Construction Manager

Location
Northumberland / Remote Working

Salary / Benefits
£55,000 - £60,000 dependant on experience plus package including:

• Competitive Pension Scheme
• Travel Expenses
• Private medical
• Income Protection

Company Information

An independent rail consultancy of 10 years' standing, with a wealth of experience and expertise across a wide variety of environments and disciplines is looking to take on a Senior Construction Manager to work on the £166m Northumberland Line project, that will see the upgrade of 29km of track, open six new stations, three new footbridges and new signal locations. The whole scheme is projected to deliver economic benefits of up to £470M. To offer construction and safety advice during all phases of the project.

The project site is based in Northumberland but there will be some flexibility on agile working.

Seeking candidates who have;

• Rail industry related experience in a similar role or identical role and proven success in the management of multi-disciplinary railway infrastructure projects.
• Broad experience of multi-disciplinary projects e.g.: new stations, footbridges, freight depots, car parks, feasibility studies, ideally in the Rail environment Comprehensive understanding of rail engineering
• Good knowledge and understanding of Rail structures standards, processes and procedures.
• Personal Track Safety (PTS) qualification.
• Construction Skills Certificate Scheme accreditation (CSCS).
• CITB, Construction Site Manager's Safety Training Certificate
• MCIOB 6 and/or7 (desirable)
• Full UK driving License
• Possess a construction or other technical related degree, preferably in engineering, or a minimum of HNC in a construction related discipline e.g. Construction Management, Civil Engineering (desirable)

Responsibilities

• Working in liaison with the Project Manager and Snr Construction Manager to ensure regular, effective communication with the client and the Project Team.
• Supervising the implementation of projects to the agreed targets and Clients' satisfaction, ensuring the projects are delivered safely, and to the expected quality standard.
• To continually monitor project contractor's levels of performance and enforce health and safety legislation when required.
• Act as point of contact on construction and safety aspects of the project.
• Develop and maintain effective Client relationships with regular communicationr
• Manage and pro-actively mitigate risks to contractual performance and total project delivery, including anticipated problems as well as programme delays.
• Monitor plans for health, safety, quality and environment.
• Undertake and manage specific risk assessments with regard to health, safety and environment.
• Ensure that projects comply fully with all statutory and regulatory provisions including HMRI and the CDM Regulations.
• Liaise with the Commercial Team to ensure that project change controls are captured and managed accordingly.
• Attend project, management review and construction team meetings.
• Review all method statements and work package plans, through to ensuing completion.
• Manage site activities and interfaces related to handover and close out of projects.
• Provide construction advice / input to other disciplines
• Compile daily site diary and undertake regular site safety inspections.

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