Senior Construction Manager

Lanesra Technical Recruitment; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Construction Manager for the Anglian Water Region. This role involves overseeing construction activities across numerous sites, ensuring quality and timely delivery. The ideal candidate will have experience in the water industry, relevant qualifications, and strong leadership skills. A competitive salary ranging from £85,000 to £95,000 is offered alongside bonuses and benefits.

Benefits

Bonus

Car/Allowance

Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience managing operational resources in the water industry.
• Completed Site Management Safety Training Scheme.
• Proven ability to inspire and lead teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage site construction teams to deliver projects within budget and timeframe.
• Ensure full Health & Safety compliance for the team.
• Drive focus on zero waste and reducing embodied carbon.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Safety compliance

Project management

Education

HNC/Degree in Civil or Construction Management

Tools

CSCS Card (Black minimum)

Job description

Overview

Position: Senior Construction Manager - Water
Location: Anglian Water Region
Salary Guide: 85,000 - 95,000 (DOE) Plus Bonus, Car/Allowance and Benefits

Our client is a Tier 1 D&B Contractor operating predominately in the water industry, who have been awarded a 1.8 Billion programme of work to deliver over 800 infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects for Anglian Water.

They are looking to recruit a Senior Construction Manager to oversee the management of quality, cost and timely delivery of all construction activity carried out on multiple sites through the leadership of Site Managers and on-site resources. With over 800 projects to deliver you will work on either Water/Water Recycling Non-Infrastructure or Infrastructure programme areas with responsibility for a programme of work valued at over 100m.

You will manage the Health, Safety, Environmental and Sustainability with responsibility for CDM for managing compliance for all delivered construction work within a designated team. Managing your local construction delivery teams to ensure all construction activities are provided in compliance with the scheme deliverables, you'll drive a culture of zero accidents and zero defects to meet the Delivery Milestones to provide the best service.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and manage site construction teams within designated portfolios to deliver projects within approved budget and to an agreed time frame; facilitate project construction kick off meeting and lead health checks.
• Responsible for the performance of Tier 2 suppliers in relation to Safety, Time and Quality including approving RAMS ensuring they are appropriate and adequate.
• Take the lead with Constructability Reviews, Project Rehearsal and Fit for Assembly sign-off which drives outperformance and innovation where possible.
• Drive a focus on zero waste and reducing embodied carbon within construction activities.
• Ensure that the site teams are raising the relevant contractual and commercial notices to the rest of the Project Team in a timely manner.
• Establish long term and short term resource needs (labour, plant and materials).
• Ensure full H&S compliance is achieved where the team feel safe everyday and have the confidence and autonomy to raise safety concerns.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

• Experience of managing operational resources in a fast-paced water industry environment.
• HNC/Degree in Civil or Construction Management.
• Site Management Safety Training Scheme and a Site Environmental Awareness Training
• CSCS Card (Black minimum)

Able to inspire and lead a team, you'll encourage and support groups and individuals to achieve critical tasks and outcomes with the ability to adopt a can-do attitude and willingness to be hands on if required to achieve the deliverables. You'll be able to operate at all levels to suit need and the situation with the ability to manage conflicting demands.

You'll demonstrate excellent communication skills and will be performance driven, with proven experience of managing multiple stakeholder groups both internal and external to the organisation.