Senior Construction Manager, Net-Zero Uni Campus

VINCI Building UK; Southampton; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

VINCI Building UK is seeking an experienced Construction Manager to lead on a £180m student accommodation project at the University of Southampton. The role oversees on-site operations, coordinating project teams and subcontractors to deliver safely, on time and within financial targets.

Responsibilities include planning and controlling site work, ensuring quality and safety, managing changes, and reporting progress to stakeholders throughout the build through to completion in 2029.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organise, control and coordinate the site or section of the site to a satisfactory and safe completion
• Ensure that works are coordinated to ensure suitable safe access and segregation is maintained
• Ensure that works are not started before Risk Assessments, Task Safety Plans and Method Statements are issued and agreed; issued and communicated by the sub-contractor and to then actively monitor their implementation
• Develops day to day plan for site operations from project programme
• Effectively manages site reporting such as record sheets, site instructions, daily diary etc.
• Sets up teams to complete sections of work
• Ensure individuals are aware of what is expected of them
• Develop individuals through coaching and training
• Resolution of disputes
• Ensure that the works are carried out in accordance with good practice and in line with all relevant specifications, drawings, method statements and to obtain all relevant technical / manufacturers information prior to any activity commencing
• Dissemination of information to relevant parties
• Ensure materials, plant and sub-contractors are procured to meet targets
• Control costs
• Ensure works are instructed under a written site instruction (and change control is robust)
• Recognises change on site and retains records as required by the established change control process.
• Ensure appropriate quality is achieved on the project
• Ensure each subcontractor is aware of the Guide for Sub Contractors working with VINCI Construction and are interviewed prior to any engagement
• Communicates VINCI quality policy and systems to subcontractors and suppliers
• Ensures that robust on-site procedures are established and employed and undertakes daily checks
• Undertakes regular checks to ensure workforce are meeting quality requirements
• Drives delivery of quality for the project, actively stopping and correcting sub-standard work and actively engaging specialist support to ensure this
• Ensure that the works are undertaken in accordance with all VINCI HS&E legislation, and the site Health Safety and Environmental Plans
• Puts safety first and instills this in the project team and suppliers
• Ensures that suitable welfare is in place and maintained
• Ensures that all safety documentation is collated and retained for example scaffold inspection records, PUWER records etc.
• Undertakes weekly recorded site inspections for temp works such as hoardings, scaffolds, Haki stairs etc.
• Ensures plant is inspected to meet PUWER guidelines
• Mark up the project programme on a weekly basis
• Daily review of the weekly work plan, and brief trade supervision on action required
• Ensures the short term plans and performance requirements are delivered, including re-prioritisation of works, to include holding weekly progress meetings.
• Manage aspirations of client, end users and neighbours
• Resolve queries and complaints
• Develop relationships for the future
• Report on progress, problems and information requirements
• Understand project objectives and communicates to site teams
• Determines the site set-up with all roles clearly communicated to ensure all parties understand their responsibilities and are accountable
• Ensure company procedures are being maintained by internal review

Job description

VINCI Building UK is seeking an experienced Construction Manager to lead on a £180m student accommodation project at the University of Southampton. The role oversees on-site operations, coordinating project teams and subcontractors to deliver safely, on time and within financial targets.

Responsibilities include planning and controlling site work, ensuring quality and safety, managing changes, and reporting progress to stakeholders throughout the build through to completion in 2029.