Construction Manager

About the role

Construction Manager – Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)

Location: @one Alliance Sites across the Anglian Water Region (Hybrid Working Available)

Balfour Beatty plays a key role as part of Anglian Water's @one Alliance – a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and industry-leading partners delivering vital infrastructure projects across the region. As we progress through AMP8, our most ambitious investment programme to date, we're transforming water and water recycling infrastructure to create a more sustainable future for our customers and communities.

We're looking for an experienced Construction Manager to oversee the safe, efficient and high-quality delivery of construction activities across our Water and Water Recycling Non-Infrastructure programme.

As a Construction Manager
, you'll lead site delivery teams to ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards. Working across multiple schemes, you'll play a pivotal role in driving performance, promoting innovation and ensuring successful project outcomes.

You’ll champion a culture of zero harm and zero defects, while building strong relationships with stakeholders, supply chain partners and project teams across the Alliance.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Construction Leadership

• Lead and manage site construction teams to successfully deliver projects within programme and budget.
• Oversee construction activities across multiple projects and portfolios.
• Facilitate project kick-off meetings, health checks and construction reviews.
• Support the planning and coordination of labour, plant and materials resources.

Health, Safety & Sustainability

• Drive a positive health, safety and wellbeing culture across all sites.
• Ensure full compliance with CDM, health and safety regulations and environmental requirements.
• Review and approve RAMS to ensure works are carried out safely and effectively.
• Promote sustainable construction practices, reducing waste and embodied carbon.

Project Delivery & Performance

• Lead Constructability Reviews, Project Rehearsals and Fit for Assembly sign-off activities.
• Ensure projects are delivered to quality, programme and commercial requirements.
• Support the timely management of contractual and commercial notices.
• Drive continuous improvement, innovation and adoption of best practice.

Stakeholder Management

• Work collaboratively with Project Managers, Design Teams, Commercial Teams and Supply Chain Partners.
• Manage Tier 2 supplier performance relating to safety, quality and delivery.
• Build strong relationships across the Alliance to ensure successful project outcomes

What You’ll Bring:

Qualifications & Experience

• HNC, HND or Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline.
• Significant experience managing construction delivery within major infrastructure or water sector projects.
• Strong understanding of construction management, CDM and health & safety legislation.
• Experience leading operational teams and managing multiple stakeholders.
• SMSTS and CSCS Black Card (or equivalent).

Skills & Attributes

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and develop teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• A proactive, hands‑on approach with a focus on delivery and performance.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Passion for continuous improvement, innovation and collaboration.

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which…