Tilbury Douglas Construction Ltd Looking for Project Manager at Twyford, Buckinghamshire Full Time

Tilbury Douglas Construction is a leading UK building, infrastructure, engineering and fit-out company. We deliver vital projects across a range of sectors including health, education, highways, justice, defence, aviation, water and environment.  We are headquartered in the UK and have a workforce of circa 1,200 highly experienced colleagues.

It is our people that make Tilbury Douglas Construction a success.  We believe that our inclusive culture encourages new ways of thinking, enabling us to innovate whilst maintaining our resilience. We value and celebrate all individual differences and look forward to receiving your application.

This role is within our Infrastructure business unit which is a civil engineering business focusing on small and medium scale works across the UK with expertise in Water, Environmental and Highways collaborative frameworks.

What you will be doing

Overall responsibility for the management and successful delivery of single complex projects or packages of projects delivered under the Thames Water Framework. 

Specific responsibilities include management of; health and safety, design, customer relations, quality, environmental, programme and the cost/value during both pre-production (ECI phase) and production.  

Monitor the progress of offsite and onsite operations against deadlines and budget limitations.  

Create a positive team culture and environment on your projects to support improved wellbeing and performance. 

In addition to the normal attributes of a successful leader this role will require determination and doggedness as you will be changing for the better the way in which many people currently work embedding production line thinking and our “offsite first” philosophy. 

Supporting our Production Line approach: 

Work closely with our teams and supply chain partners to enhance their production line maturity. 

Embrace and implement production line approach on site including programme and logistics.  

Ensure the project/package teams challenge production line operations, achieving progress against plans and escalating and promptly resolving issues. 

Developing and managing production controls, driving continuous improvement. 

Ensure that management reporting is accurate and prompt. 

Driving continuous improvement of data analysis and reporting. 

Line Management Responsibilities: 

Works as part of the Production Delivery Team. 

Reports to the Production or Construction Manager.  

Direct reports include: Agents, Engineers, Supervisors.  

Also has operational responsibility for the Offsite Manufacturing, Commercial, Mechanical, Electrical, Commissioning, Planning, Customer Service resources allocated to the project/package.  

What we will need from you

Excellent team leader with great people management skills and strong analytical, problem-solving and organisational capabilities.  

Experience of both pre-production and production project management in a major project’s environment desirable.  

Able to lead and inspire a diverse team.  

Contract administration experience desirable. 

Has excellent communication and customer service skills.  Has an appreciation of MMC, Lean Construction, Agile Programme Management, Production Thinking and other techniques that assure programme, cost and quality performance.  

Programme focused with an ability to plan and organise resources to deliver on time and in full. 

Recognises the many benefits of maintaining exemplary site organisation and tidiness.   

Commercially astute – lead other team members to produce accurate time and cost forecasts and reports.  

BIM/digital experience desirable.  

Minimum HNC qualified in a manufacturing/construction subject desirable. 

IT literacy essential.  

Professional qualification is desirable. 

SMSTS safety qualification and relevant CSCS card is desirable  

Experience in a similar role within a manufacturing or construction organisation is desirable.

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with a range of people. 

The salary for this role is competitive in addition to the variety of company benefits on offer