Laing O’Rourke are currently recruiting for a Construction Manager to work in Oxford, on one of our flagships projects.
The Ellison Institute of Technology, will continue the Institute’s work in cancer research, disease prevention, and global health policy, along with providing educational programming for students from around the globe.
This is a great opportunity for someone to work on a project which will help to springboard your career and enhance your capability.
Role & responsibilities:
- Contribute to the achievement of Laing O’ Rourke safety targets and zero tolerance of unsafe working practices and occurrences
- To deliver the sub project to the client within budget, Quality Assurance standards, on programme and to stringent safety parameters
- To work with the planning team to develop detailed and accurate short term programmes of work
- To assess the staff capability and performance
- To manage the budget and delivery of the section of the project
- To provide accurate and timely reporting of progress against the plan
- To ensure adoption of innovative ideas from within the business and from the workforce
- To plan the programming of day to day resource requirement and communicate these to the construction team
- To interface with other construction managers and sections managers to share best practice and ensure effective resource utilisation
- To monitor external changes to work plans and report the effect of change
- To lead section meetings to review safety, quality, progress and design.
- To ensure effective implementation Laing O Rourke project management systems and procedures
- Contribute to the contract review process.
- To chair safety committee meetings on a monthly basis, take minutes, distribute and carry out all actions.
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic career trajectory
- Discounts portal
- Car / travel allowance as well as daily travel expenses
- 24/7 virtual GP service
- Enhanced pension contribution
- Private medical care
- Equal parenthood leave
Requirements:
- Degree qualified in Construction Management OR Civil Engineering (or related degree level qualification)
- Proven experience working on projects of similar scale in high-end capacity
- Detailed knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation
- Leadership and people management skills
Laing O’Rourke 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 as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
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