Senior Mechanical Construction Manager

Client: My client is a Tier 1 M&E contractor specialising in several sectors Pharmaceutical, Commercial, Data Centre and Petrochemical. The business has seen a significant amount of growth in the last 5 Years. With a traditional engineering mindset and reinvestment into new principals, the business expects the next two years to be a similar period of growth. After a successful year they now sit at a international turnover of over 300m.

Position: Senior Mechanical Construction Manager - Surrey - 400- 450 per day

Reporting to the Project Manager, responsible for managing and coordinating all the workings at a job site including that of a crew of trades, apprentices, and labourers.

Establish and adjust work timelines to meet the construction schedule for the project, and organise and coordinate all project materials and equipment.

Ensure that all work installed work will be completed on budget, on time, and in accordance with all applicable plans, specifications, codes, and industry standards.

As a key member of the team, the Construction Manager will be an exemplar ambassador for the company and its values of integrity, dependability, safety, pride, quality.

Responsibilities:

• Taking responsibility for health and safety on site
• Leads by example - sets, monitors, and enforces the standards of safety, and exemplary quality of work
• Support the Project Manager to manage and supervise on site personnel
• Assume a leadership on site with regard to the work being carried out and by following & implementing the site safety plan & rules
• Ensure that employees have the relevant training and expertise to carry out their work safely and professionally
• Manage the labour resources on site to ensure efficient working
• Complete time sheets accurately & submit on time
• Liaise with payroll with payroll queries from site
• Maintain discipline on site, report any incidents and take action as appropriate
• Manage and train apprentices in accordance with relevant training
• Assist the Project Manager to plan labour & material resources
• Use the purchasing system to acquire materials as required in the most cost-effective manner
• Keep all plant maintained & kept secure. All hire plant must be off hired as soon as it is finished with
• Reduce costs as far as possible
• Check all materials before you install them to ensure they are fir for use & comply with the project specifications
• Assist in ensuring systems are handed over to the client
• Advise the project manager when you are doing work that is not part of our tender
• Advise the project manager when you are prevented by others from working efficiently
• All other reasonable tasks assigned to you from time to time from your manager
• Produce lookaheads for forthcoming works based on current information
• Carry out drop line reporting to the programme and assist with identifying risk and make ready needs
• Chair formal meetings with sub-contractors, project staff, directors and clients