National Construction Programme & Governance Lead

Royal Mail Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£4,800 car allowance

18% bonus

Leading pension scheme

27.5 days annual leave

Private family medical cover

Job summary

Royal Mail Group in the UK is seeking a Construction Governance and Performance Manager to plan, coordinate and assure complex construction and estate improvement programmes across a national portfolio, with regular site presence and travel.

You will lead integrated programmes across RIBA stages using MS Project, provide governance reporting to senior stakeholders, and develop a small team while ensuring safety, CDM 2015 compliance, and value-for-money across projects.

Qualifications

• Strong background in planning, scheduling and project controls.
• Proven experience developing and assuring complex, integrated construction programmes.
• Confident working across multi-disciplinary teams and influencing at all levels.
• Excellent analytical skills, including critical path, delay and risk analysis.
• Clear communicator, able to present complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience driving value-for-money and value engineering approaches.
• Well organised, detail-focused and comfortable managing multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and management of fully integrated construction programmes across all RIBA stages.
• Use internal PM systems and MS Project to create baseline schedules and manage change control.
• Carry out critical path and risk analysis; ensure programmes align with cost, scope and operations.
• Provide governance, reporting for senior stakeholders, and drive process improvements.
• Manage and develop a small team; support value-for-money strategies.
• Ensure nationwide role aligns with safety, compliance and CDM 2015 requirements.

Skills

Planning and scheduling

Project controls

Integrated construction programmes

Stakeholder influence

Critical path analysis

Risk analysis

Communication

Value engineering

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Organised & detail-oriented

Education

Relevant Degree or equivalent

CSCS card

IOSH Managing Safely

NEBOSH General Certificate

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Costing software

CDM 2015 compliance systems

Job description

Royal Mail Group in the UK is seeking a Construction Governance and Performance Manager to plan, coordinate and assure complex construction and estate improvement programmes across a national portfolio, with regular site presence and travel.

You will lead integrated programmes across RIBA stages using MS Project, provide governance reporting to senior stakeholders, and develop a small team while ensuring safety, CDM 2015 compliance, and value-for-money across projects.