Section Manager / Senior Agent / Agent – Main Concourse and Facades Fit Out – £990m Rail Statio[...]

Pinnacle Recruitment Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Section Manager to oversee the fit-out of a £990m rail station project in Central London. You will manage a team of delivery engineers and coordinate multiple subcontract packages. The ideal candidate has experience in large-scale civil projects and a strong track record in health and safety management. Excellent remuneration package including a salary of £45-£55,000 plus additional benefits is offered.

Benefits

Company car/car allowance

Travel paid for

£2,500 London uplift

Additional benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience in large scale civil/building projects.
• Strong background managing teams and subcontractors.
• Familiarity with health and safety systems and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage health and safety systems and promote a safe work culture.
• Oversee subcontract management for large construction packages.
• Implement quality management practices to ensure project standards.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

Health and safety compliance

Subcontract management

Quality management

Education

Chartered membership of a relevant professional institution

Job description

Section Manager / Senior Agent / Agent – Main Concourse and Facades Fit Out – £990m Rail Station London

Salary: £45-£55,000 + pkg
Location: Central London
Regions: London, South East

Permanent Position £45-£53k+ pkg, + £2,500 London Uplift + Company Car/Car Allowance and Travel Paid for and other benefits!

Working on a Station Redevelopment over a 6 year period, the project includes changing the station from nine stopping and six through lines to six stopping and nine through lines. The construction works includes demolition of brick arches, extensive piling, steelwork erection, new platforms and a complete station fit-out of all services, finishes and facades.

A Section Manager is required reporting to the Project Manager for the delivery of circa £45M of work, split across 13 – 15 subcontract packages up to a value of £8M each. They will have a team of 11 delivery engineers (3 Senior, 3 Section and 5 Site) that report directly to them, and be required to work with dedicated design management, planning and commercial resource for their section. The main concourse fit out includes wall and ceiling (GRC, metal cladding, brick lining and timber cladding) cladding packages, shopfront glazing and hard flooring (granite) together with station specific ticket gate lines, wayfinding signage and architectural metalwork. The facades works include, brick faced concrete precast façade panels, heritage brickwork cleaning and repair, and both structural / curtain wall glazing. All of this works has a significant co-ordination and interface requirement with MEP.

The candidate will be experienced in large scale civil / building projects managing a team of engineers to deliver a distinct works section via a series of multidiscipline subcontracts in excess of £4m. Experience in managing the specific types of package detailed above essential – preferably in the rail environment. Ideally the candidate will be a chartered member of a relevant professional institution. The candidate will be a proven team player, able to lead by example and display the correct collaborative behaviours.

Principal responsibilities / requirements include:

• Management of health and safety systems:
  • Promote the Be Safe culture, lead by example
  • Ensure safe systems of work are implemented
  • Understanding and promoting safe working practices on and around the operational railway
  • Chair and deliver safety readiness review / risk assessment workshops
  • Manage the production / review and approval of work package plans
  • Ensure task briefings are produced and delivered
• Subcontract Management:
  • Competent in the delivery of large cladding, flooring and glazing subcontract packages
  • Delivering packages of work safely, on time and to budget
  • Complying with IBP subcontract management processes
  • Coordinate trades both within the section and interfacing to ensuring programme delivery
• Quality Management:
  • Implementing an inspection and test regime that ensures ‘right first time’ delivery.
  • Managing the collation of quality/handover documentation
  • Working with the design team to ensure client and subcontract designs are buildable, coordinated and to specification
• Management of Staff:
  • Manage a team of direct reports to deliver packages within the section
  • Promote personal / professional development within the team
  • Manage good and poor performance
  • Continually challenging self and others to deliver excellence