Job Description

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The Construction Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day planning, coordination and delivery of construction activities, ensuring works are carried out safely, to the required quality, programme and commercial expectations. The role will act as the key point of control on site between the project team, subcontractors, supply chain and client representatives ensuring works are properly planned, risks and constraints are identified early, and the required information, resources, permits and approvals are in place to support successful delivery.

The Construction Manager will provide clear on-site leadership and ownership of works from mobilisation through to installation, handover and close out, ensuring progress is actively managed, issues are escalated where required, and delivery is aligned with the wider project requirements.

Explore your tasks and responsibilities

• Ensuring that robust Health and Safety systems and procedures are set out, adopted and adhered to at all times for relevant site activities
• Drive high levels of productivity through the management and control of installation norms
• Implement LFE and CI methodology in all undertakings
• Liaise with design and commissioning teams, ensuring effective construction methods take consideration of these tasks.
• Engagement with project teams, quality team and planners to ensure robust construction plans are identified from the outset of all projects
• Continual reviewing of our site teams in terms of progress, abilities and quality of supervision
• Understanding of all the different trade agreements, allowances, expenses, bonus and lodging allowances for hourly paid labour
• Determine labour requirements to deliver the project efficiently.
• Ensure we have a robust and fully SQEP’d workforce
• Resource loading activities to enable the controlling of costs and hours
• Oversee look aheads to manage the workload and resources

Show your expertise

• Confident in workface planning, productivity control, and programme alignment; able to maintain schedule

under pressure and constraint

• Competence in rolling out management systems, embedding standard processes, training site teams, and

running assurance checks; evidence of IMS delivery

• Strong understanding of national agreements (NAECI, BESA) and IR relations with trade unions
• Digital field management experience (Dalux or equivalent); comfort with evidence-based reporting and data

discipline

• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations and component traceability

Desirable

• Formal qualifications in Construction Management, Engineering, or related discipline
• Experience on highly regulated infrastructure projects (rail, defence, pharmaceuticals)
• NEC contract awareness and change/compensation event evidence discipline
• Experience with DfMA (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly) integration and off-site manufacturing

principles

• Knowledge of HVAC systems, ductwork installation practices, and system commissioning

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Why Join Exentec Hargreaves?

• Be part of a 150-year engineering legacy
• Work on nationally significant, safety-critical infrastructure projects
• Join a collaborative and experienced commercial team
• Opportunity for professional growth within a specialist, high-value sector
• Competitive salary and benefits package

Our Core Competencies

Our five Core Competencies set the foundation for collaboration, learning and development. They will help turn our Vision and Values into action; provide a common language to talk about our skills; and offer a common basis to drive success across our business.

• Grow Talent: Our goal as an organisation is to attract competent people, retain dedicated employees and develop talented colleagues within each operational level to build a future-ready company.
• Drive Results: To keep and grow our strong market position, we must transform our corporate strategy directly into measurable and sustainable results
• Take Ownership: We strive to establish an appreciative culture in which all employees feel empowered and take responsibility.
• Embrace Change: To develop products and services that go beyond what is imaginable today. We, as an organisation, must be agile. As individuals we must remain curious.
• Inspire Customers: Creating value for our clients is a key component of our growth strategy. Therefore, client satisfaction should be an important motivator for us individually and collectively.

Would you like to be part of the Exentec team?

For questions and further information, please contact Liz Bedford via liz.bedford@exyte-hargreaves.net

Exentec Hargreaves is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, religion, race, ethnic origin, disability, marital status or parental status. We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.

Please note that we only consider applications submitted through our application portal. Applications sent via email will not be considered due to data protection regulations.