Construction Manager - Cable Route

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Senior Construction Manager

As a Senior Construction Manager, you will play a key role in delivering projects safely, on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards. You will work closely with planning and engineering teams, monitor progress, and communicate updates to project stakeholders. A big part of the role is ensuring safety remains a top priority, driving zero tolerance for unsafe practices, and leading meetings to review safety, quality and progress.

You will also support innovation and continuous improvement by adopting new ideas and best practice across the project, while overseeing sub‑contract teams ensuring the delivery of the cable route for the substation connections.

• Deliver on‑site programmes and oversee subcontractor performance
• Conduct regular site safety inspections across all organisational levels
• Prepare documentation for client and corporate safety committees
• Implement and monitor compliance with safety systems and site‑specific rules
• Capture and share lessons learned and feedback
• Chair regular meetings with subcontractors and clients
• Participate in investigations of accidents, incidents, and near‑misses
• Apply and maintain the Quality Management System
• Action quality‑related corrective measures and report outcomes
• Identify, report, and investigate non‑conformances per site protocols
• Implement remedial actions and escalated lessons learned to the Senior Project Manager
• Liaise with Site Engineering to ensure timely method and risk assessment documentation
• Lead planning and programme sessions with teams and subcontractors
• Flag design information issues affecting programme delivery
• Review method statements and design requirements prior to construction
• Manage interfaces between subcontractors, suppliers, clients, and delivery teams

• Must hold a degree in Building/Construction Management or Civil Engineering with relevant building experience or hands‑on route via apprenticeship or tools
• IOSH/SMSTS or equivalent safety accreditation

• Experience delivering projects of longer duration (typically up to 4 years)
• Management of relevant documentation, subcontractor coordination, quality assurance and quality control
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience working on infrastructure projects

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state‑of‑the‑art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia. Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke’s story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long‑term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required and how we can support you in the workplace.

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