Construction Manager

COSTAIN GROUP PLC ,
West Boldon, Tyne and Wear
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About Costain and your project. Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do. Approximately 1.1km apart, the A19 Testos and Downhill Lane junctions suffer from congestion, especially during peak times. Development of the International Advanced Manufacturing Park, will mean a long term increase in traffic at the Downhill Lane junction so the scheme will make major improvements to ensure these junctions are able to cope with increased vehicle numbers. Flexible working: We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. This might be part-time, remote working, or compressed hours for example. Anyone who applies for a role can ask about flexibility at interview. In return, we will explore what is possible for the role. What will I be doing? Responsibilities * Delivery of a section of the project with a value of approximately 150m * Ultimate responsibility for all aspects of practical delivery of the section * Close liaison with the Plan Manager to ensure alignment of the construction and cl. 32 programmes * Drive team contribution to the collaborative planning and production control process * Ensure team provide programme outputs as required by the project planning process * Influence the design process and Highways England to remove blockers to progress * NEC contract administration to the client (EWNs, GCs, TQs and defects) * Oversight & management of design change and technical issues impacting the strategic plan * Ensuring all works are constructed in accordance with the works information * Oversight of the cost control process for all packages * Management of the team to ensure adherence to quality processes including ITPs, MARs, etc * Managing the strict adherence of project SHE processes * Management of a team of up to 30 engineering and supervision staff About you About you * Civil Engineering related qualification (HNC, HND, BSc MSc, BEng, MEng) * Extensive experience delivering infrastructure projects in a site role * Site Management Safety Training Scheme SMSTS * A proactive and driven personality * Experience of working in a highly collaborative and team orientated environment * Experience in some or all: earthworks, piling, FRC, drainage, pavements, structural steelwork and vehicle restraint systems You'll be a welcomed member of the wider team, with opportunities to take on additional responsibility, join one of our networks for women, military or LGBT+ staff, and participate in cultural and social events with the local community (e.g. as a STEM ambassador). Your personal and professional development is important to us. We welcome a discussion about how we can support you with further study, or professional membership or attainment for example. It is expected that you will work to be a part of the wider project team, living by the programmes expected values. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Costain closely monitors job applications, to ensure an inclusive recruitment process. To ensure we are able to maintain this, and to recruit a diverse workforce, we encourage candidates to complete the diversity form as part of their application so we are able to monitor and improve our approach to diversity. Please note, all responses are anonymous and you do not have to provide a response. Final Statement We listened to our employees so our Core Benefits are funded by us and include a Group Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Life Assurance, Income Protection and funded membership to a Professional Institute. In addition to this we also offer a Private Healthcare Scheme, Private Dental Scheme, Cycle to Work, Volunteering Days and Save as You Earn Scheme. At Costain we aim to be an accessible, diverse and inclusive organisation to continue to meet our customers' needs. We will be industry leading in our approach and people from all backgrounds will be pr

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