Senior Construction Manager

Senior Construction Manager

Field based

Regular travel to Milton Keynes head office

Salary - up to £75,000 per annum

As Senior Construction Manager, you will have a vital role in the delivery of our developments pipeline of Trunk Road Service Areas and Motorway Service Areas, helping to ensure the multi-disciplinary teams on our projects work together efficiently, to deliver first class roadside services on time, to budget, with zero harm.

Representing the Client, you will work collaboratively with our internal customer, specialist supply chain partners and third parties to ensure the design and construction is delivered within the brief. You will be a driving force on multiple projects, providing project leadership and bringing a focus to quality, health, safety and environmental performance, programme management, value engineering and compliance.

What will the role look like?

You will be reasponsible for:

• Managaging and overseeing the technical approval of all highways works and relevant third-party Agreements, including Section 278 and the like with National Highways and Local Authorities.
• Producing, managing, monitoring, and maintaining the construction master programme and reporting on progress.
• Chairing and attending regular co-ordination meetings with consultants and third parties.
• Chairing and actioning regular internal project key action meetings with team.
• Managing, setting standards, and developing direct reports including setting roles and responsibilities, monitoring and reviewing performance.
• Ensuring project compliance with Building Control, Local Planning Authority and all other regulatory bodies.
• Ensuring compliance with quality management, assurance and control processes and procedures.
• Developing and implementing site project management procedures and drawing and document control systems and protocols.
• Proposing and reviewing strategic ideas and methods with core team in relation to the business and department and taking control of lessons learnt and implementation of findings.
• Ensuring LEED or BREEAM compliance where required on projects, review and undertake Design Stage Assessments.
• Managing project risk and driving innovative and cost-effective Value Engineering solutions into the design and delivery stages.
• Working with the Commercial Team to ensure that costs are managed and controlled within the agreed project budget and Risk and Opportunities Schedule.
• Working with internal Operations, commercial brand and maintenance teams to ensure requirements and specifications and met whilst also managing expectations.
• Demonstrating leadership and being an advocate for excellent Health and Safety performance implementing safe and effective practices to ensure the Zero Harm Culture is maintained.
• Reviewing pipeline sites and liaising with pre-construction team at feasibility stage where required.
• Providing project performance metrics to the monthly Business Review Meeting.

About you:

Ideally we are looking for someone who has:

• Extensive knowledge and understanding of construction processes with experience in managing the delivery of the design and construction of development sites, including; highway works, civils, utilities, structures, envelope, fit-out and handover procedures.
• Experience in managing and delivering Section 278 works with National Highways and Local Authorities.
• Good understanding of construction processes and buildability associated with building and fit out works through all RIBA Stages.
• A sound knowledge of UK construction industry and best practice in design principles and project delivery.
• Experience of delivering high value, complex design work for clients and or contractors.
• Demonstrate competency as a project leader, managing internal and external design teams, third parties and contractors.
• Excellent programme management skills with competence in Microsoft Project and or Asta PowerProject.
• Understanding of Building Regulations and Planning Permission procedures and adoptable highways (s278) and drainage works (s104).
• Proficient in suite of Microsoft programmes (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Understanding of different Client procurement routes. Ability to undertake project planning, project management and work to budgets.
• Commercially astute with a broad business understanding, ability to contribute to value enhancement as part of the design and construction process.
• Commitment to continual learning to refine, further develop and apply expertise to add distinctive value to the Company.

We also have some great benefits;

• Bonus Scheme
• Company Car Scheme, or equivalent Opt Out payment
• Private Healthcare scheme provided by Vitality
• 33 days Holiday (inc. BH) - entitlement increases with service
• Pension Scheme. 4% employer, 5% employee contribution.
• Employee discounts (50% off onsite KFC, Burger King, Starbucks and Pizza Express to name a few)
• My Welcome Break discounts - savings at hundreds of high street retailers including fashion stores, electrical retailers, supermarkets and travel companies
• Career progression and brilliant training programmes
• Cycle to work scheme - salary sacrifice scheme allows you to save money on bikes – including e-bikes
• Free onsite parking at all Welcome Break sites
• Free lunch provided in office (sandwiches, pasta pots, rolls) as well as Tea and Coffee

About Welcome Break

Welcome Break is one of the UK’s leading motorway service operators, running 59 service areas and 31 hotels across the UK.

When you come into one of our sites you will recognise your favourite brands such as Starbucks, Subway, WHSmith, KFC, Pizza Express and Burger King, as well hotels under the Ramada and Days Inn brands. But what might come as a surprise is that we are all one team and that even with different uniforms, everyone works for Welcome Break. 

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