Senior Construction Manager

Laing O'Rourke; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is hiring a Senior Construction Manager for a significant role at Hinkley Point C. The ideal candidate will manage large scale projects, ensure safety compliance across teams, and oversee quality assurance. Applicants should have a degree in Building/Construction management or Civil engineering, along with relevant experience. This position offers competitive salaries and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Private medical insurance

Company pension schemes

Annual holiday allowance

Company car allowance (for some grades)

Qualifications

• Experience managing construction projects to ensure timely completion.
• Ability to lead and motivate a diverse team of construction professionals.
• Experience in overseeing safety compliance and quality management systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure site safety inspections are conducted regularly across the team.
• Prepare documentation for safety and steering committees.
• Monitor implementation of safety standards and corrective actions.

Skills

Project management of long-duration projects

Managing work package interfaces

Quality assurance and quality control

Strong communication skills

Experienced in large infrastructure projects

Education

Degree in Building/Construction management or Civil engineering

IOSH/SMSTS or equivalent safety accreditation

Job description

An opening not to be missed! to lead the construction of all permanent works!

Bouygues Travaux Publics (TP) and Laing O'Rourke, two of Europe's most dynamic engineering and construction specialists, are working together in a joint venture named BYLOR to deliver the main civil engineering works at Hinkley Point C (HPC) worth over £2.8 billion.

Bylor are pushing the boundaries of innovation and modern technology while delivering high quality construction on a massive scale. Bylor have already broken the UK record for the largest continuous concrete pour of 9,000m3 of concrete.

Are you a Senior construction manager who has played a key role in overseeing construction projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and according to specifications?

Are you an effective leader who can manage a diverse team of workers, subcontractors, and other professionals, ensuring everyone is on the same page and motivated?

Role and responsibilities

• To ensure that regular site safety specific inspections at every level of the organization under his responsibility, from supervision to management levels are conducted.
• To prepare supporting documentation, as required for Client and corporate safety committees and steering committees.
• To ensure within his scope and area of responsibility implementation of the safety system and compliance with the safety standards and site specific rules and to monitor corrective actions.
• To capture all learning and experience feed-back for his scope and area of responsibility so it can be used from Unit 1 to Unit 2 construction.
• To participate in any investigation regarding accidents, incidents or near-misses that occur within his scope and area of responsibility.
• To apply the Quality management system relevant to his scope and area of responsibility.
• To carry out within his scope and area of responsibility any corrective action originating from the Quality management system.
• To identify, report and investigate any non-conformances occurring in his scope or area of responsibility according to site rules.
• To carry out all remedial actions, following non-conformances, and identify and report lessons learnt to Project Leader or Senior Project Manager.
• To liaise with Site Engineering teams covering his scope and area of responsibility to ensure timely production of methods documentation.
• To highlight any issue with the supply of design information which would impact the general programmer for his scope or area of responsibility.
• To review all method requirements for his scope or area of responsibility prior to their integration within the design provided by the Client.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Has delivered projects of longer duration (typically up to 4 years) with clear objectives, potential for limited conflict, and a small number of key stakeholders.
• Previous experience in managing work package interfaces or sections of work between stakeholders – subcontractors, suppliers, client and delivery team.
• Management of relevant documentation, sub‑contractor co‑ordination, quality assurance and quality control
• Strong communication skills
• Experienced working on large infrastructure projects

Education & Qualifications:

• Must hold a degree in Building/Construction management or Civil engineering with relevant building experience
• IOSH/SMSTS or equivalent safety accreditation

Additional Information:

All positions with Bylor are employed directly with either Laing O'Rourke or Bouygues Travaux Public and include competitive salaries, private medical insurance, company pension schemes and annual holiday allowance. Some grades will also include a company car allowance.

Unless stated otherwise all positions are based at Hinkley Point C in Somerset.

Somerset boasts beautiful English countryside, an attractive coastline, interesting towns and villages along with easy access to the M5 and within proximity to the cities of Bristol and Exeter.

Bylor are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and promote greater equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace.