Construction Manager

At Bellway, we recognize that people are the key to our success, and we are committed to building an inclusive culture that values and respects difference combined with creating a safe and inclusive working environment for all colleagues. This means we are positive about making adjustments as well as providing flexible working, and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you.

There is an exciting opportunity to join Bellway, one of the UK’s largest house builders. Our Thames Gateway Division, located in Dartford, is looking to recruit a Construction Manager to join the Division’s Construction team.

The role of Construction Manager plays a crucial role in ensuring the total performance of the Construction team’s role in producing a quality product in a safe environment for the customer and the Construction team, with on-time delivery, to budget along with excellent customer service. This role reports to the Head of Construction or Construction Director.

Principal accountabilities of the Construction Manager role include:

• Motivate, support and manage Site Managers by providing training, coaching and support as required to improve performance.
• Control preliminary costs in accordance with budget.
• Plan and programme work methods and build sequence on sites of responsibility.
• Regularly visit sites and attend weekly sub-contract meetings with Site Manager and Housing Association representatives ensuring that all necessary resources and information are made available to achieve programme dates or any target dates that may be set from time to time.
• Inspect quality of work during the construction process and give advice and support to Site Managers as required.
• Inspect record books on site relating to health and safety, NHBC, Customer Plot Files, Building Control records, plant and machinery records, and scaffold records.
• Ensure that costs are controlled efficiently and that all resources are being used effectively.
• Keep up to date with customer care issues on sites to enable discussion with a view to getting any issues resolved in a timely manner.

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Experience

• Experience of working as a Senior Site Manager, Construction Manager within the high volume house builder.
• Experience of health and safety obligations, building legislation, and NHBC standards.

Qualifications and Training

• Relevant CSCS card
• SMSTS certificate
• Construction Management Level 4+ apprenticeship is desirable
• Full UK driving licence

Skills and Aptitude

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of people.
• Ability to liaise with internal and external personnel.
• Able to plan and programme work methods and build sequence for sites.
• Control preliminary costs in accordance with budget.
• Good administration skills.
• Able to work to deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work on own initiative, with excellent attention to detail.
• Proficient IT skills along with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
• Committed to diversity and inclusion.

The Role and Working Conditions

• Willing to be flexible in respect to day-to-day duties and hours worked.
• Daily travel to development sites and Divisional Head Office.

In return we can offer you:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive car allowance
• Optional salary sacrifice car scheme
• Competitive annual bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Access to discounts and benefits portal
• ShareSave Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life assurance

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a large volume of applications are received.