Construction Manager

1 month ago


Bishops Stortford, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

In a Nutshell…

We have an exciting opportunity for an Construction Manager to join our team within Vistry Central Home Counties. As our Construction Manager you will effectively motivate, support and manage the site based management teams to ensure that each development achieves the desired health, safety and environmental performance standards.

As the Construction Manager you will promote the importance of customer relationships to all site based teams to include directly employed and sub-contracted staff. To ensure the customer journey is applied with and our customers enjoy their moving in experience. To ensure that the approach and associated results are consistently high across all sites within the designated area.

Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you…

Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
Agile working possible (dependent on role)
Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Private Healthcare
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
Competitive contributory pension scheme
Life assurance - 4 x your annual salary
Share incentive schemes
Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…In return, what we would like from you…

Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality
ONC or HNC in Building Construction or NVQ Level 4/5 or similar
CSCS card at Contracts Manager Level
Full UK driving license
SMSTS, NVQ 6 or equivalent
Previous experience as a Project Manager or Senior Site Manager for a high volume house builder
Up to date knowledge of H&S obligations and building legislation
Proven track record of motivating and managing a team effectively
Able to work with others to achieve the desired outcome
Capable of implementing change and of using initiative
Confident outlook combined with resilience and diplomacy
Proven ability to work effectively with senior management
Ability to take a big picture view of multiple sites and make decisions accordingly
Able to work with a high degree of accuracy
Decision maker with pragmatic approach to problem solving
Discretion and integrity in attitude and approach
Able to work under pressure
Ability to balance excellent customer service with the requirements of achieving Company targetsMore about the Construction Manager role…

Mentor and manage the full Site Management Team across the area of responsibility in order to ensure all sites meet, and where possible, exceed the desired performance targets in line with business objectives
Actively input into Management Team review of Build Strategy on new developments, as necessary
Ensure the Health, Safety and Environmental targets are met across all sites and take appropriate action to ensure all sites are compliant
Regularly review programme via the subcontractor schedules v. build and log progress in the weekly site subcontractor meetings
Report the activity at the regional build/sales meetings and liaise with other departments as necessary to ensure targets are achieved
Visit all sites weekly, support and motivate site teams, monitor and review progress and compliance and attend all site meetings where necessary or required by your Regional Build Director
Liaise with and promote good relationships with key external stakeholders such as NHBC etc.
Develop and train the Site Management teams to ensure there are succession plans in place
Monitor and review the Site Managers to ensure that all plots have a customer care pass before obtaining CML prior to legal completion
Carry out random pre occupation checks on plots 24 hours before CML's and legal completions.
Ensure that effective site based meetings take place between the Sales Team and the Site Manager and that the required information is available to enable the Sales Team to update the customers. Attend on an infrequent basis to ensure effectiveness.
Attend regional build/sales meetings and provide accurate handover dates for all plots, provide updates on activity on sites, report on issues where appropriate and any actions needed to rectify the issues.
Monitor and review the Site Managers to ensure that all plots to be handed over have safe and appropriate access, parking, street lighting and signage.
Attend weekly customer care meetings with your site teams to ensure defects are being actioned within 10 - 30 days of being raised by the customer.
Attend weekly NHBC Survey Meeting with all site teams and action any items promptly with your site teams.
Agree trade tenders list with the commercial department and assist with the vetting of sub-contractors prior to appointment to ensure the correct quality standards will be achieved.
Ensure that quality inductions are carried out by Site Managers for all sub-contractors on site to ensure the required quality standards are met.

Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us…

We're Vistry Group, the UK's leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. Our core values of integrity, caring, and quality shape all we do; our partnership-led approach helps us build sustainable communities where they're needed most.

You're probably familiar with our unmatched portfolio of brands: Linden Homes, Bovis Homes, and Countryside Homes. We also have Vistry Works, our timber frame manufacturing operation, and Vistry Services, our support functions. Together, we build more than homes, so there's nowhere better to build your career. We're proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. Join us in making Vistry.

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