Construction Manager - Civil

Laing O'Rourke
Birmingham
Construction Manager - Civils


Location: Grimsby to Lincoln with compounds on site


As a Construction Manager, you'll play a key role in delivering projects safely, on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards. You'll work closely with planning and engineers and delivery teams to deliver against a programme of work, monitor progress, and communicate into project teams. A big part of the role is ensuring safety remains a top priority, driving zero tolerance for unsafe practices, and leading meetings to review safety, quality and progress. You'll also support innovation and continuous improvement by adopting new ideas and best practice across the project. With responsibility for overseeing sub-contract teams ensuring the delivery of the cable route for the substation connections.


Responsibilities:

  • Deliver on-site programmes and oversee subcontractor performance
  • Conduct regular site safety inspections across all organisational levels
  • Prepare documentation for client and corporate safety committees
  • Implement and monitor compliance with safety systems and site-specific rules
  • Capture and share lessons learned and feedback
  • Chair regular meetings with subcontractors and clients
  • Participate in investigations of accidents, incidents, and near-misses
  • Apply and maintain the Quality Management System
  • Action quality-related corrective measures and report outcomes
  • Identify, report, and investigate non-conformances per site protocols
  • Implement remedial actions and escalate lessons learned to the Senior Project Manager
  • Liaise with Site Engineering to ensure timely method and risk assessment documentation
  • Lead planning and programme sessions with teams and subcontractors
  • Flag design information issues affecting programme delivery
  • Review method statements and design requirements prior to construction
  • Manage interfaces between subcontractors, suppliers, clients, and delivery teams

Technical Capabilities:

  • Must hold a degree in Building/Construction management or Civil engineering with relevant building experience or hands on route via apprenticeship or tools
  • IOSH/SMSTS or equivalent safety accreditation

Desired Skills:

  • Has delivered projects of longer duration (typically up to 4 years) with clear objectives, potential for limited conflict, and a small number of key stakeholders.
  • Management of relevant documentation, sub-contractor co-ordination, quality assurance and quality control
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Experienced working on infrastructure projects

About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.


Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.


As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.


We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email [email protected]


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Posted 2026-04-16

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