Job title: Construction Manager Location: Gloucestershire, Bristol, Southwest Wales, Southwest England
Salary: DOE
Benefits: Company car allowance, Remote working and many more. Our client are a leading Utilities business seeking a professional and experienced Construction manager to cover the South West Wales and England. The Construction Manager’s role is to lead and influence a team of Trainee Project Managers, Project Managers, Senior Project Managers, and a Project Quantity Surveyor to deliver multi-utility projects to meet customer requirements. Job
Responsibilities Manage a regionally based team of Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers to ensure the timely, quality, and cost-effective delivery of the PM’s portfolio of projects. Develop and maintain a strong PM team ethic ensuring consistency of approach and sharing of ideas. Promote and monitor financial/commercial performance across your team and report monthly Promote effective working strategies to ensure PMs can manage and update our systems on the progress and performance of their projects. Ensure the PM team are clearly and regularly communicating with customers and internal/external stakeholders. Carry out monthly PM one-one meetings to evaluate performance and review their project portfolio. Work closely with the Senior Management team across the business to share feedback and help with the continuous improvement of policies and procedures. Working with the HR Manager take responsibility for the day-to-day HR requirements of your team. Attend customer meetings to support the PM and provide the customer high level feedback where requested. Provide support to PM team where required to liaise with external stakeholders e.g. Local Authorities, Gas, Water, Electric Network Operators and Suppliers, Subcontractor’s etc. Management of team headcount through retention and smart recruiting. Develop training plans for your teams to meet Company & Employee goals.The above outlines the general duties and responsibilities, other reasonable duties may be assigned as required by management. Candidate Requirements Previous management experience in a utility-based discipline Previous track record of managing and delivering on multiple projects and the related financial performance A good understanding of the new connection utility industry (Desirable) Previous track record of managing and delivering on multiple projects and the related financial performanceQualifications Managing Health and Safety qualification e.g. IOSH or NEBOSH HNC e.g. In an Engineering discipline, ideally Electrical & Electronic engineering Business leadership/management qualification Previous utility-based skill qualificationsFor more information, please contact our office on (phone number removed) or email a CV to (url removed)