Senior Construction Manager – Hospital Programme Lead

Sir Robert McAlpine; Crewe; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sir Robert McAlpine, through Integrated Health Projects, is delivering the new Leighton Hospital in Crewe as part of the Government's New Hospital Programme.

We seek an experienced Senior Construction Manager/Chief Engineer to join at the early stages of an £800million healthcare scheme, reporting to the Project Director and guiding engineering, design coordination, and construction to meet programme, budget and quality.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering multimillion-pound healthcare construction projects, ideally within live clinical environments.
• Strong leadership and people-management skills, with the ability to manage, coordinate, and mentor engineering and construction teams.
• Collaborative approach with excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Advocate for health, safety, and wellbeing, ensuring safe working practices across all project activities.
• Detailed working knowledge of NEC contracts, including procurement and contract administration.
• Demonstrable ability to identify, analyse, and mitigate project risks, while identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Experience preparing and contributing to project reports for internal management and external stakeholders.
• SMSTS qualification.
• Valid CSCS Card.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the full construction engineering process, ensuring all engineering designs, methodologies, and procedures comply with statutory regulations, technical specifications, and industry standards.
• Provide visible leadership across site operations, embedding a safety-first culture and ensuring health, safety, and wellbeing are always the highest priority.
• Monitor and manage the project programme, identifying risks and opportunities across design, procurement, and construction activities, and implementing mitigation measures where required.
• Ensure the project is delivered within agreed time and budget constraints, supporting cost control and value management initiatives.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate technical and construction risks, maintaining the integrity and performance of the project.
• Lead and coordinate engineering teams, works staff, and subcontractors, providing mentoring and technical guidance as required.
• Maintain strong and proactive relationships with the client and stakeholder teams, acting as a key technical interface.
• Maintain accurate and auditable records of engineering decisions, approvals, and technical changes.
• Set and manage short- and long-term project objectives, ensuring alignment with overall project goals.
• Contribute to and review internal and external project reports, providing clear and accurate updates on progress, risks, and opportunities.

Skills

Healthcare project leadership

Stakeholder management

Health & safety leadership

NEC contracts knowledge

Risk management

Education

SMSTS qualification

CSCS Card

Job description

Sir Robert McAlpine, through Integrated Health Projects, is delivering the new Leighton Hospital in Crewe as part of the Government's New Hospital Programme.

We seek an experienced Senior Construction Manager/Chief Engineer to join at the early stages of an £800million healthcare scheme, reporting to the Project Director and guiding engineering, design coordination, and construction to meet programme, budget and quality.