Construction Manager in Dartford

Energy Jobline ZR; Dartford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent house builder in the UK is seeking a Construction Manager to oversee site performance, ensure quality and timely delivery, and manage Site Managers. Candidates should have extensive experience in high volume house building and hold relevant qualifications. This role offers a competitive salary, car allowance, and various employee benefits, providing a great opportunity for career advancement.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Car allowance

Annual bonus

Pension scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Discounts and benefits portal

ShareSave Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Life assurance

Holiday Purchase Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience as a Senior Site Manager or Construction Manager in high volume house building.
• Knowledge of health and safety obligations and building legislation.

Responsibilities

• Motivate and manage Site Managers, providing training and support.
• Control preliminary costs and plan work methods.
• Inspect quality of work and health and safety records.

Skills

Interpersonal and communication skills

Planning and programming work methods

Budget control

Good administration skills

Attention to detail

Proficient IT skills (Microsoft Office)

Education

Relevant CSCS card

SMSTS certificate

Construction Management Level 4+ apprenticeship

Full UK driving licence

Job description

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Job Description

At Bellway we recognise that people are the key to our success, and we are committed to building an inclusive culture that values and respects difference combined with creating a safe and inclusive working environment for all colleagues. This means we are positive about making adjustments as well as providing flexible working and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you.

There is an exciting opportunity to join Bellway, one of the UK's largest house builders. Our Thames Gateway Division is looking to recruit a Construction Manager to join the Division's Construction team.

The Role

The position of Construction Manager plays a crucial role in ensuring the total performance of the Construction team's efforts to produce a quality product in a safe environment for the customer and the Construction team, with on-time delivery, to budget and with excellent customer service.

This role of Construction Manager reports to the Head of Construction or Construction Director.

Principal accountabilities of the Construction Manager role include:

• Motivate, support and manage Site Managers by providing training, coaching and support as required to improve performance.
• Control preliminary costs in accordance with budget.
• Plan and programme work methods and build sequence on sites of responsibility.
• Regularly visit sites and attend weekly sub-contract meetings with Site Manager and Housing Association representatives ensuring that all necessary resources and information are made available to achieve programme dates or any target dates that may be set from time to time.
• Inspect quality of work during the construction process and give advice and support to Site Managers as required.
• Inspect record books on site relating to health and safety, NHBC, Customer Plot Files, Building Control records, plant and machinery records and scaffold records.
• Ensure that costs are controlled efficiently and that all resources are being used effectively.
• Keep up to date with customer care issues on sites to enable discussion with a view getting any issues resolved in a timely manner.

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Experience

• Experience of working as a Senior Site Manager, Construction Manager within the high volume house builder.
• Experience of health and safety obligations, building legislation and NHBC standards.

Qualifications and Training

• Relevant CSCS card
• SMSTS certificate
• Construction Management Level 4+ apprenticeship is desirable
• Full UK driving licence

Skills and Aptitude

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of people
• Ability to liaise with internal and external personnel
• Able to plan and programme work methods and build sequence for sites
• Control preliminary costs in accordance with budget
• Good administration skills
• Able to work to deadlines in a fast paced environment
• Ability to work on own initiative, with excellent attention to detail
• Proficient IT skills along with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and outlook)
• Committed to and

The Role and Working Conditions

• Willing to be flexible in respect to day to day duties and hours worked
• Daily travel to development sites and Divisional Head Office.

In return we can offer you:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive car allowance
• Optional salary sacrifice car scheme
• Competitive annual bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Access to discounts and benefits portal
• ShareSave Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life assurance
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Earn and Learn Opportunities

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a large volume of applications are received.

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