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We're looking for a Construction Manager to join our Transportation team in Brixworth, Northamptonshire. In this role, you will oversee site operations and act as Principal Contractor under CDM regulations, ensuring the successful delivery of schemes across the North and West Northamptonshire Council networks.

Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment.

Location: Brixworth, Northamptonshire - travel to the office required with some remote working available

Hours: Permanent Fulltime 40 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Salary: £58,000 - £62,000 per year + private healthcare + £5.9k annual car allowance + benefits

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role

As a Construction Manager, you'll be responsible for reviewing the construction phase plan, appoint and manage site managers, overseeing mobilisation and project execution in accordance with NEC contract requirements.

Your day to day will include:

• Ensure compliance with the duties of the Principal Contractor under CDM and NEC conditions of contract
• Develop, monitor and maintain a robust construction programme
• Organise and chair regular progress meetings with the contractor and participate in monthly progress reviews with senior representatives from the Client, Kier Highways and contractor
• Conduct regular Safety, Health and Environmental inspections, attending SHE meetings, and reporting all accidents, incidents and near-misses
• Oversee the co‑ordination of network occupancy activities including traffic management planning, roadspace booking, stakeholder engagement and updating the Clients Network Occupancy Management System

This role of Construction Manager is great for you if:

• Experience in the delivery of the Principal Contractor's obligations under the CDM Regulations 2015 and/or role of the Supervisor under the NEC
• Experience in the successful delivery of highway renewals and improvement schemes including restricted site availability (eg. Night time working)
• Good working knowledge of construction programming and risk management
• SMSTS and NRSWA supervisor

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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