Senior Construction Manager

M Group Water; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Construction Manager to lead major infrastructure projects in the water sector. This role offers the chance to oversee flagship projects, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards while delivering exceptional client service. You'll be at the forefront of maintaining and enhancing vital water infrastructure, working with a dedicated team to drive efficiency and productivity. With a focus on collaboration and innovation, this position provides an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a supportive and dynamic environment. Join a company that values its people and is committed to sustainability and community engagement.

Benefits

Matched pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced parental leave

Company car and fuel card

Health Care Cash Plan

Private health care

Discretionary bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in managing large, complex projects in the water industry.
• Proven track record of leading multidiscipline teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Oversee flagship projects from inception to completion ensuring safety and efficiency.
• Mentor project teams and foster a collaborative work environment.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Civil Engineering

Health and Safety Compliance

Problem Solving

Team Collaboration

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

HNC/HND in Construction

Management Training (ILM Level 5)

Tools

SMSTS

APM

Water Hygiene Certification

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will be within our Water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.

What will you be doing?

As our highly skilled Senior Construction Manager, you'll oversee a major project on our Thames Water Infrastructure Capital Delivery Framework in Bexley. You'll be responsible for overseeing a flagship project from inception to completion and for the safe, on time, efficient and right first time delivery.

You'll head up a team of professionals as well as being the point of contact for the Client and stakeholders with M Group Water procedures to deliver world-class health, safety, environment, and well-being performance and providing leading customer service and satisfaction.

You'll deliver operational objectives to assist Thames Water in meeting their Performance Commitments. Achieving high levels of compliance with Water UK performance metric targets, supporting the maximisation of cash collection and margin whilst maintaining an excellent relationship with Thames Water through collaboration.

The scope of works will be varied to include gravity pipeline, rising mains, trunk mains, pumping stations, M&E works, shafts and tunnelling. Mentor and drive project teams, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment. Develop an environment where staff share ideas and best practice.

You'll be required to increase productivity, without compromising on safety and continuously drive efficiency. Assist in maximising cash collection and minimising work in progress and deliver targeted margin. Undertake SHE audits and inspections.

What you’ll bring

• Do you have a Degree/HNC/HND or equivalent in Civil Engineering or Construction?
• Have you had any management training such as Institute of Leadership and Management Level 5 or equivalent?
• Do you have a NEBOSH National Certificate (General or Construction)?
• Have you gained experience of working in the water industry essential, large complex projects?
• Are you an experienced leader with proven track record in leading multidiscipline teams?
• Proven ability to deliver against operational targets.
• Do you have experience of Civils, tunnelling, trunk mains, pumping stations and MEICA?
• Experience in managing designers and subcontractors.
• SMSTS.
• APM.
• Water hygiene.

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme.
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Employee assistance programme.
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts.
• Life assurance.
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave.
• Reward and recognition scheme.

In addition, this role offers:

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from.
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme.
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• Private health care and health care cash plan for you and your family.
• Discretionary bonus scheme.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet.
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations.
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, we may close job adverts before the stated closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of our hiring process. Some of our roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of our induction.

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