Construction Assurance Manager

Overview

As a Construction Assurance Manager on a major high-speed rail programme, you ensure complex earthworks, bridges and ground engineering are built to plan, safely and to design intent. You work on-site within an Integrated Project Team, validating contractor outputs against designs while surfacing and resolving issues early. You’ll perform risk-based constructability assurance, coordinate across quality, health and safety, and manage cross-contract interfaces. This role offers meaningful impact through safeguarding project integrity and environmental obligations.

Pay / Benefits

• Pension 12%
• Hybrid work (3 days in office)

Responsibilities

• review construction activity on earthworks, bridges, structures and ground engineering to ensure compliance with designs
• identify, raise and resolve deviations before they affect the programme
• conduct site safety tours and apply risk-based constructability assurance
• coordinate with quality, health and safety, environment and stakeholder management functions
• administer NEC3 contracts in collaboration with Project Managers and Supervisors
• manage interfaces across contract boundaries and prioritise workload on large contract values

Key requirements

• civil engineering background on large-scale projects
• experience with earthworks, bridges, structures or ground engineering
• familiarity with major infrastructure schemes (roads, drainage, earthworks)
• experience or background in rail programmes and/or Contractor’s Responsible Engineer
• knowledge of NEC3 contract principles and Supervisor responsibilities
• solid understanding of UK construction regulations including CDM and safety management
• ability to read construction programmes and manage risk
• strong relationship-building with contractors and internal teams
• degree in civil engineering, construction or building science (or equivalent practical experience)

• stakeholder management
• communication
• problem solving
• NEC3 contract principles
• constructability assurance
• risk assessment and management

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