Job Description

Job Title: Construction Manager

Reporting to: Operations Manager

Role purpose

The Construction Manager will manage all specified works on electrical substations ensuring delivery on time to the required standards.

The jobholder will be responsible for ensuring site safety and ensuring quality processes are implemented for all works.

Responsibilities & Duties

Including but not limited to the following:

• Acting as customer lead for the site management of projects and ensuring the daily delivery of site works
• Management of the construction, maintenance, fitting and wiring of substation plant and equipment
• Fully manage and plan site activities to ensure safety, cost and quality are maintained
• Follow all published guidelines, standards, policies and procedures to ensure satisfactory completion of work
• Ensure all works is undertaken in compliance with the Project design and construction documents, including construction drawings, RAMS and lift plans
• Working closely with the Project Manager for successful project delivery
• Deliver scheduled/unscheduled work safely, to time, ensuring quality standard in accordance with defined work scope (including principal contractor/non principal contractor
• Advise the project team on site staff resource numbers and competencies
• Assist in the management and maintenance of all site based orders and materials
• Lead and manage all aspects of site construction, H&S and environment
• Plan, manage, attend and record OPS daily briefings
• Ensure required of CDM Regulations are met in full
• Consider all environmental aspects and impacts when preparing operations documentation
• Proactively manage health and safety issues and concerns, working closely with all departments to ensure safety by design and accident and incident free culture is maintained
• Ensure all plant and equipment is ordered in an efficient and timely manner
• Collaborate with Project Managers to issue 6 weekly reports with sufficient detail to enable efficient planning on site and by Construction team coordinator
• Complete all site related paperwork accurately and to time, including written risk assessments, site measurement and work record sheets
• Take responsibility for your team whilst on site to ensure the safe, effective and efficient implementation of operations
• Appoint direct supervision for work parties
• Ensure site check sheets and ITP schedules are completed satisfactorily
• Provide a mentoring role to develop nominated staff for their training and development

Key interfaces

Relationships with key stakeholders:

• Site Fitters and Apprentices
• Sub-Contractors
• Third Party Workforces that may be affected by our works
• Project Team (Safety and Design)
• Project Manager
• Client nominated representatives

Person Specification

Qualifications and experience

The Construction Manager must have a minimum of 5 years’ experience working on DNO substation / OHL sites operating from 11 – 400kV and will complete the Omexom Supervisor’s course.

The Construction Manager will also possess:

• A proven site management track record with the ability to execute critical tasks in real time.
• A sound knowledge of H&S and risk assessments
• The ability to plan works in the most efficient manner.
• The ability to manage and motivate industrial staff.
• The ability to put the customer at the center of decision making.
• The ability to engage at a specific and detailed level with key tasks, evidenced by those tasks being executed in a highly efficient manner.
• Personal integrity, resilience and the robustness needed to operate in a fast changing contracting environment.

Competencies

Required skills, knowledge, and abilities:

• The Construction Manager will be an excellent communicator with all stakeholders
• Leadership skills
• Strong Team Working skills
• Customer and commercially focused
• Planning/organisational skills
• Resource management skills
• Flexibility and adaptability to Change

Values

In line with Omexom’s values, the jobholder must have the following qualities:

Team Spirit & Generosity – able to work effectively within and contribute to the Omexom team to deliver results, provide support and drive performance.

Trust and Empowerment – enjoy managing their responsibilities and time to ensure work is completed efficiently and professionally.

Integrity and Responsibility – enjoy taking responsibility for their duties and managing these effectively to ensure efficient high quality results.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship – continually strive to improve processes and introduce new initiatives to improve efficiency.