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Senior Construction Manager

Posted over 1 year ago

  • Sector: Built Environment
  • Contact: Shaun Lamb
  • Contact Email: slamb@nrl.co.uk
  • Contact Phone: 0141 226 8156
  • Start Date: 01 September 2022
  • Expiry Date: 27 September 2022
  • Job Ref: 1042381
Our client has a STAFF opportunity for a Senior Construction Manager - Bristol
This is a STAFF opportunity, candidates MUST be UK residents.

About the role:
  • Responsible for providing clear leadership and direction to the construction team.  Generally, be engaged on medium to large scale projects to ensure that the levels of supervision are sufficient to meet the project challenge, particularly with respect to safety.  Oversee all areas of the project however at times focus will be required on key sites or packages that are not meeting the project objectives or where improvement is required.

Management of the Site
  • 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
  • Is aware of full project life cycle and contributes effectively with construction expertise at each
  • Sets up processes to ensure the site team effectively manage all site reporting such as record sheets, site instructions, daily diary etc.
Managing resources
  • Fully aware of the resource requirements to effectively complete a section of work and ensures arrangements are made to meet these needs
  • Ensure individuals are aware of what is expected of them
  • Develop individuals through coaching and training
  • Resolution of disputes
Management of information
  • 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
Production
  • Ensure materials, plant and sub-contractors are procured to meet targets
  • Control costs.
  • Recognises change on site and retains records as required by the established change control process
Quality - Ensure appropriate quality is achieved on the project
  • Ensure each subcontractor is aware of the Guide for Sub Contractors working with Construction and are interviewed prior to any engagement
  • Communicates 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
Health and Safety
  • Ensure that the works are undertaken in accordance with all 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
  • Sets up procedures to ensure that all safety documentation is collated and retained for example scaffold inspection records, PUWER records etc.
  • Ensures that weekly recorded site inspections for temp works such as hoardings, scaffolds, Haki stairs etc. are undertaken
  • Ensures plant is inspected to meet PUWER guidelines
Project Planning
  • Mark up the project programme on a weekly basis
  • Assesses and coordinates one week lookahead suppliers programme and monthly look-ahead programmes for site operations from project programme. Attends and chairs Weekly Last Planner Meeting
  • 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
Liaison with client and end users and neighbours
  • Manage aspirations of client, end users and neighbours
  • Resolve queries and complaints
  • Develop relationships for the future
  • Report on progress, problems and information requirements
Communication
  • Understand project objectives and communicates to site teams as short to medium term goals to focus works
  • 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

Excellent Salary Negotiable dependant on experience and full company benefits inc CAR / Allowance