Construction Manager

Professional Support; London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Construction Manager to oversee capital improvement projects in the South East, including London. Ideal candidates will have experience in managing construction projects with strong compliance and leadership skills. This role offers a competitive salary, car allowance, an annual bonus, and various benefits, making it an exciting opportunity in a dynamic industry.

Benefits

Healthcare

Company pension scheme

Family friendly support

Discounts and offers

24/7 wellbeing services

Supportive sick pay policy

Qualifications

• Proven track record in managing property works.
• Strong knowledge of safety regulations.
• Experience in negotiating with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead capital improvement projects from inception to completion.
• Oversee cost, schedule, quality, and safety during project delivery.
• Report on project performance including financial and safety metrics.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Negotiation skills

Safety compliance

Energy efficiency awareness

Education

First degree in relevant subject

Qualified project manager

Tools

Construction skills certification

Job description

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Job reference 323224

Construction Manager

Competitive salary, £4,800 car allowance / £4,300 cash equivalent per annum , healthcare , 18% annual bonus potential, 27.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays

A company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates

Permanent, Full time

To cover the South East, London, Norfolk, Suffolk and Anglia

With c1750 properties and 33 million sqft of space spread across the UK, Royal Mail’s portfolio is one of the largest corporate estates in Europe. With a diverse property portfolio from local delivery offices, corporate offices, vehicle garages, rail hubs, and our new state-of-the-art fully automated parcel superhubs. The size, reach and complexity of the estate is vast alongside the potential for you to develop your career within one of the UKs largest industrial and logistics operators.

As Royal Mail continues an ambitious transformation, be at the forefront of the construction strategy as Royal Mail modernises, defines its future network and investment to best serve our customers. The Construction team is an integral part of the transformation and provides expertise, and drives change to achieve maximum commercial value, ensuring our property portfolio is fit for purpose to support the operation.

To support the construction strategy, we have vacancy for a Regional Construction Manager, to deliver capital improvement projects within the South East, London, Norfolk, Suffolk and Anglia regions.

The role

As the Construction Manager, you’ll be lead and implement capital improvement projects from inception to completion by engaging, appointing, and managing relevant teams from the CPSF / Contractor Framework. You’ll be responsible for the execution of construction projects (capital and opex) with accountability for all aspects of the development and delivery. This includes overseeing the cost, schedule, scope, quality and safety during the initiation, design, procurement, and construction of the complete range of property programmes and customer investment plans within Property & Facilities Solutions (PFS).

Accountabilities

• Lead and drive performance of multi-disciplinary property professional teams to manage all major construction projects in their area to ensure success and maximise value.
• Deploy effective programme and project management tools and techniques with robust governance processes.
• Develop, maintain, and measure a range of performance and control mechanisms in areas of safety, environment, energy, quality, process, customer satisfaction, risk management, and supply chain management.
• Provide regular reporting of project performance including financial, budget , safety and project status.
• Ensure compliance of construction projects with latest statutory, regulatory, and RMG governance and standards, including landlord/planning permissions, Construction Design Management (e.g. CDM 2015, H&S at Work Act), and P3M.
• Establish and maintain effective communication and relationships with senior stakeholders within PFS and specialist functions, including Group Legal and Group Security.
• Manage key internal clients and partners, negotiate regarding risks or changes to the project scope.
• Build strong relationships with contractors, consultants & external vendors, driving performance, innovative methods of operation, and best practice in construction.
  
  

About You

You need to demonstrate the following skills and experience on your CV:

• A track record of delivering of property works (building fabric, M&E or estate) and the management of portfolio of projects.
• Strong safety and compliance knowledge in a construction/building context, with experience of managing programmes safely (regulations, pre-construction and construction, near miss and accident).
• Planning and programme governance skills to assess, manage and deliver performance of multiple projects.
• Experience of creating, implementing and evaluating property/construction project plans.
• A good understanding of the market, the construction industry and good commercial awareness.
• A focus on energy and environmental awareness in construction project design, delivery and achievement of energy savings / low carbon solutions.
• Strong negotiation, leadership, senior stakeholder management skills, working effectively with others to achieve outcomes.
• Experience of managing teams.
• First degree in relevant subject.
• Qualified project manager or chartered qualification in the construction field (e.g. APM PMQ, building surveyor/RICS, ICE, CIOB etc).
• CSCS (Construction Skills Certification Scheme) card, or as a minimum Construction Skill H&S test pass.
  
  

Extra Benefits

• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
• Supportive and generous company sick pay
• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free, and it’s for everyone.
• Available only to perm employees
  
  

Closing Date: Sunday 15th Junel. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place.

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve. We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

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