Carmichaels are seeking a Construction Manager to work on a rail project in the Cardiff area.
As a Construction Manager, you will have the following accountabilities:
- Accept project budgets and manage against them to ensure cost control.
- Support the business development activities of the Project Division.
- Uphold and support established and agreed ways of working with customers (internal or external) to ensure ongoing feedback on team’s performance. Use the feedback to identify outstanding performance.
- Maintain competency management records for all employees and subcontract staff.
- Ensure personal site diary maintained with daily events recorded appropriately.
- Organisation
- Maintain a team of direct reports and ensure that there are as few as possible vacancies in the organisation.
- Provide information regarding resource availability and competency for PWay related bids and/or projects
- Establish and maintain a system of scheduling and tracking resource utilisation to ensure that the budget is on target and take action if internal utilisation is below target.
- Manage the team performance using the Company’s Competency Management Framework and Performance and Development process to identify development needs and ensure that everybody across the PWay organisation has a Personal Development Plan in place to address the skill gaps.
- Ensure performance management of subcontractors and consultants.
- Undertake monitoring and surveillance of construction staff to a predetermined plan each year and provide reports in accordance with company procedures.
- Ensure that all resources delivering PWay construction activities across the Project Division comply with relevant specifications and standards set by the Chief Engineer and the Senior Project Manager.
- Responsible for the supply of staff and supporting resources to the project teams delivering high quality technical services and solutions, improving technical excellence within the Project Division
- Ensure emerging innovative practices are adopted where suitable for all installation methodologies.
- Interface with the Senior Project Manager and the Project Manager to develop integrated services to clients.
- Manage processes to optimise operational delivery and also to provide consultative advice on PWay issues where applicable.
- Provide for review any PWay related quality & safety issues.
You will have the following:
- Proven record of successful S&C & Plain line installation in a multidisciplinary environment
- Extensive experience managing resources and scheduling multiple projects.
- Project flexibility providing on-call support.
- Extensive experience of P-Way S&C construction activities with a thorough working knowledge of Network Rail standards
- Proven experience of delivering budgets and timescales
- Understanding of all other rail disciplines and interface management
- Hold full driving license