Senior Construction Manager

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people's lives.

Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world's most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

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Job Description

This project will be based in Las Bahamas

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic construction manager to oversee and direct construction projects from conception to completion. This professional is responsible to successfully coordinating and supervising the construction, develop and deliver an overall construction strategy for the project, reviewing the project in-depth to schedule deliverables and estimate costs. The construction manager will be hiring and managing subcontractors and staff and providing input or preparing and submitting budgets, as needed. This professional will also be Planning, organizing, scheduling, directing and controlling the delivery of the construction, overseeing all onsite and offsite constructions to monitor compliance with building and safety regulations. The construction manager needs to ensure that value is maximized, the client's reputation is protected, risks are mitigated, interfaces managed, and the required project controls are in place.

Qualifications

Education/Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years' experience working as a construction manager, managing and leading a team on construction sites.
• Engineering degree with chartered status
• Understand and experience in delivering industrial, commercial base building and fitout projects for retail / shopping malls.
• Understanding and experience of the engineering and construction industry from a technical and commercial perspective
• Knowledge of up-to-date design developments, statutory regulations, codes of practice and industry standards in relation to construction.
• Fluent in English and Spanish
• PMI certification is a plus

Skills and Qualifications

• Responsible for the provision of discipline support and client representatives to the package managers during the design, supply, installation and commissioning phases.
• Approval / sign off all construction related plans and decisions across all packages.
• Responsible for reviewing the contractors´ designs in accordance with statutory and contractual requirements and in conformity with good engineering practice, safety and environmental protection in relation to construction. Ensure that the design process considers safe, efficient and effective construction.
• Responsible for the identification of any design changes as a result of a variation to the contract arising within the construction managers' scope of work and the timely notification of the project and package managers.
• Responsible for the implementation and adherence to the requirements of the project quality plan within the area of responsibility.
• Responsible for highlighting to the project and package managers any technical queries/disputes regarding contractor supplied documentation and assisting thereafter with the resolution of such queries.
• Ensure adequate design safety risk assessments in relation to construction are undertaken, monitoring and ensuring close out of actions where appropriate.
• Provide technical input to the project quality plan.
• Support the engineering and O & M managers on construction related issues.
• Provide technical and commercial input into the construction plans supplied by the contractors.
• Analytical skills: must be able to plan strategies, investigate project cost variances, and solve problems over the course of a project.
• Business skills: need to prepare and follow project budgets, hire and manage staff, and coordinate with other workers and managers,
• Communication skills: must be good communicators, able to clearly convey information orally and in writing. In addition to talking with owners and clients, managers must give clear orders and explain complex information to construction workers and discuss technical details with inspectors and other specialists, such as engineers.
• Decision-making skills: need to choose personnel and subcontractors for specific tasks and jobs and must also make myriad judgment calls about projects to ensure that they adhere to deadlines and budgets.
• Leadership skills: must effectively delegate tasks to construction workers, subcontractors, and other lower-level managers to ensure that projects are completed accurately and on time.
• Technical skills: must have an applied knowledge of concepts and practices common in the industry, such as construction technologies, contracts, and technical drawings. Be passionate about quality.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV's that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV's will be treated as a direct application.

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.