Construction Manager

Skilled Careers; Oxford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Skilled Careers is seeking a Construction Manager to lead a flagship Oxford scheme for a Tier 1 Main Contractor. You will own day-to-day delivery, drive programme milestones and coordinate multiple subcontractors on a £35m government-backed development.

The project features reinforced concrete packages, steel frame/clad buildings and a complex bunker; you’ll work with the Senior Project Manager to ensure safety, quality and on-time completion through March 2028.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering large-scale, reinforced concrete packages.
• Strong leadership and site management skills.
• Proven ability to manage subcontractors and coordinate programmes.
• Excellent health and safety knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Taking ownership of the day-to-day construction delivery across the project.
• Driving programme and ensuring key milestones are achieved.
• Managing subcontractor coordination, sequencing and performance.
• Leading progress meetings and producing site reports and meeting minutes.
• Maintaining exceptional health & safety standards across site.
• Using digital construction platforms, including FieldView, to coordinate quality and progress.
• Working closely with the Senior Project Manager and engineering team to ensure seamless project delivery.
• Leading and mentoring the wider site management team.

Skills

Programme management

Subcontractor management

Leadership

Digital site management

Tools

FieldView

Job description

Construction Manager | Oxford | Up to £75,000 + Package

A leading Tier 1 Main Contractor is looking to appoint an ambitious Construction Manager to join one of the UK's most technically challenging and innovative construction projects.

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a flagship £35m government-backed development in Oxford and take ownership of a project that will contribute towards the future of Britain's energy infrastructure.

The Project

This is far more than a conventional construction scheme.

Working on behalf of a major UK Government department, you'll play a key role in delivering a first-of-its-kind research and industrial facility designed to support the development of next-generation energy technology. With construction programmed through until March 2028, the project offers long-term stability and the opportunity to see a landmark development through from early construction to completion.

The scheme comprises the construction of three large industrial (Steel frame / Steel Clad) buildings, the largest extending to over 3,000m², together with a highly specialised above-ground reinforced concrete bunker incorporating concrete wall sections up to 3 metres thick. The wider development includes extensive piling operations, groundworks, reinforced concrete structures, steel-framed and steel-clad buildings, infrastructure works and complex external packages.

Having recently completed the demolition phase, the project is now entering the main construction programme with piling and groundworks underway before progressing into the major reinforced concrete and structural steel packages.

The Role

Reporting directly to the Project lead, you'll take full ownership of the day-to-day delivery of the project, leading site operations and ensuring construction activities are delivered safely, efficiently and to programme.

You'll be responsible for coordinating subcontractors, driving progress on site, leading planning and coordination meetings, monitoring programme, maintaining quality standards and ensuring the highest levels of health & safety are achieved throughout the build.

This is a genuine leadership role where you'll have a Site Manager and Site Engineer reporting directly into you, giving you the autonomy to influence the successful delivery of this nationally significant project.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Taking ownership of the day-to-day construction delivery across the project.
• Driving programme and ensuring key milestones are achieved.
• Managing subcontractor coordination, sequencing and performance.
• Leading progress meetings and producing site reports and meeting minutes.
• Maintaining exceptional health & safety standards across site.
• Using digital construction platforms, including FieldView, to coordinate quality and progress.
• Working closely with the Senior Project Manager and engineering team to ensure seamless project delivery.
• Leading and mentoring the wider site management team.

About You

We're looking for someone with the ambition and drive to take ownership of a complex project.

You'll already be operating as a Construction Manager, or be an experienced Senior Site Manager ready to step into a broader leadership role on a major scheme.

Ideally you'll have experience delivering large-scale new build projects involving significant reinforced concrete packages, groundworks and complex construction sequencing. Whilst experience with structural steel is advantageous, a strong understanding of reinforced concrete construction will be particularly valuable.

You'll also possess:

• Excellent programme management and organisational skills.
• Strong subcontractor management and coordination experience.
• Outstanding communication and leadership abilities.
• A proactive, hands‑on approach with the confidence to drive delivery.
• Excellent health & safety knowledge.
• Experience using digital site management platforms such as FieldView would be advantageous.

Why Join?

Opportunities to work on projects of this nature are exceptionally rare.

You'll become part of a Tier 1 contractor renowned for delivering some of the UK's most technically advanced and prestigious construction projects, whilst gaining exposure to an innovative development that will have national significance for years to come.

If you're looking for genuine responsibility, long-term project stability, clear career progression and the opportunity to deliver something truly unique, this role offers exactly that.