Construction Manager

4 weeks ago


Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Vistry Group PLC Full time
About the Construction Manager Role

We are seeking an experienced Construction Manager to lead our site management teams in achieving exceptional health, safety, and environmental performance standards.

As a Construction Manager, you will promote the importance of customer relationships and ensure that each development meets the desired performance targets.

Key Responsibilities
  • Mentor and manage site management teams to achieve performance targets
  • Actively input into management team reviews of build strategy on new developments
  • Ensure health, safety, and environmental targets are met across all sites
  • Regularly review programme via subcontractor schedules and log progress in weekly site meetings
  • Report activity at regional build/sales meetings and liaise with other departments to ensure targets are achieved
  • Visit all sites weekly to support and motivate site teams, monitor progress, and comply with company requirements
  • Liaise with external stakeholders, such as NHBC, to promote good relationships and compliance
  • Develop and train site management teams to ensure succession plans are in place
  • Monitor and review site managers to ensure customer care passes before CML prior to legal completion
  • Carry out random pre-occupation checks on plots before CML and legal completions
  • Ensure effective site-based meetings take place between sales teams and site managers, and that required information is available to enable accurate updates
  • Attend regional build/sales meetings to provide accurate handover dates, update on site activity, and report on issues requiring attention
  • Monitor and review site managers to ensure plots have safe and appropriate access, parking, street lighting, and signage
  • Attend weekly customer care meetings to ensure defects are actioned within 10-30 days of being raised by customers
  • Attend weekly NHBC survey meetings with site teams and action items promptly
  • Agree trade tenders with commercial department and assist with vetting sub-contractors to ensure quality standards are met
  • Ensure quality inductions are carried out by site managers for all sub-contractors on site
  • Ensure site NHBC year-to-date score is no more than 0.20 on a rolling 12-month scale
  • Ensure sub-contractor quality stage checklists are completed by site managers prior to payment authorization
  • Attend all pre-start meetings, providing programmes, strategy plans, compound position, and complete CMD check forms
  • Ensure protection to work in progress complies with company site protection requirements
  • Review NHBC record book, checking for comments, actions, and missed key stage inspections
  • Regularly check NHBC portal to ensure pre-occupation conditions have been cleared by site management teams prior to CML
  • Design build phase strategy, including build strategy, traffic management plan, and occupational strategy, and ensure site managers comply with the strategy
  • Ensure forward planning is in place at all stages of the build operation and liaise with technical and commercial departments as required
  • Identify key activities at pre-contract stage and monitor to ensure start date is achieved
About Vistry Group

We are the UK's leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes, driven by our core values of integrity, caring, and quality.

Our partnership-led approach helps us build sustainable communities where they're needed most.

We're proud of our diverse and inclusive culture, where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully.

We're committed to making a positive impact on the communities we serve and providing a great place to work for all our employees.



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