Construction Director
| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location | Eastleigh |
| Area | Hampshire, London and the Home Counties |
| Sector | Construction |
| Salary | £110k - 120k per year |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Job Ref | JS/WS/CD |
| Job Views | 11 |
- Description
My client is looking for a Construction Diretor to run multiple sites across Eastleigh, while the large regeneration programme is under way.
The Role
The role of Construction Director plays a crucial role to ensure the total performance of the Construction team’s across residential and commercial plots and in producing a quality product in a safe environment for the customer and the Construction team, with on time delivery, to budget along with excellent customer service.
You Responasibilities:
- Motivate, support and manage Site Managers by providing training, coaching and support as required to improve performance.
- Control preliminary costs in accordance with budget.
- Plan and programme work methods and build sequence on sites of responsibility.
- Regularly visit sites and attend weekly sub-contract meetings with Site Manager and Housing Association representatives ensuring that all necessary resources and information are made available to achieve programme dates or any target dates that may be set from time to time.
- Inspect quality of work during the construction process and give advice and support to Site Managers as required.
- Inspect record books on site relating to health and safety, NHBC, Customer Plot Files, Building Control records, plant and machinery records and scaffold records.
- Ensure that costs are controlled efficiently and that all resources are being used effectively.
- Keep up to date with customer care issues on sites to enable discussion with a view getting any issues resolved in a timely manner.
Experience, Qualifications and Skills
Experience
- Experience of working as a Senior Site Manager, Construction Manager within the high volume house builder.
- Experience of health and safety obligations, building legislation and NHBC standards.
Qualifications and Training
- Relevant CSCS card
- SMSTS certificate
- 4 years + Construction Management / Director
- Full UK driving licence
Skills and Aptitude
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of people
- Ability to liaise with internal and external personnel
- Able to plan and programme work methods and build sequence for sites
- Control preliminary costs in accordance with budget
- Good administration skills
- Able to work to deadlines in a fast paced environment
- Ability to work on own initiative, with excellent attention to detail
- Proficient IT skills along with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and outlook)
- Committed to diversity and inclusion
