Construction Manager
Job Description
Job summary
This post is within the Capital Works Team in the Estates, Engineering & Facilities Department at UKHSA Porton Down. The team provides supervision of all construction, refurbishment, and engineering projects, and ensures the quality of the end product meets with the agreed design, specification, standards, and contract requirements, and complies with the current Building Regulations.
The post holder is responsible for:
- Ensuring that all contractors, their sub-contractors, and operatives carry out their duties within the safe working practice of the construction and engineering trade and HSQE requirements by ensuring method statements and risk assessments are diligently provided and worked to for all activities.
- Monitoring contractors' progress and act as a liaison point for all security access arrangements for the contractors' staff, equipment, and site deliveries.
- Carrying out site inductions where necessary.
- Attending project meetings to provide supporting evidence of build quality, deviations and variations.
- Working with the Project Manager and appointed professional consultants.
UKHSA Porton Down typically carries out 15-20 construction and engineering projects per annum in the delivery of its capital programme, valued between £10K and £2M. Additionally, it carries out circa £1M of minor building refurbishment and alteration works annually.
Main duties of the job
Your responsibilities will include to:
- Ensure that all building work complies with the Building Regulations throughout the whole construction process.
- Ensure due consideration is afforded to the requirements concerning welfare, security, safety of the construction staff, visitors and building users.
- Liaise with Contractors to provide information from the Asbestos Management Report when planning invasive works.
- Understand and advise on site investigation techniques that may be applicable prior to commencement of building operations such as environmental risk assessments, site clearance, geotechnical processes, and contaminated land.
- Ensure effective records are maintained throughout the design and construction phase including, but not limited to, plant and equipment, resources, inspections, defects, materials delivered/incorporated, change control, variations, compensation events, weather, weekly progress etc.
- Provide construction advice on any aspect of building, refurbishment and alteration works and carry out Value Engineering appraisals on available options to ensure value for money in consideration of quality parameters.
- Attend design and contract meetings and provide advice to the project team on construction aspects of works.
- Ensure that Health and Safety is the first priority on the construction site and is positively communicated at all levels.
About us
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Please visit our careers site for more information https://gov.uk/ukhsa/careers
Job responsibilities
Your key responsibilities will include to:
- Ensure that all building work complies with the Building Regulations throughout the whole construction process.
- Ensure due consideration is afforded to the requirements concerning welfare, security, safety of the construction staff, visitors and building users.
- Liaise with Contractors to provide information from the Asbestos Management Report when planning invasive works.
- Understand and advise on site investigation techniques that may be applicable prior to commencement of building operations such as environmental risk assessments, site clearance, geotechnical processes, and contaminated land.
- Ensure effective records are maintained throughout the design and construction phase including, but not limited to, plant and equipment, resources, inspections, defects, materials delivered/incorporated, change control, variations, compensation events, weather, weekly progress etc.
- Provide construction advice on any aspect of building, refurbishment and alteration works and carry out Value Engineering appraisals on available options to ensure value for money in consideration of quality parameters.
- Attend design and contract meetings and provide advice to the project team on construction aspects of works.
- Ensure that Health and Safety is the first priority on the construction site and is positively communicated at all levels.
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.
Essential Criteria:
- Formal Construction related Qualifications (Degree/HND/BTech).
- Experienced Construction Manager/Supervisor.
- Experience of holding a construction management role (i.e., Site Agent/Site Manager) for a client or within medium to large construction companies.
- Experience of inspection, reporting and auditing of the building regulations.
- Experience in the management and application of the construction safety legislation and the CDM regulations.
- Team engagement/people, writing, reporting, communication skills and excellent organisation skills.
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships, both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
Stage 1 - Application & Sift:
You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the 7 essential criteria listed, and this will be in the form of a:
- Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application
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Up to 1500-word Statement of Suitability
This should outline how you consider your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.
The Application form and Statement of Suitability will be marked together.
Longlisting : In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of:
- Meets all essentialcriteria
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Meets some essential criteria
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Meets no essential criteria
Piles Meets all essentialcriteriawill be moved through to the shortlisting stage.
Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on:
- Experience of holding a construction management role (i.e., Site Agent/Site Manager) for a client or within medium to large construction companies
Please do not exceed 1500 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number. If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to an interview. Unfortunately, late applications will not be considered.
Please note you will not be able to upload your CV. You must complete the application form in as much detail as possible. Please do not email us your CV.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Stage 2: Interview (success profiles)
You will be invited to a (single) face to face interview. If face to face interviews are planned, in exceptional circumstances, we may be able to offer a remote interview.
Behaviours, Technical and Experience will be tested at interview.
There will be a 5 minute presentation at interview, full details of the subject will be provided at the shortlisting stage.
The Behaviour's tested during the interview stage will be:
- Managing a Quality Service (lead)
- Making Effective Decision
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Location
This role is being offered as office based at our Scientific Campus in Porton Down.
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