Rail: Construction Manager: London with ref.

Purpose of the Job
Responsible for managing the Systemwide Contractor's performance with regard to progress, cost and health & safety at the contract level. Managing all construction and testing within area of responsibility, supported by site teams at each geographic location or system based area of responsibility.
Principal Accountabilities

Managing the Construction and Testing.
Managing contract interfaces on site and coordination across contracts with other Construction Managers.
Keeping the Project Manager informed of contract and site progress & performance.
Supporting the PM in the review and acceptance of the programme, and the review of payment applications.
Developing relations with local community with support from stakeholder liaison office.
Supervising & leading Site Engineers, including reviewing their daily and weekly reports.
Maintaining contract performance against project milestones, KPIs, programme, budget and other established metrics.
Managing the Contract through Construction, Testing, Commissioning, and Handover.
Provide input into constructability.
Assisting the Supervisor Representative (PFE) in ensuring Contractor compliance with their Quality Plan.
Leads the reviews and acceptance of selected contractor submittals.
Assisting the Supervisor Representative (PFE) in the management of NCRs and Snag List items.
Review and acceptance of the Contractor Commitments Compliance Plan in conjunction with the sustainability and consents team.
Complying with the management arrangements for CDM, within their area of responsibility.

Main Challenges of the Job

Responsible for putting in place systems and procedures that will ensure railway engineering works are delivered in accordance with the Technical Assurance Plan, and Systems Integration Management Plans.
Manage works that have complex interfaces between sub-systems, and with the civil station and Systemwide contracts, which require effective interface management during implementation, testing and commissioning phases.
To support compliant handover of the completed works to railway infrastructure operators.
To ensure contractor compliance with safe methods of railway working, throughout project execution.
To ensure the internal interfaces between contractors and the external relationships with Network Rail, London Underground and other project partners is managed in such a way as to ensure timely and safe completion of the programme.
To ensure the contractor complies with their own quality systems.
To work with the Project Manager and Project Construction Manager to build effective working relationships at the appropriate level within the contractor's team.
Management of installation across multiple principle contractors green field sites and work on operational Network Rail Infrastructure.

Dimensions & Interfaces (Internal and External)

Reports to Project Manager.
Works closely with Project Field Engineer and Contractors' representatives.

Person Specification

Relevant Engineering qualification, Civil, mechanical or electrical engineering, or equivalent experience.
Experience of managing the construction of significant value packages of work on a major railway signalling project.
Knowledge and experience of construction quality systems and processes in a relevant context
Knowledge of project controls processes
Leadership experience of site-based and railway ES&H processes and procedures
Experience managing construction contracts.
Knowledge of the use of subcontracts; knowledge of the contractor/ subcontractor's responsibilities contained in subcontract documents.
Construction regulatory standards (CDM) experience and relevant experience in Construction Planning & Scheduling
Professional qualifications in Engineering;
Construction experience in multidiscipline railway projects;
Experience in managing or supervising signalling projects and;
10 years' experience in Network Rail installation, construction and test standards and procedures for signalling.