Construction Section Manager

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About us:

Morgan Sindall Infrastructure delivers some of the UKs most complex and critical infrastructure across six core sectors of Energy, Water, Nuclear, Highways, Rail and Aviation for public and private customers. Working on projects and long-term frameworks, we believe in connecting people, places and communities through innovative and responsible infrastructure. Our people are our business. Through their expertise, we harness innovative ideas and approaches that enable us to safely and responsibly design and deliver resilient infrastructure upon which we all rely. Morgan Sindall Infrastructure is part of Morgan Sindall Group plc, a leading UK construction and regeneration group with revenue of over £3 billion.

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Construction Section Manager

Location: West Cumbria

A Construction Section Manager is required to support the Construction Manager in the execution of their duties on SRP SPRS Modifications and Infrastructure Services Projects within Programme and Project Partners (PPP). Reporting to the Aligned Delivery Team (ADT) Project Manager for delivery and the ADT Principle Contractor/Construction Manager for implementation of regulatory and statutory requirements, Nuclear and Conventional safety and to ensure the design specification and quality standards set by the Design Authority are adhered to.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the SPRS Modifications and Infrastructure Services construction team, supervise, guide and co-ordinate them in accordance with the identified procedures.
• Manage a team of Co-ordinators and Section Engineers to the requirements of their parent organisation in terms of development and team leadership.
• Lead communications with SRP Line of Sight to plan and inferface project delivery.
• Ensuring contractors construction arrangements meet the standards set by PPP and Sellafield within existing facilities.
• Liaise with the Sub PM to co-ordinate interfaces between contractors, designers, operators, work planners and client at site level to ensure the flow of relevant information is uninterrupted.
• Provide effective communication and co-ordination, liaise on interface working and ensure that site work is planned and co-ordinated.
• Preparation, review & approval of key control documents for construction activities and management of contractors as described in SLMS, in a timely manner for use during project lifespan. Ensure Construction arrangements for both PPP and supply chain, including management control arrangements, inspection and test plans, construction strategies, risk assessments, method statements and construction programmes as defined in the SLMS.
• Manage day to day liaison with project and operational personnel to obtain any necessary permissions and minimise their impact on the project.
• To exercise day to day control over construction activities and to start and stop construction work.
• Accept, reject or require correction to construction work.
• Approve documentation in accordance with latest procedures and management of construction resources to ensure all project construction activities are fully resourced with competent personnel.
• Implement actions agreed with the Project Manager and Construction Manager necessary to meet construction safety, quality, scope, budget and schedule baselines .
• Ensuring a proactive & proportionate approach to nuclear, radiological, conventional and environmental safety to ensure that they are optimised on the construction site in accordance with approved construction documents and Sellafield processess and procedures.
• Provide construction input to the project management, engineering, procurement and commissioning process, specifically input into design reviews and development/implementation of the constructability strategy.
• Capture, share and apply construction Learning From Experience and shared best practice.
• Assist the Construction Manager with ensuring construction duties under the CDM regulations are fulfilled.
• Liaise with Construction Manager and Project Manager in order to understand key service delivery messages and cascade them effectively to construction team members.

The Person

• Preferably DV security cleared.
• IOSH Managing Safely Certificate or NEBOSH General, NEBOSH Construction
• Control and Supervision of Safe Systems of Work.
• Knowledge of SLMS and PPP procedures.
• Demonstration of Human Performance training.
• Experience of delivering construction work on Sellafiled site or other complex, highly regulated sites.
• Sound commercial and contractual knowledge.
• Ability to work in a multidiscipline team environment.
• Good management and collaboration skills, with the ability to motivate self and colleagues to achieve high standards of compliance.
• Good operational planning and time management skills; able to manage projects simultaneously without compromising on standards and quality.
• Ability to work with colleagues to deliver project and operational performance.
• Sound knowledge of construction practices and standards.

About our Nuclear business unit:

Joining a growing, innovative and more than anything friendly team, you’ll be able to play your part as well as develop and learn from colleagues. Operating in the Nuclear sector for just over a decade, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure delivers services from operational reactor support, new build and decommissioning, to nuclear defence facilities and more sensitive projects within highly regulated and secure sites. With an ever-expanding Nuclear portfolio, we are proud to support our customers in installing and maintaining existing assets. The Nuclear sector is growing, changing and an innovative environment to work and operate in. We strive to deliver operational excellence and each member of our team plays their role in that.

We offer longevity currently delivering some of the biggest infrastructure projects in the UK, as part of the Programme and Project Partners (PPP). A 20-year partnership, PPP was established by Sellafield Ltd through contracts with Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), Jacobs, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure and Doosan Babcock Ltd in 2019, to revolutionise project delivery at Sellafield and create a lasting legacy.

Future opportunities within our Infrastructure Strategic Alliance (ISA). The ISA provides Sellafield Ltd with the capability and capacity to deliver a growing programme of infrastructure projects required for an aging asset portfolio. The alliance is mainly aimed at protecting and developing the utility assets; however, it also has scope for a number of non-utility asset projects as well.

A diverse and growing portfolio with our Clyde Commercial Framework (CCF). The CCF programme ensures that the teams responsible for delivering the UK’s Continuous at Sea Deterrent (CASD) are able to live work and train in safe, state of the art facilities. The framework delivers cost effective infrastructure solutions to enable HMNB Clyde to continue to endure in its new role as the Royal Navy’s Single Integrated Operating Base.

Our projects will offer experience, development and vast degree of knowledge. The areas in which we operate in will offer you the opportunity to explore, open your mind and work in some of the most beautiful landscape within the United Kingdom.

We believe in delivering responsible nuclear and defence infrastructure.

Morgan Sindall is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation. We are also an Investors in People company.

Morgan Sindall is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.

In the recruitment process all applicants are required to provide the necessary right to work information and documentation.

Morgan Sindall has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CV’s from agencies. Please note that any CV’s submitted will be deemed as gifted to Morgan Sindall and any agency terms & conditions associated with the use of such CVs will be null and void.