Construction Manager

Kier Construction; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Construction is seeking a Construction Manager for the HMP Glasgow project, a £50M+ steel frame building. This full-time role involves overseeing project delivery, ensuring safety, quality, and budget compliance while mentoring the site team. Join a diverse, inclusive team committed to excellence in construction.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of delivering high value buildings in a main contractor environment.
• Hold 5-day SMSTS, CSCS Card, First Aid Cert and Full UK Driving Licence.
• IT literate including knowledge of Word, Excel, ASTA Power Project or Microsoft Project.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high value, technically complex building achieving safety, quality, and budget targets.
• Mentor and guide site team, ensuring compliance with Kier's SHE policies.
• Report to operations manager, addressing challenges collaboratively.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Compliance

Communication

Education

Relevant Construction Qualification (degree/HND/SVQ)

Tools

ASTA Power Project

Microsoft Project

Word

Excel

Job description

We have an excellent opportunity for a Construction Manager to join our team delivering our HMP Glasgow project.

HMP Glasgow is a flagship project for Kier Strategic Projects in Scotland, The construction manager will be responsible for the delivery of the front of house building, a £50M + steel frame building that serves as the entrance to the campus

Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Hours: Full Time, Monday to Friday

What will you be responsible for?

• To deliver a high value, technically complex building achieving safety, programme, quality and budget targets.
• To drive assigned project achieving completion in line with Kier standards and project targets empowering and guiding site team to perform.
• To take overall responsibility for application of Kier's SHE policies and procedures ensuring that all employees and subcontractors on site comply.
• To act as mentor, line manager and escalations point for site team, share knowledge and experience to help develop others.
• To report to operations manager, giving regular updates on progress and addressing any emerging challenges through collaboration.
• Promote Kier's values towards our supply chain and customers in order to exceed expectations and support them in achieving excellence.
• Ensure that works comply with the Business Management System.
• Ensure that effective records are maintained and kept
  
  

What are we looking for?

This role of Construction Manager is great for you if:

• You have demonstrable experience of delivering high value buildings within a main contractor environment
• You hold relevant Construction Qualification (degree/ HND/ SVQ)
• You are IT literate including Word, Excel, ASTA Power Project or Microsoft Project.
• Hold 5-day SMSTS, CSCS Card, First Aid Cert and Full UK Driving Licence.
  
  

Rewards And Benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier