EOI - Construction Manager

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world. Wood is currently sourcing Expression of Interest applications for an upcoming Construction Manager position to be located in North East England. Please note this is not a live position. This is a key position across established client sites and facilities within the Teesside Area.

The role will lead the Construction team ensuring project scope is completed on time, within budget, and according to quality and safety standards for high‑profile clients.

The Role

• Manage and lead a team of construction staff to develop project execution strategies, the path of construction, and the project specific construction documentation and deliverables, including Constructability Reviews, Construction Methodologies and associated Risk Assessment or HAZCON.
• Support and ensure collaboration with discipline managers and interfaces with other departments.
• Support estimating and development of robust project estimates and execution schedules.
• Assure the quality and integrity of the project, bringing the project in on schedule and within budget.
• Use client and in‑house construction management procedures, provide continuity and consistency of construction management with quality assurance and reliable controls.
• Responsible for execution of the work in accordance with the quality standards and requirements specified for the project.
• Manage and control construction cost and schedule of onsite construction, managing installation, commissioning and completion activities for hardware, plant and equipment.
• Oversee total field construction effort to ensure projects are constructed in accordance with design, budget, and schedule and comply with client specifications and standard operating procedures.

What We Can Offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across emerging energy sectors.
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business.
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.
• Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle.
• Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests.
• Global connections: join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession.
• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid and remote working where appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all aspects of construction management.
• Accountable for the overall contract construction effort, including safety, planning, cost and delivery of all field works on the Contract.
• Accountable for supervising, organising and coordinating site construction and coordinating with the Home Office, Client, Vendor and Commissioning teams to provide high quality support in accordance with the Contract.
• Responsible for ensuring full construction integration to project delivery by encouraging regular engineering, procurement and construction interface meetings.
• Provide construction expertise during Detail Design, in the form of constructability reviews, scope minimisation and ensuring safest and most efficient construction methods adopted.
• Ensure all Site activities are performed in a safe, environmentally responsible manner with integrity and quality delivering HS&E targets.
• Oversight of home office team to ensure quality construction input to the integrated engineering and planning processes.
• Delivery of site teams to meet Client’s business schedules.
• Accountable for managing, supervising, organising and co‑ordinating site construction teams to provide high quality support in accordance with the Contract.
• Providing technical expertise and guidance on all construction related activities.
• Performance reporting to Project management, ability to monitor work progress and report against the plan.
• Set and apply strategic and tactical direction regarding policy/procedures, work force staffing, and budgeting.
• Ensure safety, quality and environmental responsibilities and accountabilities have been defined and communicated to workers engaged within their area(s) of control.
• Understand and manage the industrial relations environment impacting the site and report any issues as required.
• Manages and controls project cost and schedule of assigned discipline/subset of onsite construction.
• Utilise Commercial processes to capture variations effectively.

Qualifications

• Typically qualified to ISCED Level 6 or equivalent combination of qualifications and experience.
• Vocational Qualification such as NVQ Level 6 in Construction Management an advantage.
• A recognised HSE qualification is desirable.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

• Appropriate level of Construction Management experience, typically gained through extensive post‑qualification experience in a relevant industry.
• Extensive and demonstrable experience in the management of multi‑disciplined projects in the Oil and Gas, Gas Processing or other relevant process industries.
• Proven experience in the management of home office, site construction and commissioning teams.
• Exposure and familiar with working within a technical environment.
• Demonstrable experience of leading Constructability and Construction Readiness Reviews.
• Experience of people management in a construction context.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong effective delegation skills.
• Accomplished in the use MS Office suite and familiar with other software packages.
• Experience with Completions Management Systems and processes through to completion and handover to commissioning.

Personal Attributes

• Outstanding team leader demonstrating focus, enthusiasm, sensitivity, mentoring and coaching qualities.
• Demonstrates effective delegation and team development with a focus on productivity and project integration.
• Demonstrates the ability to manage uncertainty to achieve a balance in the competing demands of the business.
• Demonstrates sound, fact‑based decision making, and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, clients and contractors to help teams achieve goals.
• Able to understand changing trends and developments within Industrial Relations and communicates their impact to the business.
• Challenge others to ensure project delivery aligned with the contract organisation and Wood policies and procedures.
• Well organised, observant, good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Role model Wood’s values & behaviours.

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 45 countries, employing around 25,000 people.

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non‑exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.