Senior Residential Construction Delivery Lead

Recruitment Services UK; Beckingthorpe; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle or car allowance

Performance-related bonus

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Pension, private medical insurance, CF

Job summary

Excelsior Group Limited is seeking a Construction Manager to oversee end-to-end delivery on residential schemes across Midlands and the South East. You will link sites with the wider business, drive construction programmes, manage site teams and report to Directors on progress and risk.

The role demands strong technical construction knowledge, leadership of site managers and subcontractors, and a solid understanding of sequencing, critical path and logistics. A UK driving licence is required.

Qualifications

• Strong technical construction knowledge.
• Proven experience delivering residential or comparable projects.
• Excellent construction programming skills.
• Strong Microsoft Project capability.
• A thorough understanding of sequencing, critical path and construction logistics.
• Experience managing and challenging site teams and subcontractors.
• Commercial awareness and a strong understanding of how programme impacts cost.
• Strong Health & Safety and CDM knowledge.
• Confidence dealing with clients, consultants and senior management.
• SMSTS and appropriate CSCS management card.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Operational oversight of multiple live projects.
• Create, maintain and interrogate construction programmes.
• Drive programme, sequencing, logistics and delivery.
• Support and challenge Site Managers and subcontractors.
• Identify programme risk and implement recovery strategies.
• Coordinate site requirements with Commercial, Procurement and Design.
• Ensure labour, plant, materials and information are available to programme.
• Lead project and progress meetings.
• Provide concise reporting to Directors on progress, risk and required decisions.
• Input into pre-construction, buildability, logistics and value engineering.
• Drive projects through completion, handover and defects.
• Maintain high standards of Health & Safety, quality and compliance.

Skills

Construction knowledge

Residential construction experience

Programming skills

CDM knowledge

Health & Safety

Client/stakeholder communication

Site management experience

Driving licence

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Excelsior Group Limited is seeking a Construction Manager to oversee end-to-end delivery on residential schemes across Midlands and the South East. You will link sites with the wider business, drive construction programmes, manage site teams and report to Directors on progress and risk.

The role demands strong technical construction knowledge, leadership of site managers and subcontractors, and a solid understanding of sequencing, critical path and logistics. A UK driving licence is required.