Role Overview
Rail & Civil Engineering – Enhancement Portfolio Delivery
Office base: Cumbernauld
Location of works: Edinburgh to Fife Corridor, Scotland
An experienced Construction Manager or Senior Construction Manager is required to join our rail delivery team in Scotland. The role will oversee a portfolio of major rail enhancement projects across the Fife & H2D Enhancements programme, with progression onto a wider Fleet Infrastructure Enhancements portfolio. The role focuses on portfolio‑wide construction leadership, ensuring consistency, efficiency and compliance across multiple concurrent sites.
Key Responsibilities
* Oversee the full delivery of the Fife & H2D Enhancements portfolio, transitioning into Fleet Infrastructure Enhancements works
* Provide collective construction management across multiple live sites
* Support Senior Agents and Site Agents to ensure programme, quality and safety targets are met
* Work closely with the Contracts Manager to ensure works align with overall delivery strategy
* Maintain full accountability for Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality compliance across all sites
* Ensure all works are delivered safely, on programme, within budget and to specification
* Proactively identify and mitigate delivery risks, construction constraints and interface issues
* Manage coordination between multiple contractors, subcontractors and client‑appointed parties
* Provide construction leadership on complex structure replacements and technically challenging works
* Ensure teams are resourced suitably and have the capability to safely deliver specialist activities
* Support technical reviews, construction methodologies and sequencing of works
* Oversee construction planning including weekly plans, possession strategies and site logistics
* Ensure Construction Phase Plans, WPPs, Task Briefs and ITPs are produced and implemented to the required standard
* Monitor delivery performance and contribute to programme and cost control discussions
* Provide clear, timely reporting on progress, risk, SHEQ performance and delivery status
* Lead and influence construction teams across the portfolio
* Support development and performance management of Supervisors, Agents and site leadership staff
* Build and maintain strong working relationships with the client, supply chain and internal stakeholders
About You
You will be an experienced Construction Manager or Senior Construction Manager with a strong background in rail civil engineering and enhancement works, confident managing multiple sites and teams simultaneously.
Essential Experience
* Proven experience in a Construction Manager or Senior Construction Manager role within rail
* Experience overseeing multiple projects or portfolios rather than single‑site delivery
* Strong understanding of rail civil engineering works, including structures and enhancement schemes
* Demonstrable leadership across safety, quality, programme and cost control
* Experience supporting delivery teams on technically complex works
Qualifications & Certifications
* Degree / HNC / HND in Civil Engineering or equivalent experience
* SMSTS
* PTS
* CRE and/or Responsible Manager (RM) experience or working towards – desirable
What’s On Offer
* Competitive salary dependent on experience
* Company car or car allowance
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
* Company pension and life assurance
* Health & wellbeing support
* Long‑term, secured workload on major Scottish rail enhancement programmes
* Opportunity to play a key leadership role across a high‑profile portfolio of works
Equal Opportunities Statement
AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro‑actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non‑membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.
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