Job Description
Job Objectives
* To have overall responsibility for multiple construction projects, reporting on a regular and routine basis to the Operations Director.
* Manage construction teams in delivering a consistent service to time, safety, quality and cost, ensuring clients expectations are met in full and contract performance targets realised.
* Uphold and communicate the values and culture of the Company Values & Brand.
* Position the cient as the contractor of choice.
Key Tasks
General Management:
· Ensure all works are carried out in accordance to the required standards and the company’s policies and procedures.
· Support Operations Director in delivering business plans.
· Regularly visit sites at least once per week or as the site requirements dedicate.
· Ensure production of accurate reports.
· Liaise with Customer Care Team throughout defects liability period to completion of rectification of defects.
Health & Safety
· Reinforce the aims of Safety Department ensuring best practice is adopted.
· Develop the Construction Phase Health & Safety Plan and ensure that it is being maintained and complied with throughout the contract period.
· Assist Health & Safety department compiling O&M manuals.
· Input into improving Health & Safety management practices.
· Analyse trends and liaise directly with teams and line managers.
· Carry out safety audits to measure and monitor compliance.
· Ensure health, safety and environmental standards are established, measured and maintained for all contracts in line with company policy and procedures, legislation and regulations.
Delivery
· Liaise with clients to ensure their interests are being fulfilled and build key relationships.
· Ensure that acceptable quality standards are established, measured and maintained for each contract in line with client and company requirements.
· Oversee all operating processes to ensure that the most efficient and effective use is made of resources in line with budget costs.
· Provide support and advice to Site Managers and discuss future potential problems or issues that may arise.
· Direct the site team to ensure that they are appropriately motivated and trained to carry out their responsibilities to the required standards.
· Produce all necessary internal and external reports and ensure all operations are being carried out in line with standard company policies and procedures.
· Co-ordinate the full construction process, preconstruction, on site and post construction activities throughout the contract to ensure the successful completion.
· Participate and ensuring successful delivery of CSR commitments
Planning
· Oversee the conversion and development of the tender programme to construction programme with the Site Manager.
· Continuously monitor progress and progrmames throughout the contracts and report accordingly.
· Ensure that consultants and supply chain appointments are made in a timely manner in line with contract requirements and are continually monitored.
· Support the bid team by attending tender interviews. Risk evaluation, build-ability, programme advice, site set up plans, prelim requirements and adjudication meetings during the tender stage.
Pre-Contract
· Take part and assist in tenders and adjudications
· Support the bid team with buildability and programme advice
Staffing
· Build an effective team, ensuring "right people, with right skills are in the right job" in line with requirements of the Business Plan
· Monitor people resources and identify needs in line with workload
· Support the development and welfare of the team to ensure motivation, development and staff retention
· Identify and address any capability or performance issues in a timely and effective manner in line with the One to One process.
· Support recruitment, selection of delivery personnel
· Support staff development plans
Commercial Awareness
· Have a good contractual awareness of the varying forms of construction contracts.
· Maintain and control financial aspects of a project and assist in the delivery of the business unit’s profit plan in line with the company’s requirements.
· Consider tender prelim against actual requirements and evaluate and monitor the expenditure monthly with the site team.
· Continually carry out value engineering exercises and promote best practice within the company.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
The Candidate
· Hold at least a NVQ Level 6 or equivalent in a related construction discipline
· Good people management and communication skills
· Good technical/construction background and knowledge
· Commercially and contractually aware
· Proven track record and well organised
· IT proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook and basic programmi