Construction Services Manager

Job Title: Construction Services Manager

Salary: £83,213 - £87,593

Fixed-Term 12-Month Contract

Location: London

About Us:

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing has a vision that “everyone has a home and the opportunity to live well”; that means working with partners to create sustainable and vibrant neighbourhoods where our customers want to live. With 57,000 homes and more than 120,000 residents and customers, we have a real opportunity to make that vision a reality. Our people care, dare and collaborate to ensure we achieve this People Powered Living

This role:

MTVH are a leading developer and regeneration agency delivering 1,000s of new homes inside and outside of London each year; over the next 10 years, we will develop close to 15,000 new homes through a mix of regeneration and land-led development.

We are looking for a Construction Services Manager who will be responsible for all contractual compliance across the MTVH development programme. The role will involve the management and appointment of all Contractors and Consultants engaged by the Development Directorate, ensuring construction contracts and technical specifications adhere to project gateways, managing the MTVH standard JCT D&B contract amendments.

The role will also involve the management of two Fire Safety Project Officers along with ensuring fire safety compliance across all construction projects undertaken by the Development Directorate.

Additionally, the Construction Services Manager will lead on the implementation and management of processes relating to Building Information Modelling (BIM) for the Development Directorate.

What you'll need to succeed:

Ideally, you will degree qualified in a relevant construction discipline (Civil, Environmental, Engineering, Architecture or Project Management) and a member of a professional institution (RICS, CIOB, RIBA, CIAT or equivalent). Additionally, you will have a strong understanding and experience in procuring Contractors and Consultants operating under varied contract models as well as a sound technical knowledge of buildings and fire safety.

Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

What’s in it for you?

Our benefits include:-

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
• An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra a day off
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
• Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
• Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
• Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
• Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring programme and apprenticeships
• We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation

About us

Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document

Our promise

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other’s wellbeing.

Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.