Construction Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Provide construction management expertise throughout FEED, detailed engineering, EPC preparation and subsequent construction execution.
• Review engineering deliverables, drawings, specifications and construction methodologies to ensure designs are safe, practical and suitable for construction.
• Lead constructability reviews, identifying potential construction risks, access constraints, temporary works requirements and opportunities to improve efficiency.
• Develop and review construction execution plans, site establishment requirements, construction schedules, resource plans and work-pack strategies.
• Work closely with engineering, procurement and project controls teams to ensure construction requirements are incorporated into design development and procurement activities.
• Coordinate construction interfaces between the principal contractor, engineering partners, specialist subcontractors and equipment suppliers, including the gas turbine and compressor package.
• Oversee site activities, ensuring works are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget and in accordance with project specifications and quality requirements.
• Manage subcontractors, construction personnel, site supervisors and specialist contractors, monitoring performance and resolving delivery issues.
• Ensure compliance with relevant health, safety and environmental legislation, CDM requirements, site procedures and applicable gas industry standards.
• Monitor construction progress against the project programme, identifying delays, risks and mitigation measures and reporting these to the project leadership team.
• Coordinate site logistics, lifting operations, materials management, temporary facilities and construction access arrangements.
• Support mechanical, piping, civils, structural, electrical, instrumentation and control system installation activities as applicable to the project scope.
• Work alongside commissioning teams to ensure systems are installed, inspected, tested and handed over in accordance with project requirements.
• Maintain effective communication with National Gas and other project stakeholders, providing regular progress updates and supporting successful project delivery.

Essential Experience and Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Construction Manager, Site Construction Manager or Senior Construction Supervisor on major engineering or infrastructure projects.
• Strong experience delivering EPC projects within the oil and gas, gas transmission, energy or process engineering sectors.
• Previous involvement in FEED, constructability reviews, detailed engineering development and the transition from design into construction.
• Experience managing greenfield construction projects, ideally involving gas compressor stations, gas processing facilities, turbine installations or other complex industrial assets.
• Demonstrable experience coordinating multidisciplinary construction packages, subcontractors, suppliers and engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing, programme management, resource planning, site logistics and construction risk management.
• Good knowledge of UK construction health and safety legislation, CDM regulations, quality assurance and environmental requirements.
• Experience working with client organisations, engineering contractors and major equipment vendors.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.

Desirable Experience

• Previous experience working on UK gas transmission projects is preferred.
• Experience with gas turbine-driven compressor trains, compressor stations, rotating equipment or associated mechanical and electrical installations is preferred.
• Knowledge of permit-to-work systems, SIMOPS, isolations, lifting operations and brownfield interfaces with operational facilities.
• Relevant construction, engineering or project management qualifications, such as an HNC/HND, degree, SMSTS or equivalent industry-recognised credentials.

Personal Attributes

• A proactive and delivery-focused construction professional who can operate effectively during early project development and subsequent site execution.
• Strong commercial and programme awareness, with the ability to identify risks and drive practical solutions.
• Comfortable working collaboratively across engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning disciplines.
• A strong commitment to safety, quality and environmental performance.
• Flexible and capable of supporting a project as it progresses from FEED into main construction.