Construction manager

Are you looking to progress your career by working on Britain rsquo;s biggest construction project? Balfour Beatty VINCI is working with a range of organisations to design and build 90km West Midlands stretch of HS2 - Britain rsquo;s new high speed railway. Our work is essential to enable HS2 trains to travel between London and Birmingham as well as continue their journey up to Manchester. It rsquo;s an incredibly exciting time to join us - we rsquo;re at peak construction with work really ramping up on a broad range of assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts. Plus you rsquo;d join 9,000 people across 72 nationalities working on this exciting section of HS2 across the region. We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Construction Manager within the Route wide Delivery team. This role will be based on site in locations around Kingsbury and Lichfield The northernmost site of the West Midlands stretch of HS2 runs from Water Orton to Lichfield. The sites are mainly rural and will link HS2 to the West Coast Mainline track. Role purpose: To provide strategic operational management, leadership and control of a multi-disciplinary team comprising engineering and supervisory resources at all levels and facilitation of strong links with other teams within and external to the project. The Construction Manager is responsible for the safe, timely and within budget of the delivery of MEP Buildings/Headhouse at Bromford East West Portals and Bromford Intermediate Shaft. The Construction Manager responsibility includes the following responsibilities: * Manages the Health and Safety at the Sites in line with project objectives and monitors performance, steering towards success * Monitors effectiveness of the H S Management System and drives change when required * Manage the execution of work, and monitor the sub-contractor performance Implement and monitor the site supervision * Manage the internal and external interfaces in relation with the execution of the works Ensure the compliance with technical and contractual requirements, especially with regards to Health Safety and Environment * Produce, review and approve of Method Statements Risk Assessments and ensure correct implementation, and undertake periodic reviews * Develop works programme and lead any programme review with the site team and subcontractors * Reports progress, reasons for difference and identify any improvement to mitigate delay and maximize opportunity * Ensure the site team of each site maintains accurate diary Sets * Quality targets and KPI #39;s in line with Project objectives and monitors performance * Manages the implementation of systems and processes for Right First-Time approach Experienced required: * Engineering Degree holder, or similar equivalent, with multi-disciplinary breadth. * Proven experience in managing subcontractors and working with a major contractor. * Strong on technical details and with good communication skills. * Strong leadership and management skills, including completion of formal qualification (e.g. ILM). * Good Working knowledge of CDM 2015 Regulations and current legislation and standards associated with all engineering aspects. * Working knowledge of the NEC. * Large scale project experience (eg rail, buildings hellip;). Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role. Benefits of working with us bull; Car/ car allowance bull; Flexible working available for some roles bull; Free parking bull; Travel allowance for eligible candidates bull; Family friendly leave policies bull; Excellent pension contributions bull; Healthcare bull; Health risk assessments bull; Access to employee assistance programmes bull; Access to annual flu vaccinations About Balfour Beatty VINCI Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long-established joint venture between two powerhouses for the delivery of critical infrastructure across rail, transport and other iconic projects in the UK and beyond. We started working together over 30 years ago to deliver the Channel Tunnel, as members of the TransManche Link consortium. In the Midlands, it is Balfour Beatty VINCI rsquo;s role to design and build the route, ready for tracks and signalling to be installed. Our work with HS2 Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and then on to Handsacre in Staffordshire. Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites: bull; 9.3km of viaducts bull; 62 overbridges bull; 35 cuttings bull; 56 culverts bull; 62 embankments bull; 2 twin bore tunnels and 2 cut and cover tunnels bull; 28 underbridges and 11 underpasses Diversity and Inclusion Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is delivering equal opportunities for everyone that is part of the team and for people that are yet to join us. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities and neuro diversities. We are working to represent the communities Balfour Beatty VINCI works in through our workforce. We have embedded Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED I) Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively. We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is a Disability Confident Leader and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability. Flexible working: We recognise and respect that people work in different ways and we are open to discussing what flexibility you may need during the recruitment process, balanced against our project requirements