Construction Manager - Oxfordshire

Live 9th April 2024
Location: Oxfordshire
Title: Construction Manager
Project: Life Sciences/Pharma
Salary: £68000 – £73000
Company: Mechanical and Process Engineering specialist

Azon Recruitment is working with their valued client, a Mechanical and Process Engineering specialist.

With their recent expansion, they are hiring a Construction Manager for a Life Sciences project in Oxfordshire, UK to join their team on a permanent basis.

Role: Working as a key member of a leading mechanical engineering contractor on innovative and prestigious projects.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and assist in ensuring site safety in collaboration with the project and safety teams.
• Take a leading role in managing site quality assurance, working closely with the QA manager.
• Assist in managing project schedules in coordination with the project team and project manager.
• Oversee and track all project costs, including labour, materials, equipment, variations, and valuations.
• Provide support in overseeing day-to-day site operations.
• Directly manage the project team, ensuring alignment of all disciplines to achieve project objectives.
• Manage subcontractor activities, monitoring progress against schedule and workforce levels, facilitating weekly meetings with subcontractors and package owners.
• Assist in managing the ongoing snagging system, ensuring supervisors submit weekly punch lists where necessary, supporting the QAQC manager.
• Ensure accurate reporting of direct labour and subcontractor hours for tracking purposes.
• Lead various site meetings, internal project reviews, engineering reviews, planning and coordination meetings, and handover meetings.
• Assist in the closeout of all project items, including final account, O&M Manual, punch list, safety file, QA file, material and plant re-locations, and project plan, in collaboration with the site project manager.

Requirements:

• Solid understanding of the entire design and construction process.
• Possession of a clean driver’s license.
• Ability to effectively manage people and programs.
• Background in trade or relevant third-level qualification.
• Demonstrated track record of coordinating and managing large-scale projects.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a construction manager.

For more information or to be considered, please contact Sinéad –