Construction Assurance Manager

National Highways havean excellent opportunity for a Construction Assurance Manger to join ourteam in theWest Yorkshireregion. The Construction Assurance Manager will play a key role in the delivery of National Highways Capital Investment Schemes byrepresentingthe companies interests on civil engineering construction and maintenance sites. Reporting directly to the Construction Manager you will actively ensure construction schemes are delivered in line with time cost quality and safety standards and customer experience is notadversely impacted. This well-established team pride itself on its culture and this role will give you a varied challenging workday every day.

Please noteadditionaland/or unsociable working hours including night working may berequiredfor which there will be paid overtime and/or a nightwork uplift.

This role will require travel across the Yorkshire regionandwill bebasedin Wakefield.

You willalsobe requiredto drive as part of yourroleand you will need to haveno more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.

Whatyoullbe leading on

• Assuring the completion of planned works to agreed standards and escalate any concerns to the Construction Manager in line with agreed governance requirements.
• Ensuring that all works are constructed in line with: CDM regulations HSE Legislation Chapter 8 requirements Design Manual forRoadsand Bridges (DMRB) and Manual of Contract Documents for Highways Works (MCHW).
• Ensuring Project Managers receive regular andtimelyfeedback on scheme construction progress risks early warnings design related issues and act as theinitialpoint of escalation for any on-site issues that need to be resolved.
• Acting as liaison between all key supply chain partners and co-ordinate the delivery programme ensuring buildability reviews are carried out on all projects.
• Maintaining good liaison with Project Managers and Commercial & Procurement colleagues providing relevant andtimelyinformation on Early Warnings and Compensation Events

To be successful

• Proven highways/structures maintenance/construction experience; experience of working onhigh speedTrunk Road/Motorway Networks is desirable
• Knowledge of site-based processes relevant legislation practices andpolicesfor health & safety environmental and quality management including good understanding of the DMRB MCHW Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual and CDM Regulations.
• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) or Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) preferred.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including stakeholder management with a strong customer focus and managing geographically dispersed teams.
• Experienced in using the NEC 4 ECC form of contract.

A bit about us

Making sure our customers have safe and reliable journeys is at the heart of everything we do in Operations. We keep the roads open for business and play a key role in making sure the network we manage is fit for purpose today and for the future. We achieve this through the delivery our capital programme supporting customers on the road with our Traffic Officer Service and managing incidents effectively.

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