Senior Project Manager

The Vacancy

Wates are looking for a Construction Manager to join our Project team on one of our MOJ projects in the Cambridgeshire area.

This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our Construction Managers are a valuable part of our business, the focus of this role will be to provide visible leadership, insight, direction and foresight in the safe and profitable delivery of schemes, while also providing excellent customer satisfaction and successfully develop a team.

As our Construction Manager you will:

• Lead the project team and manage the supply chain to deliver projects to time, cost and quality targets and standards
• Ensure safety targets and standards are maintained by understanding what safety excellence looks like
• Foster a continuous improvement culture by actively seeking input from all members of the project team and encouraging them to implement safety improvements
• Lead, manage and deliver operational excellence and efficiency through appropriate use of leadership indicator health check reviews through the Bid, Pre-construction and Construction phases of the project

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Flexible working 
• Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade) 
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates) 
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity. 

To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please click on the following link https://www.wates.co.uk/careers/

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.