Senior Construction Manager - Environment
Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire directly and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release. We do not accept speculative CVs from agencies; if speculative CVs are sent, no fee will be applicable—please direct all queries to the relevant Resourcing Partner.
Job Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Construction Manager to join our Senior Management Team at Galliford Try. Reporting directly to the Head of Operations/Delivery, you will take the lead in developing and managing a team of Construction Managers, ensuring the successful delivery of key frameworks across the Midlands.
What you will be doing
This is a pivotal role that spans both pre‑construction and on‑site delivery, where you'll be instrumental in driving performance, safety, and quality across Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical disciplines. You'll provide clear direction, build collaborative relationships, and create an environment where excellence and accountability thrive.
As Senior Construction Manager, you will lead by example‑setting strategic objectives, mentoring your team, and fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement. You'll collaborate closely with Operations, Health & Safety, and Pre‑Construction teams to ensure all projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards. Your responsibilities will include overseeing resource planning, developing construction strategies, managing risk, and maintaining compliance with all regulatory and environmental requirements.
You’ll play a key role in shaping the construction approach across our frameworks, providing expert advice to the Senior Leadership Team and supporting pre‑construction and tendering with buildability insights and programme efficiencies. You will monitor project performance, drive improvement initiatives, and ensure our people and processes consistently deliver on time, on budget, and to specification.
Beyond delivery, you will act as a mentor and coach, identifying and nurturing talent within your team, empowering others to innovate, challenge with confidence, and take ownership of outcomes, helping to build a culture of collaboration, accountability, and high performance.
About you
You will be an experienced and driven construction professional, ideally with a strong background in the water industry and a solid understanding of Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical engineering disciplines. With an industry‑recognised qualification and SMSTS accreditation, you bring both technical expertise and leadership capability.
Organised, structured, and professional, you take pride in delivering excellence while maintaining flexibility and resilience under pressure. Your communication and interpersonal skills allow you to build strong relationships at every level, from site teams to senior stakeholders, and you’re confident presenting to varied audiences.
A self‑starter with strong commercial awareness, you demonstrate sound decision‑making, effective risk management, and a proactive approach to problem‑solving. You lead by example in promoting health, safety, environmental, and quality standards, embracing a zero‑defects ethos and driving continuous improvement throughout the business.
If you’re passionate about leading teams, delivering complex projects, and shaping the future of sustainable infrastructure, we’d love to hear from you.
Benefits
* Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
* A wide range of corporate discounts
* Cycle to Work schemes
* Comprehensive pension plan
* Regular Share‑As‑You‑Earn share purchase scheme
* Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
* Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role
About us
Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction groups with a vision to continuously be a people‑orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.
Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.
We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long‑term value.
Additional Information
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full‑time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.
We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.
At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long‑term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.
#LI-RD1
#J-18808-Ljbffr