External Works Manager - Reading, United Kingdom - COSTAIN GROUP PLC

COSTAIN GROUP PLC

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Reading, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Key responsibilities

The general management of all construction and civil engineering activities in your section.
Daily allocation of plant, labour, and materials.
Attending team and site meetings as required by the Construction Superintendent.
Coordinate activities on the site including Subcontractors.
The management of the workforce on site to ensure that safe methods of work are used and the effect on the environment is minimised.
Ensuring deliveries are kept in safe areas to keep from causing injury to the public and staff and plant not damaged.
Ensuring correct PPE available and used.
Aid method statement production and review.
Oversee contractors and subcontractors throughout all stages of site preparation and construction.
Conduct daily inspections for compliance and site safety.
Liaise and aid the onsite permitting office.
Promote a positive Quality culture of Do It Right, first time, every time.
Complete Quality records and process control documents (as required by role) e.g., Quality Plans, Inspection and Test Planning, testing regimes.
Report any nonconformance to generate timely action and prevent recurrence.
Proactively assist with improvement. Investigate where significant failures have occurred to identify root cause and learning opportunities, Lessons learnt.
Work with the Externals lead to deliver the project priorities and ensure that swift resolution to issues arising that block progress.

About you

We are looking for a proactive External Works Manager with experience in complex delivery projects to join our operational management team on our contract facility near Reading.

The roles require Security Clearance at SC level with some to DV level, therefore the ability to obtain clearance is essential.

(If you require any further information as to what this is likely to require, please get in touch)

Additional Requirements

Managed contractors to safely execute site works.
Health, safety, and quality focused.
Good awareness of CDM, construction practices and health and safety legislation.
Can demonstrate effective stakeholder management and understands the importance of integrated team delivery.
Contract management experience and can effectively manage daily site works.
Computer competence (MS Word, Excel, Document control system).

Security

Current holder of Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance, or willing to obtain security clearance required for role.

About Costain

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets.

We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency.

Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company.

We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements.

We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets:
future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.

We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.

To find out more about our Inclusion strategy, please visit our ED&I page:

Right to Work & Security Checks
Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you.

For all roles, we'll carry out a criminal record check and we'll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.

For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance).

To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.

Closing date

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.

It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
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