Construction Manager

House of Commons

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Introduction 

The Project Delivery Team, within the Strategic Estates Directorate in Parliament takes great pride in looking after and improving the buildings of Parliament itself, as custodians of the Estate.  Our aim is to provide the right environments for building users whilst restoring and protecting our heritage buildings.

The Project Delivery Team is accountable for the delivery of all of the current major projects across the Parliamentary Estate, having recently undergone a reorganisation the team will focus on a portfolio management approach, alongside an enhanced focus on construction quality, cost scrutiny and consistency of approach whilst strengthening opportunities for professional development and career progression across the team.

The Construction Manager is responsible for ensuring that our projects achieve our required standards for on-site delivery.  They will be required to drive best practice, seeking consistency of approach across the estate. They will have a breadth of experience of establishing and strengthening team and working across a diverse portfolio of projects with Multi Contractors and Supply Chain. 

The successful candidate will manage a team of specialists with site wide responsibility for site management, with specific focus on Health, Safety and Access.  Required skills include substantial experience of the construction site and a robust understanding of the Client role for HS&W.

Some of the responsibilities for this role include:

• Leading and inspiring a Project Delivery focused specialist team to support the delivery of projects safely, to time, budget and our quality requirements.
• Ensuring adherence to expected construction standards, whilst improving quality and consistency of approach across the estate. 
• Strengthening current interface and engagement, improving H&S communications and encouraging joint working across the estate. 

To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:

• Suitable academic and professional qualifications and related discipline, for example: CMIOSH or Equivalent / MCIOB or Equivalent.
• Robust experience of managing construction across multi sites – acting within a Client capacity. 
• Excellent People Management, with experience of achieving improvement across multiple sites and contractors and creating an inclusive and collaborative culture which values diversity and encourages openness, approachability and sensitivity.
• Robust understanding of safety, health and environmental management systems with experience of developing processes that support continuous improvement and best practice across multiple projects with different contractor teams.
• Strong stakeholder and supply chain management with the ability to influence within a sensitive political environment.

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including: 

• 30 days’ annual leave (increasing to 35 days after first full leave year). 
• Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. 
• Access to training and development. 
• Flexible working. 
• Interest free season ticket loan and bicycle loan. 

Job contact :

• Name : Recruitment Team
• Email : recruitment@parliament.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@parliament.uk