Job Description

The Night Construction Support Manager is responsible for assisting the Night Construction Manager and project teams on the pre-construction and construction planning, monitoring, construction assurance and delivery to cost, programme, safety and quality requirements of all works contractors' site works, enabling works and commissioning into service of New or Refurbished assets.

This role requires full-time night working, although some flexibility will be required to cover other shifts as needed (e.g. to cover for annual leave).

Key Accountabilities

• Assist with works construction planning expertise, review and challenge proposed construction methodologies developed by internal teams or by suppliers, propose innovative solutions to solve complex construction challenges
• Assist with the process that works construction generally meet the project's programme objectives
• Assist with the process that works construction schedules and methodologies integrate with interfacing projects
• Assist with the risk management process
• Assist with the contract management process in collaboration with the project team
• Ensure the works are constructed and commissioned in accordance with the works contracts
• Provide on-site supervision, to ensure that works construction complies with specified requirements, standards, Code of Construction Practice and associated requirements
• Monitor works contractors' construction activities and provide reports to the business
• Assist with contributions to the quality management process, take responsibility for construction related reporting and contribute to getting it right first time

Knowledge

• Good awareness of construction methods, plant and equipment installation, finishes and systems integration (Essential)
• Good all-round knowledge of the application of health and safety / CDM legislation and corporate safety procedures within the railway and construction environments (Essential)
• Awareness of NEC ECC contracts and contract administration (Desirable)
• Good understanding of the role and duties of TfL and other related organisations, the licences and station access processes in London Underground, departmental and other legislative procedures (Desirable)
• Qualified in an appropriate building, engineering or project management discipline (Desirable)

Experience

• Experience of supervising work on major multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects between £1 million to £10 million in total value (Essential)
• Experience of operating in a multi-contractor site environment (Essential)
• Experience of working in construction projects in a transport environment (Essential)
• Experience of commissioning and handover of infrastructure assets for operational use and effective construction phasing (Essential)
• Experience of working in construction management in a large, complex, safety focussed and regulated organisation, where there are multiple complex interfaces and delivering to time, budget and quality (Essential)
• Experience of working in a construction or engineering environment (Essential)
• Experience of building relationships and influencing with a range of people at all levels within and outside the organisation (Desirable)

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Ability to analyse programmes / designs / Task Methodology, draw conclusions & decision making, produce reports and make recommendations to project management (Essential) Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people at all levels across the organisation and externally (Essential) Ability to plan, implement and manage activities to deliver to time, budget and quality (Essential) Ability to build effective working relationships with people at all levels across the organisation and externally and to influence (Highly desirable) Ability to use office & mobile based software packages (Desirable)