Construction Assurance Manager- Returners in England

Are you looking to return to work following a career break of 2 or more years? If you are an experienced professional looking to return to the workplace, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. To apply for this vacancy and join our Returners Programme, applicants must be returning from a career break of 2 or more years or have been freelancing or working in a home business during that time.

National Highways is looking for a Construction Assurance Manager to join our Northwest Operations team. In this pivotal role, you will be at the heart of delivering major Capital Investment Schemes, representing our interests on civil engineering construction and maintenance sites and ensuring every project meets the highest standards.

Reporting to the Construction Manager, you will be the driving force behind schemes delivered on time, within budget, and to exceptional quality and safety standards, all while safeguarding a positive customer experience. Join a well-established team that prides itself on collaboration and culture, and enjoy a role that promises variety, challenge, and impact every single day.

Based in either Warrington or Preston, this opportunity is ideal for professionals with a background as an Agent, Sub Agent, or in similar construction site management roles who are ready to take the next step in their career. You will also be required to drive as part of your role and you will need to have no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.

• Assuring the completion of planned works to agreed standards and escalating any concerns to the Construction Manager in line with agreed governance requirements.
• Ensuring that all works are constructed in line with CDM regulations, HSE Legislation, Chapter 8 requirements, Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and Manual of Contract Documents for Highways Works (MCHW).
• Ensuring Project Managers receive regular and timely feedback on scheme construction progress, risks, early warnings, design-related issues, and acting as the initial point of escalation for any on-site issues that need to be resolved.
• Acting as liaison between all key supply chain partners and coordinating the delivery programme, ensuring buildability reviews are carried out on all projects.
• Maintaining good liaison with Project Managers and Commercial & Procurement colleagues, providing relevant and timely information on Early Warnings and Compensation Events.

Proven highways/structures maintenance/construction experience is essential; experience of working on high-speed Trunk Road/Motorway Networks.

Knowledge of site-based processes, relevant legislation, practices and policies for health & safety, environmental and quality management, including a good understanding of the DMRB, MCHW, Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual and CDM Regulations.

CSCS Card Holder essential; Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) or Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS).

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including stakeholder management, with a strong customer focus and managing geographically dispersed teams.

Experienced in using the NEC 4 ECC form of contract.

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads. We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We're proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.

So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you'll be a great fit for our organisation.

A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home. We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we're open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times.

Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.

Our total reward package includes:

• Basic salary, the potential for a performance-related bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%.
• Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays).
• Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working.
• Life assurance of 4 times annual salary.
• Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7, and a network of mental health first aiders.
• A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel.
• Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on-job experience.

We are family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days per annum), e.g., for caring responsibilities.

Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme.

Community friendly - offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year.

If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:

• Right to work check.
• 3-year employment history references.
• DBS criminal record check.
• Social media and adverse journalism check.
• Driving licence check (if applicable).
• Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable).
• Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable).

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