Construction Manager

Willmott Dixon; Oldham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pension

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Incentive bonus

Car scheme

Job summary

Willmott Dixon is seeking a Construction Project Manager to lead prestigious North West projects from initial engagement to handover. You will build strong relationships with customers and supply chain partners, directing the delivery, safety, and quality of complex schemes.

You will manage multi-disciplinary teams, interpret contracts and programmes, and ensure performance against cost and schedule targets while upholding Willmott Dixon's standards and values.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable success in delivering complex projects on time and within budget.
• Proven ability to control costs, timing, and quality against targets.
• Strong technical skills, including the ability to interpret contract documents, programmes, drawings, and specifications.
• Experience managing diverse teams, including direct employees, consultants, and supply chain partners.
• CSCS Card
• First Aid at Work certification
• SMSTS certificate
• Valid driving licence
• Degree in a construction-related field
• Progress towards MCIOB membership
• Familiarity with planning software

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire project teams to meet scope and milestones.
• Deliver projects on time, within budget, and to high quality and safety standards.
• Collaborate with customers during preconstruction to develop workable programmes.

Skills

Leadership

Delivery management

Stakeholder management

Team management

Planning & scheduling

Education

Degree in construction-related field

MCIOB progress toward

Tools

Planning software

Job description

Are you ready to lead prestigious projects in the North West region? Willmott Dixon is looking for a Construction Project Manager to join our award-winning team.

We are seeking a Construction Project Manager with a proven track record in successfully leading and delivering complex projects. You’ll thrive in a collaborative environment, building strong relationships with customers and supply chain partners. You will be the driving force behind our most significant projects, taking responsibility from early customer engagement through to successful handover. This includes:

• Leadership: Building and inspiring teams, and making key decisions that shape the success of your projects.
• Delivery: Leading teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Preconstruction: Collaborating with customers and developing workable programmes.

You’ll ensure that every aspect of delivery meets our high standards, including quality, cost, time, and above all, safety. We build our reputation on delivering brilliant projects for our customers and as a Construction Manager, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining and enhancing that reputation.

• Demonstrable success in delivering complex projects on time and within budget.
• Proven ability to control costs, timing, and quality against targets.
• Strong technical skills, including the ability to interpret contract documents, programmes, drawings, and specifications.
• Experience managing diverse teams, including direct employees, consultants, and supply chain partners.
• CSCS Card
• First Aid at Work certification.
• SMSTS certificate.
• Valid driving licence.
• Degree in a construction-related field.
• Progress towards MCIOB membership.
• Familiarity with planning software.

What We Offer

• We reward our people generously with a competitive salary and a market-leading benefits package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, discounted or full private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.

• In return for your hard work, we offer a competitive package that includes flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes an enhanced pension scheme, full PMI for you and a partner, life assurance, enhance holiday leave and Incentive Bonus.

At Willmott Dixon we provide an inclusive and flexible working environment for people to thrive in and we are happy to support agile working wherever possible.

We are a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme.

About Us

With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon’s purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive.

Willmott Dixon was recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 "Big" Companies to Work For in 2025, named among the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2024, and ranked in the Top Five of Europe’s 1,000 best workplaces by the Financial Times in 2025. Willmott Dixon is also the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.