Delivery Manager

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

12/10/2024

Job Description

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Delivery Manager

Southern Water Framework

Brighton

A career development opportunity has arisen for a Delivery Manager to Join Galliford Try to work on the Southern Water Framework in our Brighton office.

Role Overview:

Within the Environment Business Division (Water and Waste Water Non-Infrastructure Engineering and Construction) An opportunity has arisen for a Delivery Manager based in the Southern Water Frameworks. We have office locations around Brighton, Havant and Rickmansworth with potential of another office in Chatham Kent. We are looking for candidates who are experienced in successfully delivering schemes of varying sizes, predominately to the Water Industry, for Waste and Clean Water Treatment schemes. The candidate will ideally be based in around the Southern Water area and will be required to travel across multiple sites/projects in the region.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assuming responsibility for the management of project delivery outputs including programme, financial position, health safety, environmental performance and progress for all allocated schemes
• The ability to manage staff at varying levels, providing leadership, staff development and retention of key personnel, interviewing and recruitment and mentoring of more junior staff.
• The ability to interact in a professional manner with senior representatives of our clients
• To have a good understanding of NEC4 contract conditions and an astute commercial awareness
• Responsible for the management of multiple concurrent projects across the Framework to ensure the successful delivery of the projects against the project KPI’s and PI’s
• Ensuring that all projects are delivered in accordance with current Health & Safety regulations, including CDM regulations, & Environmental legislation
• Ensure that a Review/assessment of in-house/subcontractor RAMS, Process Impact Assessments and Environmental legislation has been carried out by your Project Management Teams
• To ensure compliance with all company safety, environmental and quality systems
• Liaise with client’s staff to ensure KPI’s are met or exceeded within budget constraints
• To manage the project team ensuring that each member has a clear set of objectives to follow and clear roles and responsibilities
• To assist the Construction Manager with the utilisation of the direct labour resources where possible across the projects
• To assume responsibility of the financial performance of the portfolio of projects with overall responsibility for Profit/Loss on contracts within your portfolio.
• To produce project performance reports and participate in monthly financial / programme reviews for all schemes with the Commercial Manager, Head of Delivery and Operations Director
• To ensure compliance with all company commercial and financial procedures
• Complete contract documentation
• Establishing and agreeing price variations and final accounts
• Prepare estimates and quotations & provide tender vetting for others
• Review project programmes, in conjunction with the project planner and PM/SPM ensuring that it is maintained to drive the project to key deliverable milestones
• To closely liaise with other departments, such as tendering and design, to ensure resources are correctly allocated and client requirements are fully achieved
• Take an active role in developing new opportunities within the Framework and take lead in pre-construction tenders to ensure project delivery have input into the tender process
• Co-ordinate and liaise with suppliers, specialist sub-contractors, in-house functions, site installations and construction teams
• Attend internal and external review and progress meetings
• Attend site visits/meetings
  
  

Experience and Qualifications:

• An industry applicable ONC/HNC/B.Eng or NVQ equivalent
• H&S qualifications (desirable)
• IOSH or CITB 5 Day Site Safety Management (SMSTS),
• CSCS card
• Demonstratable experience working with NEC suite of contracts
• Demonstrable experience of working within the water and / or sewage industries
• Working knowledge of Microsoft packages
• Strong team player but also able to work as an individual
• Ability to prioritise a varied workload and demonstrate good time management to comply with deadlines
• Able to work in a busy environment under pressure
• Excellent communication skills (email/phone/face to face)
• Possess a “can do” attitude and provide to support to other members of the team as required
• Ability to review options and be comfortable to make the required decisions for the project success.
  
  

About us:

Galliford Try is one of the UK’s most formidable construction businesses with a vision to be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £3.8 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.  We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues. 

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays

A wide range of corporate discounts

Cycle to Work schemes

Comprehensive pension plan

Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme

Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Environment business please contact Ryan De Stadler on ryan.destadler@gallifordtry.co.uk

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview

About The Team

Our Environment Business provides ‘source to sea’ asset delivery capability across the UK and Scotland working on both Frameworks and Standalone projects. Since AMP3 we have delivered in excess of £2bn assets for clients such as Yorkshire Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Thames Water, Southern Water, Welsh Water and Scottish Water. As an established player in the market this a great opportunity to join the team at a time of transformation as we shape ourselves to be fit for delivery in a future digital world. We have recently secured a plethora of places on the AMP7 Frameworks for Yorkshire Water, Southern Water and Thames Water for both Infrastructure and Non-Infrastructure projects ranging from £1-40m over the next five years.