Hmrc - Head of Construction

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 355295**Salary**:

- £66,957 - £74,018- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 6**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HMRC - CFO Group - Estates**Type of role**:

- Property**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Belfast - Erskine House, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester - 3 New Bailey, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Preston - St Mark's HouseAbout the job

**Job summary**:
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**Have you successfully run projects through the full RIBA lifecycle?**

**Do you feel confident about providing expertise to support organisational strategic decisions about construction projects?**

**Are you experienced in delivery construction professional services contracts?**

**If you’ve answered yes, then joining HMRC Estates as our Head of Construction could be what you’re looking for**

This is a key role within our Estates team, and you’d be reporting directly into the Deputy Director of Professional Services and Digital Estates.

We are looking for someone to bring their extensive knowledge of the construction lifecycle to assist us with a range of activities including new build developments, office refurbishments and minor projects.

Your team of Construction Project Managers will be operating within a matrix project environment and be responsible and accountable for the delivery of all our external construction services contract activities.

**Job description**:
You will be leading and developing your team, to ensure appropriate resource and capability levels to deliver project outcomes. They will also be managing external professional services and operate from acquisition throughout the project lifecycle, assuring developers works and delivering the Cat B Contract through to handover.

HMRC is the largest landlord in government, and as such we require all our buildings be built to the highest quality to make sure all our teams can work at their best. We need you to be responsible for ensuring that all our construction projects are of the highest quality through the successful operational contract management of our professional services and Construction Contracts.

**Person specification**:
We are looking for you to have significant experience managing and delivery large construction projects in excess of £5m alongside being fully conversant will all major forms of JCT, NEC Building Contracts.

You need to have experience operating within a client organisation of a developer, or end user, or as a consultant operating as a client representative. You also need to be confident and capable of developing and maintaining effective relationships with high influencing partners whilst operating within a complex organisational environment.

**Essential Criteria**:

- Demonstrable experience managing and delivery large construction projects
- Conversant with all major forms of JCT, NEC Building Contracts
- Experienced in producing project schedules
- Knowledge and developing controls, of construction project risks
- Able to develop and maintain relationships with senior partners
- Demonstrable experiences leading and developing a team
- Undergraduate degree in property related discipline
- Member of either the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors or Chartered Institute of Building. If not already held must be willing to obtain full membership within 24 months

**Desirable Criteria**:

- Experience of managing delivery of large commercial office fit outs
- Management of multi-disciplined technical teams
- Knowledge of Digital Construction tools
- Experience in Design for manufacture and assembly methodology
- Experience in resolving/negotiating construction contract issues

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
- Managing a Quality Service

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £66,957, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £18,078 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.
- Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 27% of their salary.
- Family friendly policies.
- Personal support.
- Coaching and development.

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