life assurance

Wellbeing support

Job summary

National Highways has an excellent opportunity for a Construction Assurance Manager to join our team in the Yorkshire North East region. The role supports delivery of Capital Investment Schemes by ensuring projects meet time, cost, quality and safety standards while maintaining customer experience.

Based at Wakefield, Darlington or Leeds, you will drive as part of your role and engage with project managers and supply chain partners, with strong emphasis on governance, buildability reviews and

Qualifications

• Degree in a 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
• IOSH or 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.

Responsibilities

• Assuring the completion of planned works to agreed standards and elevating concerns to the Construction Manager in line with governance requirements.
• Ensuring works are constructed in line with CDM regulations, HSE legislation, Chapter 8, DMRB and MCHW.
• Providing regular feedback to Project Managers on scheme progress, risks, early warnings, and design issues.
• Acting as liaison between key supply chain partners and coordinating the delivery programme; carrying out buildability reviews on all projects.
• Maintaining liaison with Project Managers and Commercial & Procurement colleagues, providing timely information on Early Warnings and Compensation Events.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Team coordination

Driving

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

NEC4 ECC contract experience

Job description

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Construction Assurance Manger to join our team in Yorkshire North East 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 Wakefield, Darlington or Leeds 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 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
  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.
  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.

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. So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you'll be a great fit for our organisation.

We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we're open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times. Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.

• 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
• 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

If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:

• Right to work check
• 3 year employment history references
• DBS criminal record check
• Social media and adverse journalism check
• Driving licence check (if applicable)
• Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
• Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable)