Senior Construction Manager

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working? M Group Energy. At M Group Energy, we’re enabling the energy essential to support our lives. We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation. This role will be within our EV team. We’re working hard to make safe, quality, sustainable EV projects a reality. Our teams install charging stations, ensuring they are accessible and reliable, and integrate them into the energy network.

What will you be doing? We’re looking for a Senior Construction Manager to lead the construction works as part of our framework contracts across the UK to support our growing EV business. As the Senior Construction Manager, you’ll be working as part of a close-knit operations and construction team. You’ll oversee the delivery of construction projects from start to finish, ensuring high standards in safety, quality, and timeliness. Collaborate with an expert management team, drive risk management, and provide guidance on technical and construction matters.

Main responsibilities include:

• Managing the interface between the design function and the construction managers.
• Training new starters in the policies, procedures and reporting requirements for construction works.
• Support and mentoring new and junior construction managers.
• Ensuring that the quality of the construction works is delivered to the expected standards and in line with the approved design.
• Carry out safety and quality site inspection visits.
• Assist the construction managers in completing the preparation (pre-construction) for construction activities.
• Liaise with the design team in handover of the AFC design pack.
• Management of onsite design queries and provision of construction guidance.
• Monitoring the onsite performance of the subcontractor supply chain.
• Provision of holiday and sickness cover for construction works.
• Client liaison pre, post and during construction works.
• Updating the commercial team on change, early warnings and compensation events.
• Assist the construction manager in the closing out of projects including defect management, production of the health and safety files and handover to the clients.
• Ensuring the approved programmes are managed and updated in line with the site works and reporting to the Contract Manager on the progress of works.

What you’ll bring:

• Energetic and self-motivated Team Player
• Ability to prioritise and adapt to change
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Construction management and Utilities / Civils experience
• SMSTS
• Full UK driving license - this role involves travel to sites across the UK

What’s in it for you? We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• Private health care and health care cash plan for you (and your family)
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.