Construction Manager
Posted 3 days ago by Skilled Careers
£400 Per day
Undetermined
Undetermined
Birmingham
Summary: The Construction Manager will oversee a significant £100m+ commercial development project in Birmingham, focusing on office refurbishment and redevelopment. This role requires managing site operations, subcontractors, and ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards. The ideal candidate will have a strong background with Tier 1 contractors and experience in delivering complex commercial projects. The position involves collaboration with senior leadership to drive project performance and compliance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing daily site operations as Construction Manager on a major commercial scheme
- Overseeing subcontractor performance, logistics, and sequencing of works
- Ensuring works are delivered safely, on programme, and to specification
- Coordinating with commercial, design, and planning teams
- Driving quality assurance and compliance across all construction activities
- Leading site meetings and reporting progress to senior stakeholders
- Supporting programme delivery on a high-value city-centre development
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Construction Manager or Senior Construction Manager
- Background delivering commercial, office refurbishment, or large mixed-use projects
- Experience on projects valued £50m+ (ideally £100m+)
- Strong main contractor experience (Tier 1 or equivalent)
- Excellent stakeholder and subcontractor management skills
- Strong understanding of construction sequencing and delivery strategy
- SMSTS, CSCS and relevant construction qualifications
- City-centre project experience (desirable)
- CAT A / CAT B office fit-out or refurbishment exposure (desirable)
- Experience working on complex phased or live environment projects (desirable)
Salary (Rate): £400/day
City: Birmingham
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Construction
Construction Manager
Location: Birmingham
Sector: Commercial Construction / Office Refurbishment
The Opportunity
We are recruiting for an experienced Construction Manager to join a leading UK main contractor delivering a landmark £100m+ commercial development in Birmingham city centre.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a high-calibre Construction Manager to play a key role on a large-scale, technically challenging project involving significant office refurbishment and redevelopment works. The successful Construction Manager will join an established project team and take responsibility for managing major construction phases from delivery through to completion.
This role would suit a Construction Manager with strong Tier 1 contractor experience and a proven background delivering complex commercial or refurbishment schemes.
The Role – Construction Manager
As Construction Manager, you will be responsible for coordinating site operations, managing subcontractors, and ensuring programme, quality, and safety objectives are achieved across key work packages.
The Construction Manager will work closely with the Project Director and senior leadership team to drive programme performance while maintaining exceptional health & safety standards.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing daily site operations as Construction Manager on a major commercial scheme
- Overseeing subcontractor performance, logistics, and sequencing of works
- Ensuring works are delivered safely, on programme, and to specification
- Coordinating with commercial, design, and planning teams
- Driving quality assurance and compliance across all construction activities
- Leading site meetings and reporting progress to senior stakeholders
- Supporting programme delivery on a high-value city-centre development
Candidate Requirements
We are seeking a Construction Manager with experience operating within Tier 1 or leading main contractors on large-scale projects.
Essential experience:
- Proven experience as a Construction Manager or Senior Construction Manager
- Background delivering commercial, office refurbishment, or large mixed-use projects
- Experience on projects valued £50m+ (ideally £100m+)
- Strong main contractor experience (Tier 1 or equivalent)
- Excellent stakeholder and subcontractor management skills
- Strong understanding of construction sequencing and delivery strategy
- SMSTS, CSCS and relevant construction qualifications
Desirable:
- City-centre project experience
- CAT A / CAT B office fit-out or refurbishment exposure
- Experience working on complex phased or live environment projects