Senior Construction Manager

Galliford Try Holdings plc; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Construction Manager to lead projects across the Midlands. The successful candidate will manage a team, ensure project delivery to high standards, and promote a culture of safety and excellence. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in the water industry and relevant qualifications. This role offers opportunities for personal growth and professional development.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Corporate discounts

Cycle to Work schemes

Comprehensive pension plan

Private medical scheme options

Paid yearly membership to a professional association

Qualifications

• Experienced construction professional with a strong background in the water industry.
• Strong understanding of Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical engineering disciplines.
• Organised and professional, with strong commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic objectives and mentor your team.
• Oversee resource planning and develop construction strategies.
• Drive performance, safety, and quality across disciplines.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Risk management

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Industry-recognised qualification

SMSTS accreditation

Job description

Senior Construction Manager - Environment

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Construction Manager to join our Senior Management Team at Galliford Try. Reporting directly to the Head of Operations/Delivery, you will take the lead in developing and managing a team of Construction Managers, ensuring the successful delivery of key frameworks across the Midlands.

This is a pivotal role that spans both pre-construction and on-site delivery, where you'll be instrumental in driving performance, safety, and quality across Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical disciplines. You'll provide clear direction, build collaborative relationships, and create an environment where excellence and accountability thrive.

What you will be doing

As Senior Construction Manager, you will lead by example-setting strategic objectives, mentoring your team, and fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement. You'll collaborate closely with Operations, Health & Safety, and Pre-Construction teams to ensure all projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards. Your responsibilities will include overseeing resource planning, developing construction strategies, managing risk, and maintaining compliance with all regulatory and environmental requirements.

You will play a key role in shaping the construction approach across our frameworks, providing expert advice to the Senior Leadership Team and supporting pre-construction and tendering with buildability insights and programme efficiencies. A commitment to operational excellence is essential—you will monitor project performance, drive improvement initiatives, and ensure our people and processes consistently deliver on time, on budget, and to specification.

Beyond delivery, you will act as a mentor and coach, identifying and nurturing talent within your team. You'll empower others to innovate, challenge with confidence, and take ownership of outcomes, helping to build a culture of collaboration, accountability, and high performance.

About you

You will be an experienced and driven construction professional, ideally with a strong background in the water industry and a solid understanding of Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical engineering disciplines. With an industry-recognised qualification and SMSTS accreditation, you bring both technical expertise and leadership capability.

Organised, structured, and professional, you take pride in delivering excellence while maintaining flexibility and resilience under pressure. Your communication and interpersonal skills allow you to build strong relationships at every level, from site teams to senior stakeholders, and you're confident presenting to varied audiences.

A self-starter with strong commercial awareness, you demonstrate sound decision-making, effective risk management, and a proactive approach to problem-solving. You lead by example in promoting health, safety, environmental, and quality standards, embracing a zero-defects ethos and driving continuous improvement throughout the business.

If you're passionate about leading teams, delivering complex projects, and shaping the future of sustainable infrastructure, we'd love to hear from you.

What We Can Offer in Return

With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us

Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading construction groups with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve people's lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

Additional Information

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Specialist Services business please contact Ryan De Stadler on [e-mail].