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Construction Manager, Hereford

Site Manager, Hereford

Our client is a construction industry leader working on major infrastructure projects. They are currently in a period of expansion and are looking for a Construction Manager to be based at their Hereford site. The project you will be responsible for is a £120 million development consisting of multi storey apartments, an auditorium, offices and accommodation block. This project is due to run for two years and they have a pipeline of further projects to continue on handover.

As Construction Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Managing vital construction projects for a stable business in a booming industry
• Be essential to the success, safety and quality of construction projects
• Control, manage and deliver smaller scale site-based project work or support a Senior Project Manager to manage sections of larger projects
• Manage, motivate and coach a multi-disciplinary team – including the integration and monitoring of trade contractors
• Make sure that customer specifications and project objectives are met – considering everything from safety and risk to quality and time
• Keep a close eye on budgets, cost control and cost recovery
• Draw up realistic short-term programmes and track progress
• Collaborate with other experts across teams that include project management, commercial, operations, health and safety and external suppliers.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate:

• A proven track record of managing site logistics and operational delivery within a construction environment
• Experience of delivering projects in excess of £25 million in value
• Communicate safe systems of work and implement improvements
• Work flexibly on complex projects and to strict deadlines
• Use your working knowledge of health and safety legislation to apply H&S systems, coach people to produce H&S documents, and guide others in incident investigation
• Have experience of steel and concrete structures
• Be dynamic and forward thinking and want to deliver projects to handover stage

Due to the nature of this project, candidates MUST have eligibility to obtain Security Clearance