Construction Manager

Wates; Kemp Town Estate; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking a Construction Manager to oversee large-scale projects in Brighton. The ideal candidate will provide leadership, manage project outcomes, and ensure safety practices are met. This role offers competitive salary, flexible working, and extensive corporate benefits, including a focus on career development.

Benefits

Competitive salary & bonus

Flexible working

Car Allowance / Company Car

Private Medical

26 days holidays + bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in managing large-scale construction projects.
• Proven ability to lead and develop a team.
• Commitment to health and safety best practices.

Responsibilities

• Supervise project delivery, ensuring quality and cost control.
• Evaluate project outcomes and provide constructive feedback.
• Define and communicate project strategies and outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Cost control

Health, Safety & Environment (HS&E)

Job description

Overview

Wates Residential are looking for a Construction Manager to join our Southern team in Brighton. Reporting to the Project Director you will supervise a large-scale project to deliver new homes to the local area. Wates Residential is a developer contractor; we invest, develop, build and sell quality affordable housing, either contracting or in a form of partnership with Local Authorities, Registered Providers and public bodies, such as Homes England. This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

Role

About the role Our Construction Managers are a valuable part of our business. The focus of this role will be to provide visible leadership, insight, direction and foresight in the safe and profitable delivery of schemes, while also providing excellent customer satisfaction and successfully develop a team. As our Construction Manager you will:

• Define clear project or programme outcomes as part of the Project Business Plan and review progress. Manage programme efficiently, ensuring high quality, and full control of costs/budgets.
• Evaluate project outcomes and provide feedback on the results to the team and wider business.
• Demonstrate absolute commitment and leadership in all aspects of HS&E ensuring best practice is adopted.
• Develop and ensure that a clear strategy is mapped out and communicated to the team on how the project will be delivered on time.

To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please click on the following link. Wates is one of the UK's leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment. We are driven by our purpose, 'reimagining places for people to thrive' and our three promises: Thriving places - working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity; Thriving planet - protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners; Thriving people - creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care. We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Benefits

• Competitive salary & bonus
• Flexible working
• Car Allowance / Company Car
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including Private Medical, Pension 8% employers contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more
• One of the best learning and development programmes customizable to support your career progression goals (around 7,000 training sessions delivered year to date across the WATES Group)
• Industry leading family leave benefits including 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity