Kilnbridge
Senior Construction Manager
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Senior Construction Manager
Location: Central South England Employer: Kilnbridge
About Kilnbridge
Kilnbridge is the UK’s leading structures specialist, delivering some of the most complex and iconic engineering, construction, and infrastructure projects. Our expertise covers the entire lifecycle of a structure: design, build, adapt, repair and protect – delivered through four specialist operational businesses operating seamlessly under One Kilnbridge to meet diverse project demands.
Guided by a purpose-led mission, we strive to build a sustainable and resilient future for the UK. Backed by 35 years of technical excellence, safety, and quality, we empower our teams through employee ownership, innovation, and forward thinking. If you’re driven by meaningful impact, career growth, and a culture that values expertise and bold ideas, we’d love to welcome you.
We are now seeking a motivated Senior Construction Manager to lead high-caliber projects in a fast-paced environment.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead day-to-day site operations, ensuring rigorous inspections, high standards, and efficient resolution of action items.
- Foster a strong safety culture by delivering confident site inductions, toolbox talks, and briefings, while enforcing PPE compliance and proactive health and safety reporting.
- Unite and optimise trade teams to deliver on-time, high-quality work, resolving challenges and driving continuous improvement.
- Conduct weekly inspections of installations, plant, equipment, and materials to uphold safety, compliance, and site organisation.
- Own the coordination of deliveries, manage on-hire/off-hire processes, and ensure efficient material and equipment use to minimise waste.
- Ensure supervisors maintain clear, accurate records and project documentation for transparent reporting.
- Contribute technical insights to the project programme, resolving challenges across administrative, logistical, and contractual hurdles.
- Keep Project Managers appraised of progress, workforce capabilities, and completed work quality.
- Maintain a tidily presented site with proper welfare facilities and support an engaging, positive team culture.
- Lead and develop supervisory/trade teams via:
- Mentoring & onboarding
- Performance reviews
- Workforce planning (holiday management, absence tracking)
- Training needs management
- Make commercially sound decisions, collaborating with the team on weekly and monthly cost management.
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What You’ll Need
Certifications & Experience
- NVQ Level 5 or 6, plus:
- SMSTS
- PASMA
- Leading Edge Plant
- Manual Handling
- Working at Height Awareness
- MEWPS for Managers
- Minimum 5 years supervisory experience, including:
- 3 years as a Construction Manager
- 3 years as a Non-Working Frontline Supervisor
Key Skills & Attributes
- Competent communication in English, capable of motivating teams, assessing competence, and addressing performance issues.
- Calm, positive, and collaborative personality, excelling at stakeholder relations with clients, colleagues, and partners.
- Sharp organisation, planning, and detail orientation, with commercial awareness of labour/material costs.
- Strong understanding of:
- Kilnbridge’s KCSL policies, safe working systems, and construction methods
- Proven ability to stop unsafe work and uphold high safety standards.
- Commitment to open communication, shared problem-solving, recognition of team success, and accountability.
- Alignment with Kilnbridge’s core values: responsibility, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.
- Clear understanding of Health & Safety (hazard identification, incident reporting, working safely).
- Willingness to understand and follow company policies, including ad-hoc duties.
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Why Join Kilnbridge?
At Kilnbridge, you’ll work on indispensable national projects—from infrastructure to clean energy, buildings, to intricate structural work—that leave a tangible legacy. Serving clients across regulated, challenging environments, we’re UK-wide, spanning London, Runcorn, and Lisburn.
As an employee-owned business, every colleague owns equity in our success and actively shapes our future. Our values-driven culture—grounded in four principles: Responsibility, Integrity, Teamwork and Excellence—has earned us national acclaim, including Best UK Employers on the 2026 Financial Times and Statista lists.
If you’re passionate about technical challenges, transformative projects, and driving multi-interest outcomes, Kilnbridge is where you’ll thrive.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Kilnbridge is an equal opportunities employer and proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme. We strive to create a diverse, inclusive workplace, offering flexibility in discussions about working hours, arrangements, and reasonable adjustments. At all recruitment stages, we foster an environment where:
- Everyone receives fair treatment and dignity, irrespective of:
- Race, religion, colour, or national origin.
- Sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression.
- Age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, or marital status.
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