Graduate Construction Manager Solihull, England
Job description
Are you a university graduate looking to start your career as a Construction Manager?
Join us as an graduate in our midlands region and you will get the opportunity to put into practice what you have learnt at university and develop your knowledge and skills on a live project, progressing your career with a leading construction and property services company.
Construction Managers at BAM are responsible for delivering building projects such as schools, hospitals and office buildings, managing a project from conception through to completion. Day to day they are responsible for managing subcontractors, liaising with clients and ensuring the quality and safe delivery of projects.
On our graduate programme you will initially spend time on site with engineers to gain hands on experience of setting out and ordering materials; this will help build your own levels of confidence in these areas and help to develop your knowledge and expand your network.
This role would suit a recent Construction graduate who has some experience or who has completed a placement and is looking for their next step.
Your mission
As a Graduate Construction Manager, you will be responsible for the practical management and planning of every stage of a construction project. You will be responsible for ensuring building projects are completed safely, within budget and on time. You’ll oversee schedules of work and delegate tasks to your team to ensure that each phase of a build goes to plan.
Key duties include;
- Spending time on site shadowing the construction team to gain a better understanding of the role
- Overseeing the logistical requirements of a project
- Meeting regularly with clients, third parties and other managers to report on progress
- Setting targets, objectives and responsibilities for all supervised staff
- Regularly reviewing timings, budget, labour, risk and project plans to ensure work stays on track
- Setting and agreeing budgets
- Conducting site visits to inspect work, check materials and ensure staff are following health and safety guidelines
- Dealing with contracts and mitigating the impact of any issues
- Ensuring the delivery of high-quality work within contract timescales
Who are we looking for?
What do we need from you?
- Have a Construction Management or similar degree.
- Live within the Midlands area or easily commutable distance
- Excellent communication skills
- Leadership qualities
- Desire to learn and succeed
- Passionate and self-motivated
As well as working in alignment with our values of being collaborative, reliable, inclusive, and taking ownership we will look to understand your personal values, your potential and development areas for the role.
For this role you’ll also have to have completed, or due to complete your degree by August 2023.
The art of building is about building for communities; it’s about building for life.
Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.
Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.
