In a Nutshell…
We have an exciting opportunity for a Construction Manager to join our team within Vistry Central Home Counties. As our Construction Manager, you will effectively motivate, support, and manage the site-based management teams to ensure that each development achieves the desired health, safety, and environmental performance standards.
As the Construction Manager, you will promote the importance of customer relationships to all site-based teams, including directly employed and sub-contracted staff, ensuring that the customer journey is applied and our customers enjoy their moving-in experience. The approach and associated results should be consistently high across all sites within the designated area.
Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you…
* Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
* Company car, car allowance, or travel allowance
* Agile working possible (dependent on role)
* Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Private Healthcare
* Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
* Competitive contributory pension scheme
* Life assurance - 4 x your annual salary
* Share incentive schemes
* Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…
In return, what we would like from you…
* Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring, and Quality
* ONC or HNC in Building Construction or NVQ Level 4/5 or similar
* CSCS card at Contracts Manager Level
* Full UK driving license
* SMSTS, NVQ 6, or equivalent
* Previous experience as a Project Manager or Senior Site Manager for a high-volume house builder
* Up-to-date knowledge of H&S obligations and building legislation
* Proven track record of motivating and managing a team effectively
* Able to work with others to achieve the desired outcome
* Capable of implementing change and using initiative
* Confident outlook combined with resilience and diplomacy
* Proven ability to work effectively with senior management
* Ability to take a big picture view of multiple sites and make decisions accordingly
* Able to work with a high degree of accuracy
* Decision maker with a pragmatic approach to problem-solving
* Discretion and integrity in attitude and approach
* Able to work under pressure
* Ability to balance excellent customer service with the requirements of achieving Company targets
More about the Construction Manager role…
* Mentor and manage the full Site Management Team across the area of responsibility to ensure all sites meet, and where possible, exceed the desired performance targets in line with business objectives
* Actively input into Management Team review of Build Strategy on new developments, as necessary
* Ensure the Health, Safety, and Environmental targets are met across all sites and take appropriate action to ensure compliance
* Regularly review the program via the subcontractor schedules vs. build and log progress in the weekly site subcontractor meetings
* Report the activity at the regional build/sales meetings and liaise with other departments to ensure targets are achieved
* Visit all sites weekly, support and motivate site teams, monitor and review progress and compliance, and attend all site meetings as required by your Regional Build Director
* Liaise with and promote good relationships with key external stakeholders such as NHBC
* Develop and train the Site Management teams to ensure there are succession plans in place
* Monitor and review the Site Managers to ensure all plots have a customer care pass before obtaining CML prior to legal completion
* Carry out random pre-occupation checks on plots 24 hours before CML's and legal completions
* Ensure effective site-based meetings take place between the Sales Team and the Site Manager, and that the required information is available to update customers
* Attend regional build/sales meetings and provide accurate handover dates for all plots, updates on activity on sites, and report on issues where appropriate
* Monitor and review Site Managers to ensure all plots to be handed over have safe and appropriate access, parking, street lighting, and signage
* Attend weekly customer care meetings with site teams to ensure defects are actioned within 10 - 30 days of being raised by the customer
* Attend weekly NHBC Survey Meetings with all site teams and action any items promptly
* Agree trade tenders list with the commercial department and assist with vetting sub-contractors prior to appointment to ensure quality standards are achieved
* Ensure quality inductions are carried out by Site Managers for all sub-contractors on site to meet required quality standards
Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us…
We're Vistry Group, the UK's leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. Our core values of integrity, caring, and quality shape all we do; our partnership-led approach helps us build sustainable communities where they're needed most.
You're probably familiar with our unmatched portfolio of brands: Linden Homes, Bovis Homes, and Countryside Homes. We also have Vistry Works, our timber frame manufacturing operation, and Vistry Services, our support functions. Together, we build more than homes, so there's nowhere better to build your career. We're proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. Join us in making Vistry.
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