Role: Senior Construction Manager

Department: Projects

Responsible to: Divisional Director

Location: Harlow – Site Based

Job Overview

• Take full financial and delivery responsibility for a portfolio of contracts ensuring that JCA cost effectively deliver contracted services as well as additional services, within legislative and contractual obligations.
• Manage all activities necessary, as required to achieve success at all contract life cycle phases, including lead generation, opportunity management, enquiry to quote process, pre-contract phase, post contract phase and defects and liability period.
• Deliver projects in accordance with contracted requirements.
• Ensure that contracts are correctly administered in accordance with the relevant legal framework.
• Manage direct and indirect resources, supply chain, plant, materials and logistics necessary to ensure successful contract completion.
• To carry out financial forecasting and reporting of cost, sales, gross profit, and risk associated with all projects assigned to you.
• Ensure that statutory obligations are met in full and ensure that the business is not exposed to undue risks.
• Ensure that records, data and systems are maintained up to date and in accordance with standards, policies and procedures.
• Maintain excellent client relationships, develop and maximise opportunities for additional revenue and margin and contract retention.
• Work with all stakeholders to identify opportunities in line with business strategy.

Main Duties

• Overseeing the overall management and performance of the allocated project scope including planning, design, construction, programme controls and monitoring, ensuring the project is delivered to time, budget and specification.
• Providing the leadership and strategic direction to the project in line with the JCA core values, methods of working and best practice.
• Creating and promoting clear vision, leadership and direction for your project team, and steer the works along a path to success.
• Collaborate and maintain financial forecasting and reporting of pipeline, cost, sales, variance, gross profit, and risk associated with the project scope.
• Forecast, plan and manage resources, some of whom could be from different departments.
• Using the JCA recruitment processes, manage recruitment and appointments to meet resource demands, performance evaluation, promotion, retention and termination activities.
• Hold and chair regular two-way communication forums with team and relevant stakeholders Liaise with client and stakeholders to understand scope of requirements, provide input for tenders and negotiate with clients. Represent JCA at client meetings and forums.
• Build and maintain excellent client relationships including participating and leading charitable and social events as required.
• Carry out management tailored HSQE audits as part of the company wide Quality and Health and Safety Plans.

What we are looking for

• An HND/HNC, foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree in a subject like building studies or building engineering, architecture studies, surveying or civil engineering. construction engineering
• Highly experienced in a relevant field and experience of managing large teams.
• Can demonstrate delivery of projects of a comparable size, value and in a comparable industry or market sector.
• IOSH Managing Safely/SMSTS CSCS card holder for relevant role
• First Aid at Work
• Driving licence holder
• You'll need to have knowledge of building and construction, maths, and business management. You'll also need to be able to work well with others, use your initiative, and have excellent verbal communication skills
• Ideally would have a recognised project management qualification.
• Experience of demonstrating delivery of projects of a comparable size, value and in a comparable industry or market sector.
• Can demonstrate leadership and management style in keeping with JCA's brand image

About us

JCA is a multi-faceted engineering services and construction business. Our core expertise is in the development of buildings and facilities with business critical engineering systems.

We deliver a comprehensive range of services to meet the needs of commercial property owners operating in a number of industry sectors. From design and construction to fit-out and maintenance, JCA provides a bespoke solution to every client project.

JCA offers clients a first-class service at all times, operating with transparency and integrity. We are proud to provide excellence as standard and it's our mission to be recognised as leading our industry in service and innovation through engineering and business excellence.

Our defining quality is our ability to manage projects by keeping our clients' needs at the heart of everything we do. We take a collaborative and integrated approach to each of our four core business areas:

• Engineering Projects
• Service & Maintenance
• Interior Fit Out
• Design & Consultancy