Galliford Try
Senior Building Services Manager
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Senior Building Services Manager
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Senior Building Services Manager
Gateshead
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Building Services Manager to join the team at Galliford Try North East & Yorkshire.
Ideally, you will be based in or around Newcastle and will have the opportunity to travel across multiple sites/projects in the Region.
What you will be doing:
- Responsible for managing the delivery of Building Services elements of construction projects.
- Ensure that the Building Services Programmes are delivered in a customer-focused and cost-effective way and complies with all Health and Safety legislation and current Technical Standards.
- Comply with all policies and procedures contained in the IMS and make consistent use of the guidelines, processes, checklists, and forms contained within it.
- Control and coordinate the delivery of Building Services on specific projects ensuring compliance with all safety policies and procedures.
- Provide operational and technical solutions to projects that improve service and value for the business, customers, and business partners in line with financial forecasts and operational requirements.
- Coordinate the activities of the Building Services element of the Design Team.
- Manage the delivery of Building Services elements of Projects for customers through establishing Programmes, Planning, Key Performance Indicators, and Progress Reports where appropriate.
- Manage sub-contractor resources in an efficient manner to ensure the highest possible level of service, productivity, and control for each Project.
- Review Sub Contractors construction protocols, methods, and Risk Assessments for Projects to ensure a safe, secure, and efficient operation.
- Lead and manage the Commissioning of systems and equipment and control and coordinate Client demonstrations.
- Chair group meetings for building service integration in Project.
- Lead Project Working Groups to clarify requirements and improve Coordination standards.
- Contribute to the overall Health and Safety Standards of all staff and activities to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of contracted staff.
About You:
- Experience of managing the design consultants and sub-contractors at project level.
- Experience of working in the Education, Health, and Commercial sectors.
- The candidate is to have experience in this or a very similar role.
- Holding the relevant Chartered membership of a Professional Institute or working towards gaining membership.
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What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion, we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects, offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long-held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented, and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.
We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice, and support for a range of issues.
We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.
Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.
Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where, and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity, and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.
Our benefits:
We put our people first, and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.
- Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays.
- A wide range of corporate discounts.
- Cycle to Work schemes.
- Comprehensive pension plan.
- Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme.
- Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it.
- Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role.
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About us:
Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.
Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.
We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain, and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.
For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our North East & Yorkshire business, please contact Laura Mitchell on Laura.Mitchell@gallifordtry.co.uk.
Additional Information:
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours, or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.
We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.
Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meets the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.
A full job description for this role is available upon request.
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