Senior Construction Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Oversee construction delivery as the highest-ranking construction representative for an assigned site, project, or program.

• Direct and manage internal teams, subcontractors, and suppliers effectively.

• Set up the delivery organization and appoint Construction Managers as necessary.

• Ensure that construction adheres to safety, environmental, quality, technical, cost, program, and contractual standards.

• Halt operations when immediate risks are present.

• Review or authorize construction documentation within the limits of delegated authority.

• Advise on the acceptance or rejection of subcontractor schedules, payment requests, work packages, and change proposals.

• Lead the construction process from tendering and mobilization through to delivery, handover, and project closeout.

• Develop staffing plans, define responsibilities, outline mobilization needs, manage site access, welfare, logistics, reporting, and document control.

• Direct safety and environmental initiatives, evaluate construction methods, ensure compliance with permits and licenses, and respond to incidents and assurance findings.

• Manage Level 5 construction programs, look-ahead schedules, sequencing, resource allocation, recovery actions, and progress reports.

• Handle contractual issues, contractor requirements, performance metrics, payment requests, change assessments, delays, expenditures, and forecasting.

• Ensure adherence to approved construction information, technical specifications, inspection and testing plans, and quality management protocols.

• Supervise inspection, surveillance, testing, material control, submittals, non-conformances, completions, red-lining, snagging, and defect management.

• Maintain daily logs, photographic or video documentation, audit and claims records, handover documents, and the Health and Safety File.

• Manage construction risks, early warning notifications, change requests, and communications regarding residual risks.

• Coordinate Testing and Commissioning interfaces and prepare completed work for handover.

• Track defects and outstanding issues to resolution.

• Verify personnel competencies, licenses, Authorities to Work, and Certificates of Competence, while facilitating team development.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in leading construction delivery for complex, safety-critical infrastructure projects.

• Extensive experience in managing multiple subcontractors, interfaces, work packages, construction sites, or shifts.

• Comprehensive knowledge of health, safety, environmental, and quality management standards in construction.

• Experience in developing and managing detailed construction programs, short-term look-aheads, resource allocation, and recovery plans.

• Strong commercial acumen in subcontract administration, payment requests, changes, delays, disruptions, and contemporaneous record-keeping.

• Practical knowledge of constructability, mobilization, work package planning, site establishment, logistics, material management, handover, and closeout.

• Ability to interpret contracts, procedures, drawings, specifications, programs, technical information, and project risk data.

• Demonstrated leadership, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.

• Evidence of relevant ongoing professional development and current competency for assigned responsibilities.

• A degree, higher technical qualification, or equivalent demonstrable experience in construction, civil engineering, rail systems, or a related field.

• Chartered or incorporated professional status, or active progression towards an appropriate professional qualification.

• Experience in delivering signaling or multidisciplinary railway construction, including railway possessions, access planning, and safe work arrangements.

• Relevant Construction Skills Certification Scheme credentials and recognized construction management or safety qualifications.

• Competence as a Contractor’s Responsible Engineer, where specifically designated through the applicable competence process.

• The role may necessitate security clearance.

• Security vetting may require proof of UK residency for 5 years or longer.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salaries.

• Employee rewards.

• Benefits customized for health, well-being, financial, and lifestyle preferences.

• Opportunities for training and professional development.

• Hybrid working culture.

• Flexible holiday allowances.

• Family-friendly employment policies.

• Flexible working arrangements.

• Employee resource groups.