Construction Manager

IMTECH UK: IMTECH CONTRACTING UK

POSITION GUIDE FOR Construction Manager

Imtech Construction Manager or Site Manager

Broad Description

Imtech's mission is to Succeed by delivering a better experience. Join us and you'll shape more than just your career. Through our fresh thinking and agile working, we help our customers, communities and our people to flourish. As a Construction Manager, you'll be part of a Construction Project team delivering an exceptional, distinctive and consistent construction project, which will deliver customer satisfaction, commercial success and which creates an environment where our people can thrive and do their best work.

Main responsibilities and key outcomes

Imtech is seeking an experienced Construction Manager to lead and manage a project installation team in solving complex construction, installation and logistic challenges through systematic approach to planned and organised construction project plans. This will enable Imtech to continue to grow our unique culture as we grow the business. You'll be an integral part of the Construction Project team, so you'll need to understand every aspect of the project contract and plan and act as a leader regarding Construction and Installation systems. You will be supporting Project managers, Engineers and supervisors through an exciting time of growth for Imtech, hence your ability to establish your personal and construction management credibility and to build strong working relationships acting as a trusted advisor will be key. This is a full time opportunity based at Imtech construction Project sites.

Reports to: Project Manager with functional development from the Operations Director

Manages who: All members of the onsite Construction Project Installation team including Sub Contractors

Key Responsibilities

The Construction Manager is an experienced role with the overall responsibility of ensuring an Imtech Project is installed and constructed as per contract and Imtech PDS and so meets Imtech business requirements.

The Construction manager will manage the effective construction of a project from Design, Engineering and Procurement Phases through to handover and close out, and in so doing meet the Company's objectives in relation to service, profitability and development of relationships. The Construction Manager has the following areas of responsibility:

1. Tender/Feasibility/Award and Validation: No responsibilities for this Phase other than to gain an in-depth understanding of the client / customer requirements and Intech's commercial plan.
2. Design, Engineering and Procurement: Study drawings and project specification, ensuring understanding of technical, administrative and contractual requirements. Maintain effective relationships with all stakeholders ensuring scope of work for package is fully understood. Attend meetings ensuring an effective handover of project to Construction Team. Develop and monitor risk assessments and method statements ensuring "best working practice" approach is used. Support Construction Manager in controlling site plant and material schedules ensuring economic use of resources and reduction in waste and deliveries are received in good condition.
3. Construction: Supervise health and safety/welfare on site, ensuring implementation of HSE plan and that all regulatory/legal standards/internal policies are adhered to; including Tool Box Talks; ensuring colleagues "Come Home Safe". Manage and monitor site so that conditions are safe, tidy, and secure and create a favourable image of project and company. Supervise quality and productivity standards with Site Team/sub-contractors working with Project Manager to ensure all project milestones are met and are recorded. Manage and monitor operatives and other persons to make best use of their technical expertise, abilities, talent and skill; providing development opportunities where relevant. Assess labour levels and be able to prepare forecasts and reporting for contract period; ensuring that Operatives timesheets are correctly recorded and processed. Ensure that operatives are aware and adhere to project specification, client and productivity requirements and that individual performance is reviewed and monitored. Support adherence to Site Establishment Schedule ensuring that all contractual requirements are met and that project installation meets project specification. Support Engineering/Commercial Team with (a) identification and recording of variations (b) details required for monthly payment applications (c) any disruptions/delays affecting progress. Be proactive in leading/ attending regular review meetings with Client/Project Team ensuring that requirements are on track, questions are answered and that records/systems are updated. Pilot, adapt and embrace current and new advancements in technology enhancing methods of work. Challenge status-quo to ensure value is added at every stage; lessons learned are identified and discussed. Share innovation, best practice and look for ways to improve "inch by inch".
4. Commissioning: Support implementation of Commissioning Plan and Programme to comply with project/client requirements. Supervise performance testing of equipment and witnessing of commissioning works is completed; ensuring a smooth and compliant commissioning process. Monitor snagging with a view to completing commissioning and handover simultaneously.
5. Close out: Supervise satisfactory removal of plant and equipment. Assist Project Team with details for final documentation/systems hand-over and O&M Manuals as required. Support aftercare training client plan as requested by Project Management Team.
6. Other: Engage in CPD activities and actively contribute to the development and effectiveness of Engineering Team. Follow company's policies and procedures and take all necessary actions to ensure health, safety and welfare.

Capabilities to fulfil the role:

Knowledge

• Wide range of building services installations, systems and techniques
• Engineering compliance (Constructability)
• Method Statements/Risk Assessments/Safe Systems of Work
• Equipment schedules and drawings
• Legal and regulatory requirements
• Economic use of resources
• Basic commercial awareness
• Basic financial planning and budgetary control

• Team building and motivational methods
• Leadership of, communication with and Development of Team members

• Commissioning methods, procedures and systems
• Health, Safety and Environmental systems and procedures
• BIM: Good knowledge of the system and principles

Skills

• Construction and Installation assembly in MEP trades
• Ability to question and challenge status quo
• Proactive attitude
• Problem solving
• Good attention to detail
• Time Management and Planning
• Good organisational skills
• Team-player
• Negotiating and influencing skills
• Ability to work under pressures and to deadlines
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
• Ability to build relationships at all levels
• People Management skills

• Adaptable to working with changing requirements

Behaviour & Attitude

Leading Others:

• Develops people to deliver the business vision and objectives
• Motivates people to excel
• Recognises and ensures positive resolution of conflict
• Delivers success through Teams and networks
• Wins the hearts and minds of those around them
• Brings a can do, entrepreneurial attitude and a focus on impact
• Client / customer/ user focused
• Builds and maintains excellent working relationships
• Acceptance of responsibility and accountability
• Balanced judgement
• An exemplar for the company values
• Demanding of self and others