Construction Manager

Lindum; North Kesteven; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-run construction firm in North Kesteven is seeking a Construction Manager to oversee and manage various projects. The role involves leading the pre-construction team, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and maintaining client relationships. The ideal candidate should have proven experience in project management and knowledge of construction processes. This is a permanent, full-time position offering a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing construction projects and tendering processes.
• Knowledge of health and safety regulations.
• Ability to produce detailed project plans and reports.

Responsibilities

• Produce tender programmes and assist with value engineering.
• Lead pre-construction phase and design meetings.
• Manage health and safety and environmental aspects of projects.
• Coordinate with subcontractors and ensure project delivery.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Construction Manager to join our team on a permanent, full time basis. Role and responsibilities:

• Produce tender programmes, prelims sheet and methodology at bid stage. Assist the project estimator during site visits and the tender period. Assist with any value engineering both at bid and pre-construction stage.
• Assist and lead the pre-construction team during the pre-construction phase of projects. Lead/chair design team meetings with the client, professional teams and with subcontractors. Assist with the discharge of relevant planning conditions.
• Plan and manage projects during the lead in period, completing construction phase plans, waste management plans and all relevant health and safety paperwork as required.
• Be responsible for the construction and delivery stage of the project, manage health and safety and environmental aspects of the project. Plan, co‑ordinate and supervise designers, subcontractors and labour to ensure work is progressing on schedule and in a safe manner. Ensure work is being completed to the required standard whilst controlling programme and costs.
• Produce request for information schedules and ensure information is obtained in adequate time to enable the project to progress as programmed.
• Assist the quantity surveyor by producing labour and plant forecasts for the cost value reports. Produce subcontract procurement schedules as required.
• Produce monthly progress reports for site meetings and chair these meetings as required. Maintain regular client contact even when we are not working with them to seek out future opportunities.
• Support and encourage colleagues and work as a team to achieve objectives. Assist and support the site managers as required, various levels of support required depending on the ability of the site manager; junior site managers require additional support.
• Complete monthly contractors reports and ensure that the site manager is completing the daily/weekly health and safety paperwork.
• Ensure the subcontractors RAMs are suitable for the work being completed and ensure along with the site manager that work is completed as per method of working, on time and to a suitable standard.
• Procure any long lead‑in items/materials prior to the project starting on site.
• Co‑ordinate main services and highway adoption procurement with the service/design co‑coordinators.
• Attend contracts managers labour and cost value meetings weekly/monthly as required.
• Introduce customer care manager to the client at handover and assist the customer care manager with any defects until the end of defects period.

Disability Confident

An employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high‑volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non‑disabled people.

About Lindum Group

Lindum Group is a family run, employee owned construction business which has been operating successfully since 1956 and have featured in the top 100 of The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For. We have offices based in Lincoln, York and Peterborough and manage New Builds, Refurbishments and Maintenance projects across England. Lindum Construction specialise in projects in the Lincoln and extended East Midlands region. We have a variety of clients in a range of sectors, including affordable housing, food, retail, education, commercial, industrial and health running multiple projects with values up to £20m. Lindum is a well‑established local construction company with long‑standing client relationships demonstrated by the fact that most of the projects we deliver being procured via direct negotiation with existing clients.