Works Delivery Manager

Due to an increase in work, our client, a leading civil engineering and construction company operating within the rail sector is seeking to employ a Works Delivery Manager to work within their civil engineering reactive maintenance team based out of their South Yorkshire office. In order to carry out some of the main functions of the role, you will also need to have an excellent understanding of design drawings and a commercial awareness of cost monitoring and cost value reconciliation.

Liaising with the Client on a day-to-day basis is also a key part of this position, so we are looking for someone who is able to confidently maintain and develop client relationships on the basis of mutual trust and high standards. Main function of job:

- Undertake pre-site scoping visits to capture works requirements and enable robust planning and execution of works
- Liaise with commercial team to review estimate submissions and final account details - analysing trends and reporting on day-to-day civils performance to the Project Manager to identify contractual progress of works against programme
- Manage allocated site teams to ensure compliance with site returns, commercial reporting, quality and safety etc to drive efficiencies across the Framework and assist with timely submissions of EWNs/compensation events
- Prepare and implement Site specific management plans to ensure Site activities comply with CML Health and Safety, Quality and Environmental Policies
- Prepare and implement site documentation and contract plans to conform, as a minimum, to the Client's requirement and specification
- Ensure robust programme management in the planning of works, capturing all required 3rd party access consents, possession/isolation submissions, traffic management requests etc where required to co-ordinate and facilitate the successful execution of works
- Identify training needs and development potential of allocated personnel
- Undertake site audits and engage with allocated site teams
- Lead and implement professional safety behaviour and culture throughout the business, promoting positive change in everyday activities
- Any other duties as may reasonably be required

Person Specification:

- Experience of reactive Works Delivery Frameworks/fast paced environment (at least 5 years) - Civil Engineering Construction work, ideally in a railway environment (at least 5 years) - Appreciation of Network Rail design process
- Demonstratable Line management experience
- Demonstratable commercial experience - NEC 4 contract experience desirable
- Demonstratable Programme Management experience

Qualifications:

- Suitably qualified by experience
- Railway Safety Training - PTS essential, COSS/IWA desirable
- Continued professional development courses as appropriate - SMSTS - MAPM - NVQ 6/7 - NEBOSH
- Temporary Works Co-Ordinator