Company: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Location: Barnsley
Job Description:
Overview
In this role, you will lead multiple construction and capital delivery projects within Barnsley’s three-year programme for children and young people. You’ll work with cross-functional teams to scope, plan, and deliver residential homes and education provision, ensuring safety, compliance, and value. The position sits in the Quality Assurance & Service Improvement team and supports outcomes for families and communities. You will shape delivery standards and coordinate with partners to create local options that keep services close to home.
Pay / Benefits
- flexible working
- excellent pension scheme
- employee rewards and benefits
- health and wellbeing support
- training and development opportunities
- support for work-life balance
Responsibilities
- Lead multiple construction, refurbishment and property adaptation projects
- Develop clear scopes, delivery plans, budgets and programmes
- Coordinate feasibility studies, surveys, designs, planning and approvals
- Manage contractors, consultants, architects and advisers
- Lead procurement and appoint delivery partners
- Ensure compliance with health and safety requirements including CDM 2015
- Monitor performance, safety, quality, costs, risks and milestones
- Maintain project documentation and report to senior management
Key requirements
- strong experience in construction project management
- health and safety compliance
- contractor management
- capital budgets and programme control
- risk management and reporting
- public-sector or local government delivery experience
- ability to work with cross-functional teams
- knowledge of procurement processes
- stakeholder engagement
- clear communication
- problem solving
- construction project management
- health and safety compliance
- contractor management
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Posted: October 1st, 2026