Strategic Airport Construction Leader

Wallace Hind Selection LTD; Loughton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car

25 days Annual Holiday

Company Pension (3%)

Private Healthcare

Death in Service

Critical Illness Cover

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection is seeking a Senior Construction Manager to lead a growing specialist airport infrastructure business. Based at Northamptonshire HQ with UK-wide travel, you will shape the construction function, set delivery strategy and drive safe, profitable, high-quality outcomes across multiple projects.

You will work closely with design, engineering, manufacturing and commercial teams to build a scalable delivery capability, oversee CDM and risk, and mentor Project Managers and Site

Qualifications

• Strong experience working for, or closely alongside, a Principal Contractor.
• Thorough working knowledge of the RIBA Plan of Work 0-7.
• Strong multidisciplinary design coordination and buildability experience.
• Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of the link between methodology, programme, cost and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Providing senior leadership across multiple concurrent UK construction projects.
• Developing and implementing construction standards, governance and delivery strategy.
• Leading and developing Project Managers, Site Managers and wider delivery teams.
• Driving programme, safety, quality, productivity and commercial performance.
• Overseeing design coordination, buildability and construction readiness through RIBA Stages 0-7.
• Integrating off-site manufacture, modular construction and DfMA into delivery where appropriate.
• Managing complex interfaces across design, engineering, procurement, manufacturing and construction.
• Ensuring safe and effective delivery within live airport and operational environments.
• Building strong relationships with clients, airport operators, contractors and senior stakeholders.
• Providing construction expertise across pre-construction, tenders, business development and strategic growth.
• Driving continuous improvement, lessons learned and the development of a scalable construction function.

Skills

Leadership

Construction Mgmt

RIBA 0-7

CDM Knowledge

Commercial Awareness

Job description

Wallace Hind Selection is seeking a Senior Construction Manager to lead a growing specialist airport infrastructure business. Based at Northamptonshire HQ with UK-wide travel, you will shape the construction function, set delivery strategy and drive safe, profitable, high-quality outcomes across multiple projects.

You will work closely with design, engineering, manufacturing and commercial teams to build a scalable delivery capability, oversee CDM and risk, and mentor Project Managers and Site