Construction Framework Assistant Manager

The job itself

The post

The successful applicant will support the Principal Engineer in managing the Commercial Management team, taking a lead role on performance management monitoring for the YOR branded construction procurement frameworks, in particular monitoring and reporting on Key Performance Indicators and project progress updates.

The frameworks are used by this council but are also available for use by all public and third sector organisations within the Yorkshire & Humber area and neighbouring areas. Further details of these frameworks can be found at www.yorhub.com.

The post holder will also be responsible for the system administrator role on behalf of Construction Management Services for the corporate procurement portal.

The post holder will provide cover for the Principal Engineer to ensure service delivery is maintained. This will include cover for Freedom of Information or Data Protection requests or other such corporate requirements as well as team management. The successful applicant will also have the opportunity to expand their knowledge of management systems including undertaking process audits of an ISO9001 certified system.

The Group

The Construction Management Services Group (CMS) comprises four teams:

Construction Management; Framework Management; Commercial Management; Construction Safety Management.

The CMS group undertakes a leading role for the successful YORhub regional construction procurement frameworks and facilitates the delivery of the Council’s capital programme of works. This includes being the council’s category lead for construction procurement, and implementation and management of best practise standards for contract performance.

CMS facilitates the delivery of the council’s Capital Programme of works and promotes best practice standards of performance in construction through the:

• development, procurement and management of strategic supplier arrangements with contractors and consultants, including UK procurement regulation processes.
• provision of advice, support and training on construction and project management issues.
• development of procedures based on national initiatives.
• development of relationships with the industry, locally, regionally and nationally.
• introduction and maintenance of quality management systems including ISO9001/ ISO14001.

The vacant position of Construction Framework Assistant Manager is a permanent position within the Commercial Management Team, based at County Hall in Beverley. The Commercial Management Team has specific responsibilities for Contract Management, Management Systems and Performance Management.

The Applicant

A senior manager is sought who:

has a Level 4 qualification in a construction or related field.

holds current Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) ‘Managing Safely’ or equivalent.

has extensive experience of performance monitoring and management including developing strategies.

has managerial or supervisory experience.

Applicants will be assessed on all the criteria detailed in the Person Specification and Job Outline.