Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.
Our infrastructure team brings its design, build and refurbishment expertise to complex projects across the country. We form strong partnerships with clients and communities to deliver major infrastructure improvements like A14 improvement scheme, HS2 and Waterloo and Southwest station upgrade.
Drawing on our Scandinavian heritage, we are green, innovative and progressive. We bring together people and technology, helping to make our industry safer and more collaborative.
To build on our success, we are looking for a Senior Construction Manager to join our infrastructure team located at the Newark (A46) site office where Skanska is working alongside National Highways to deliver the design and build of road upgrades. As Senior Construction Manager, you will be responsible for the operation delivery of the project.
You will:
1. Provide strategic direction and strong leadership to the construction team to deliver the project in line with objectives and outcomes.
2. Define the organisation of the construction team with clear roles and responsibilities to deliver the project successfully.
3. Consider Health, Safety & Wellbeing as well as sustainability throughout all aspects of delivery.
4. Support the detailed design phase in ensuring an efficient and buildable design is produced by working alongside the construction team to find innovative ways to minimise cost and technical issues.
5. Ensure supply chain arrangements are appropriate and efficiently managed and subcontracts are correctly administered.
6. Deliver the project in compliance with Skanska’s Our Way of Working system and adhere to all relevant policies and procedures (including client requirements).
7. Develop the team, including encouraging personal development, fostering an inclusive culture and monitoring/assessing performance against the expected standards.
8. As a member of SLT, champion and influence the overall collaborative strategy and vision of the project to the project team.
9. Proven experience of leading the delivery of major highways schemes (preferably National Highways) at Project Director level.
10. Extensive experience and knowledge of highway construction methods, logistics, site security and supply chain.
11. Extensive experience of project delivery involving significant utility diversions and preferably under the regime of a DCO.
12. Extensive experience of overseeing the acquisition and compliance of third-party consents and first-class stakeholder management, ideally Network Rail.
13. Extensive experience of delivery of structures including bridges over road, rail and water in a live traffic and rail infrastructure environment.
14. Progressive attitude towards carbon reduction, social value, and I&D.
Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.
Reasonable adjustments
We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using recruitment@skanska.co.uk if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.
More information about the role
Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: recruitment@skanska.co.uk
The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.
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