Construction Manager | Oxford, Oxfordshire
£300 – £350 per day | Freelance / Contract
Long-term project | Approx. 2 years remaining
Flexible working hours | 9-hour day
The Role
We are recruiting for an experienced, technically minded Construction Manager to join the delivery team on a major healthcare construction project in Oxford.
This is a hands-on site role for someone who understands how buildings go together, can interrogate drawings, identify buildability issues and take ownership of day-to-day construction delivery.
You will work closely with the Building Services/M&E, Design and Project Management teams on a highly serviced clinical development with complex construction interfaces.
Responsibilities
- Manage and coordinate day-to-day construction activities.
- Review drawings and identify buildability issues, clashes and installation problems.
- Ensure subcontractors work in line with drawings and specifications.
- Coordinate construction, M&E and design interfaces.
- Manage penetrations, openings, fire stopping and associated details.
- Look ahead in the programme and resolve issues before they affect delivery.
- Manage Site Managers, Supervisors, subcontractors and site labour.
- Chair and contribute to subcontractor and coordination meetings.
- Monitor quality, progress, programme and site standards.
- Take ownership of allocated areas with minimal supervision.
Requirements
- Previous Construction Manager or strong Site Manager experience.
- Strong technical construction knowledge.
- Experience reviewing and coordinating construction drawings.
- Good understanding of buildability and construction sequencing.
- Experience managing multiple subcontract packages.
- Comfortable working closely with M&E and design teams.
- SMSTS.
- CSCS.
- First Aid.
- Healthcare, hospital, modular, complex fit-out or heavily serviced building experience would be advantageous.
Why Join?
This is a major specialist healthcare development with approximately two years of construction still to run, offering excellent continuity for the right person.
The project has a collaborative, hands-on culture with the opportunity to work on a technically challenging scheme and become a key part of the delivery team. There is also potential for a permanent opportunity longer term.
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