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Pre Construction Manager
March 26, 2021 | Comments Off on Pre Construction Manager
Location: East Anglian Water Operational Business Area - flexible
Business Area: Kier Utilities and Rail - Anglian Water Alliance - IMDS HEMS
Contract: Permanent
Make the journey. Leave a legacy.
Every day, 210,000 vehicles travel across the 31,000km of roads, bridges and tunnels that are built, maintained and operated by the team here at Kier Group. It's one of the reasons why we're acknowledged as the UK's No.1 Highways Services team - delivering £1 billion of social value to the six million people and wider communities who rely on our expertise and experience. Can you join our team? Yes, you can - if you want to be valued for who you are as well as what you do, in a company shaping the future.
The Pre Construction Manager role sits within the Development Services design team on behalf of the Principle Contractor, assisting with the safe and efficient planning and design of our main laying schemes from the outset. Its purpose is to contribute towards the design of our more complex schemes, ensuring constructability complies with Health & Safety and CDM requirements, keeps our customers at the forefront of our decision making and is commercially viable before being moved to the construction phase. It is also to actively promote safe working practices in line with existing policies and standards and to provide technical support and guidance to our design and construction teams to ensure safe, timely and effective execution of our works.
Key Responsibilities;
- Ensure principles of CDM are applied and adhered to throughout the design stage
- Ensure all scheme specific CDM documentation is available from PCI through to construction
- Employ the principle of prevention, highlighting any risks and proposed controls and methods to assist safe construction
- Highlight any significant risks such as Lifting and Temporary Works at design to ensure these are considered and managed as early as possible
- Ensure compliance with all Water Quality, H&S and Installation regulations/policies/processes/documents within the design considerations
- Make sure our environmental obligations are met including (but not limited to) ecology, archaeology, designated areas and ordinance
- Maintain a pre-construction issue log, escalating and closing any actions with the relevant team or individual, briefing lessons learned and any process improvements to the wider team
- Embed our positive health and safety culture through LIFE, including targets of zero harm and zero utility strike
- Ensure quality control, commercial viability, engineering standards and the constructability of new schemes
- Attend pre site and progress meetings liaising with all stakeholders and facilitate 'Project Rehearsals' prior to work commencing
- Ensure scheme specific work pack is adequate and scheme specific
- Ownership of Risk and Opportunity Log
- Support design and operational team overcome ad hoc issues relating to scheme delivery
- Manage and maintain a trial hole programme
- Assist with producing commissioning plans and help to implement
- Attend meetings with external stakeholders such as Parish councils, landowners, local authorities and agencies
- Establish and maintain positive and effective relationship with the client
- Supporting the team in respect to wellbeing and other occupational health issues that may arise
- Responsible for stimulating and embedding a continuous improvement culture within the team and the promotion of ideas they develop
- Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with internal departments
- Provide support and specialist advice to the design and construction teams
- Assist, less experienced staff, share best practice with others
- Engage with our LIFE programme to ensure our employees mental health is supported
- Ensure our customers are at the forefront of our mind with all design decisions
- Adopt excellent customer relations and collaborative working
- Embed and drive behaviours learned through our 'Make Today Great' training
- Engage with customers and ensure that their needs are understood and met throughout a project
- Help facility the delivery of the operational work by ensuring schemes are designed within the Water UK levels of service
- Work to minimise customer contacts by encouraging a right first-time culture and driving our team
- Experience of Developer Services operations
- Experienced of working in accordance with the Traffic Management Act
- Knowledge of company IMDS strategy, policy and operational processes
- Experience in a utilities type environment
- Manual handling
- Asbestos awareness
- Commercial awareness
- Proficient with office 365
- NRSWA Supervisor
- POSWSH and regulated hygiene requirements
- EUSR Water Hygiene
- SHE Water or CSCS
- Overhead power lines (GS6)
- CAT and Genny Training
- Full UK driving licence
- Proficient in P6
You can expect a competitive salary and an outstanding package that includes a company car or allowance, private healthcare, a matched pension scheme up to 7.5%, 26 days' annual leave (with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday), two employee Share Scheme options, together with additional valuable benefits such as:
- Free Life Assurance
- Access to a range of attractive Flexible benefit options to tailor your package to suit your lifestyle
- Flexible and Agile working (dependent on your role)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to Kier Rewards, our exclusive Discount Shopping Site with deals available at over 800 retailers
- Plus, many more benefits geared to your wellbeing
It's worth remembering that if you are successful, we'll undertake the relevant / standard pre-employment checks after you have been offered a job. This includes taking up your references, verifying your right to work in the UK, verifying your driving licence (if applicable) and a health assessment. Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
Make the journey. Leave a legacy.
Being part of Kier means living our values of?being Collaborative, Trusted and Focused.?We all have the potential to shape our world, and it's through these values that we will leave?a lasting legacy. Bring your talent and ambition to Kier and you will be given the scope and opportunity to invest in your own future, to build your expertise and contribute to a rich and diverse culture.
Kier is an inclusive employer.
Closing Date: 7th April 2021
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
Please note your CV may be shared with Alliance Partners.