Construction Manager

Are you ready to lead prestigious projects in the North East? Willmott Dixon is looking for a Construction Project Manager to join our award-winning team.

The Role

We are seeking a Construction Project Manager with a proven track record in successfully leading and delivering complex projects. You’ll thrive in a collaborative environment, building strong relationships with customers and supply chain partners. You will be the driving force behind our most significant projects, taking responsibility from early customer engagement through to successful handover. This includes:

• Leadership: Building and inspiring teams, and making key decisions that shape the success of your projects.


• Delivery: Leading teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.


• Preconstruction: Collaborating with customers and developing workable programmes.

 

The Role

You’ll ensure that every aspect of delivery meets our high standards, including quality, cost, time, and above all, safety. We build our reputation on delivering brilliant projects for our customers and as a Construction Manager, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining and enhancing that reputation.

Essential and Desirable Criteria

Essential Criteria:

• Demonstrable success in delivering complex projects on time and within budget.


• Customer facing experience.


• Proven ability to control costs, timing, and quality against targets.


• Strong technical skills, including the ability to interpret contract documents, programmes, drawings, and specifications.


• Experience managing diverse teams, including direct employees, consultants, and supply chain partners.


• CSCS Card


• First Aid at Work certification.


• SMSTS certificate.


• Valid driving licence.

Desirable Criteria:

• Degree in a construction-related field.


• Progress towards MCIOB membership.


• Familiarity with planning software.

 

What We Offer

We reward our people generously with a competitive salary and a market-leading benefits package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, discounted or full private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme 

Ready to Lead?

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, join us at Willmott Dixon and become an ambassador for our business. Together, we can build something extraordinary.

 

With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon’s purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive. Willmott Dixon was awarded No 1 in the Best "big" Companies (2022) to work for and the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 and is the first major contractor and developer to win a King’s Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.

Benefits

In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full / heavily discounted private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.

 

At Willmott Dixon we provide an inclusive and flexible working environment for people to thrive in and we are happy to support agile working wherever possible.

We are a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme