Construction Manager

None; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Construction Manager to oversee capital improvement projects across the South East of England. This role involves leading multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring project compliance, and driving performance in a transformative environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong construction background and leadership skills.

Benefits

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Discounts and offers

Company sick pay

24/7 wellbeing support services

Qualifications

• Proven track record in delivering property works.
• Experience managing safety-related construction regulations.
• Skilled in planning and programme governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead capital improvement projects from inception to completion.
• Provide regular reporting on project performance.
• Ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory, and governance standards.

Skills

Safety knowledge

Negotiation skills

Leadership

Energy awareness

Education

First degree in relevant subject

Qualified project manager or chartered qualification

Tools

CSCS card

Job description

Job reference 323224
Construction Manager
Competitive salary,£4,800car 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 RegionalConstruction 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 andgood 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 June. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail . We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we’ll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

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