Construction Manager

Royalmailgroup; Southampton; On-site; GBP 4,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Mail seeks a Construction Manager to lead capital improvement projects across the South East. This permanent, full-time role involves managing construction timelines, budgets, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Ideal candidates will have construction qualifications and a strong track record in project management.

Qualifications

• Track record of delivering property works and project management.
• Strong safety knowledge and experience managing programmes.
• Experience in creating, implementing, and evaluating construction plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement capital improvement projects from inception to completion.
• Manage performance of multi-disciplinary teams for construction projects.
• Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory standards.

Skills

Safety and Compliance Knowledge

Programme Management

Negotiation Skills

Leadership

Energy Awareness

Education

First degree in relevant subject

Qualified project manager or chartered qualification in the construction field

CSCS card or H&S test pass

Job description

Job reference 323224
Construction Manager - Regional (BC8)
£4,800car allowance / £4,300 cash equivalent per annum , healthcare , 18% annual bonus potential
Permanent , Full time
To cover the South East, London, Norfolk, Suffolk and Anglia

For a full job description, please click on the following link:Job Descriptions

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.

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.

Closing Date: Sunday 15th June. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
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As part of the online application process you will be asked to confirm that you meet the minimum eligibility criteria. Before completing your application, you should read the criteria below in order to check that it is appropriate for you to apply. You will also need to seek approval from your line manager and may need additional HR approval in place before progressing.

Details of the internal application eligibility criteria can be foundhere

Terms of appointment are detailed within the advert and voluntary transfer terms will apply (unless stated otherwise).