Digital Construction Manager

Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland is seeking a Digital Construction Manager to drive data-led design platforms and digital construction initiatives across projects and countries. This home-based role involves collaborating with internal teams, technology partners and construction stakeholders to deliver scalable digital solutions that enhance design, specification and delivery.

You will lead the development of platforms, establish a single source of construction data, and manage budgets and business

Qualifications

• Strong construction design experience with practical knowledge of digital platforms in the AEC space.
• Experience of construction data management across the design and construction lifecycle.
• Proven project management experience, delivering digital or construction technology projects including budgets and business cases.
• Excellent stakeholder management and networking skills across multiple Saint-Gobain businesses and external partners.
• Commercially minded with experience developing scalable digital solutions that deliver measurable business value.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of digital construction and design platforms across Saint-Gobain.
• Establish a single, reliable source of construction and product data, linking information from products to systems and into building design and building outputs.
• Collaborate with design teams to understand how data can be used earlier in the project lifecycle to improve early specification, customer engagement and commercial opportunities.
• Manage projects to industrialise and scale digital construction, rolling out solutions across multiple projects, businesses and countries.
• Build the business case for digital construction initiatives, managing budgets and stakeholders while demonstrating how better use of data can improve efficiency, margins and revenue opportunities.

Skills

Construction design experience

Data management

Project management

Stakeholder management

Commercial mindset

Job description

Location: Home Based with occasional travel to a Saint-Gobain office

At Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland, we’re looking for a Digital Construction Manager to help us transform the way we use construction data, digital design and technology to create value for our customers and our business.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our digital construction journey, helping us move from a product manufacturer to a construction solutions supplier You’ll work across our businesses, technology partners and construction stakeholders to develop and manage digital solutions that make it easier to design, specify and deliver Saint-Gobain solutions across construction projects.

The role will drive the adoption of digital platforms, data-led design processes and industrialised construction methods, helping us create scalable solutions, improve specification opportunities and enhance material and data traceability. Ultimately, you’ll help us unlock the commercial value of data and deliver measurable value across the Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland portfolio.

This is a home-based role with occasional travel to a Saint-Gobain office and project sites, offering the flexibility to work across a broad network of teams and stakeholders.

What we’re looking for:

• Strong construction design experience, with practical knowledge of digital platforms in the AEC space.
• Experience of construction data management, understanding how data is created, stored, maintained and used across the design and construction lifecycle.
• Proven project management experience, with the ability to take digital or construction technology projects from concept through to delivery, including managing budgets and business cases.
• Excellent stakeholder management and networking skills, with the confidence to work across multiple Saint-Gobain businesses, internal digital teams and external software providers.
• A commercially minded and innovative approach, with experience of developing scalable digital solutions that can create measurable business value.

What you will be doing:

• Lead the development and delivery of digital construction and design platforms, working with internal teams and external technology partners to create solutions that can be used across Saint-Gobain.
• Help establish a single, reliable source of construction and product data, connecting information from products to systems and into building design and building outputs
• Work with construction and design teams to understand how data can be used earlier in the project lifecycle to improve early specification, customer engagement and commercial opportunities.
• Manage projects that demonstrate how digital construction can be industrialised and scaled, including opportunities to roll out solutions across multiple projects, businesses and countries.
• Build the business case for digital construction initiatives, managing budgets and stakeholders while demonstrating how better use of data can improve efficiency, margins and revenue opportunities.