Construction Manager

The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for nearly 160,000 residents nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our residents, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.

The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

About the role

We have a new opportunity for a Construction, Design and Quality Manager to join the Guinness Team. This is a permanent, full-time vacancy based in one of the following offices: London, Bristol, Crewe or Oldham. We offer hybrid working, blending office days with working from home. The overall purpose of the role is to provide technical leadership for the design, construction and delivery of high quality reactive planned works to existing built assets from inception through to completion.

What we are looking for

• You will drive excellence across a portfolio of reactive planned works by leading a high-performing team responsible for project management, on-site technical expertise, and quality assurance.
• You will ensure full compliance with Guinness policies and statutory requirements, providing authoritative guidance on design, specification, health and safety, and legal matters.
• Act as a senior representative across internal liaison groups and external agencies, building strong partnerships and championing continuous improvement.
• Oversee adherence to Construction Design & Quality (CDQ) standards, signing off key gateway stages and supporting the effective appointment and performance management of consultants and contractors.
• Resource and programme planning for a national portfolio of projects, ensuring projects are delivered on time and to budget.

You will be able to demonstrate these essential skills:

• Experience of leading, performance managing and motivating remote teams, in a high performance culture.
• Proven experience of managing the contracts and operational performance of the Development supply chain including setting and achieving challenging targets.
• Ability to maximise, utilise and embed the use of new technologies, including mobile technology and ways of working.
• Excellent knowledge of construction standards, regulations and legislation, including Health and Safety and proven experience of managing these at a senior level.
• Excellent, up-to-date, practical knowledge and experience of construction processes.
• Ability to present information in a clear and concise way to senior management, enabling effective decision making.
• Proven influencing and negotiation skills.
• Ability to manage complex budgets.
• Excellent oral and written communications and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Excel, Word and PowerPoint and emerging technologies.
• Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.
• Demonstrates the Guinness Leadership and Management Standard.

Desirable skills:

• Good knowledge and experience of non-housing construction project management e.g. commercial, highways and renewable energy.

Essential Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent) and/or relevant technical postgraduate qualification e.g. CIOB, RICS, RIBA or equivalent.

If you are interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached role profile.

Benefits

• Holidays: We offer 25-27 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays. We will also give you the opportunity to buy up to an additional 5 days. You will also receive additional holiday in line with your length of service (1 extra day per 5 years service, capped at 4 days).
• Competitive Pension Scheme: We will help you save for your retirement through our workplace pension scheme. Guinness match your contribution up to 9%. To help you get the most out of your pension contributions, we operate a salary sacrifice arrangement that means you will pay less National Insurance contributions.
• Benefits Portal: We have a lifestyle benefits scheme, pulling together a range of special offers and great deals. You can make some great savings on everyday shopping from fashion and electronics to travel, leisure and days out and weekly supermarket shopping.
• Performance Pay: Annual Performance Score bonus subject to eligibility.
• Life Assurance: For peace of mind Guinness provides three times salary life cover in the event of your death.
• Health Plan Options: There are a couple of health care schemes available depending on the post grade.
• VDU/DSE: Free eye test vouchers every 2 years with £55 contribution to glasses if required for VDU work.
• Additional benefits include access to the Finance wellbeing portal and professional subscription annual payment.
• Travel season ticket loan and car lease scheme.