Senior Construction Manager (Buildings)

Senior Construction Manager

Field Based UK

Regular travel to Milton Keynes head office

Salary – £70,000 to £75,000 per annum

As Senior Construction Project Manager you will have a vital role in the delivery of our developments pipeline of Trunk Road Service Areas and Motorway Service Areas, helping to ensure the multi-disciplinary teams on our projects work together efficiently, to deliver first class roadside services on time, to budget, with zero harm.

Representing the Client, you will work collaboratively with our internal customer, specialist supply chain partners and third parties to ensure the design and construction is delivered within the brief. You will be a driving force on our sites, providing site leadership and bringing a focus to quality, health, safety and environmental performance, programme management, value engineering and compliance.

What will your role look like?

You will be responsible for:

• Manage and oversee the technical approval of all highways works and relevant third-party Agreements, including Section 278 and the like with National Highways and Local Authorities
• Produce, manage, monitor, and maintain the construction master programme and report on progress.
• Chair and attend regular co-ordination meetings with consultants and third parties, as well as internal project meetings
• Ensure project compliance with Building Control, Local Planning Authority and all other regulatory bodies.
• Ensuring LEED or BREEAM compliance where required on projects, review and undertake Design Stage Assessments
• Manage project risk and drive innovative and cost-effective Value Engineering solutions into the design and delivery stages

About you

Ideally we are looking for someone who has:

• Extensive knowledge and understanding of construction processes with experience in managing the delivery of the design and construction of development sites, including; highway works, civils, utilities, structures, envelope, fit-out and handover procedures.
• Experience in managing and delivering Section 278 works with National Highways and Local Authorities.
• Good understanding of construction processes and buildability associated with building and fit out works through all RIBA Stages.
• A sound knowledge of UK construction industry and best practice in design principles and project delivery.
• Excellent programme management skills with competence in Microsoft Project and or Asta PowerProject. 
• Understanding of Building Regulations and Planning Permission procedures and adoptable highways (s278) and drainage works (s104)

We also have some great benefits;

• Bonus Scheme
• Company Car Scheme, or equivalent Opt Out payment
• Private Healthcare scheme provided by Vitality
• 33 days Holiday (inc. BH) - entitlement increases with service
• Pension Scheme. 4% employer, 5% employee contribution.
• Employee discounts (50% off onsite KFC, Burger King, Starbucks and Pizza Express to name a few)
• My Welcome Break discounts - savings at hundreds of high street retailers including fashion stores, electrical retailers, supermarkets and travel companies
• Career progression and brilliant training programmes
• Cycle to work scheme - salary sacrifice scheme allows you to save money on bikes – including e-bikes
• Free onsite parking at all Welcome Break sites
• Free lunch provided in office (sandwiches, pasta pots, rolls) as well as Tea and Coffee

About Welcome Break

Welcome Break is one of the UK’s leading motorway service operators, running 59 service areas and 31 hotels across the UK.

When you come into one of our sites you will recognise your favourite brands such as Starbucks, Subway, WHSmith, KFC, Pizza Express and Burger King, as well hotels under the Ramada and Days Inn brands. But what might come as a surprise is that we are all one team and that even with different uniforms, everyone works for Welcome Break. 

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