Total 3 job vacancies by Laing O'Rourke

Project Manager - Piling

Geographical areas considered: Oxfordshire, London, North West, East

Are you an expert in supporting buildings? The let Laing O'Rourke support you in your career.

We are looking for piling professionals for multiple projects and areas in the UK. Do you have a good knowledge of different pile types? Then put your expertise to the test on some of the UK's biggest and most complex projects with Expanded Geotechnical.

Expanded geotechnical are one of the UKs most successful and innovative piling and ground engineering companies, working throughout the UK. We have delivered some of the most complex and challenging piling schemes of recent years.

If you take a hands on management approach with an in-house team then keep reading. Do you know about construction sequencing and methodology? How about different piling techniques? Then come and join a real innovator in the geotechnical arena.

What skills and experience do you need?

Essential

• Sequencing and construction methodology
• Geometry, load paths and stability advice
• Informing cost plans and value engineering
• Expertise on different piling types and techniques

Desirable

• Temporary works expertise - desirable
• Cranage and lift plans expertise - desirable

Some of the expertise that will help you excel

• Preferably experience of large diameter piles under bentonite or polymer including the technical aspects of and influences on pile capacity and installation
• Understanding of the importance of input to work winning and pre-contract discussions with structural designers, customers and their professional advisors
• Willingness to embrace new technology such as digital management platforms
• Safety, customer and quality focussed
• Basic commercial and contractual knowledge appropriate to piling sub-contracts
• An instinct for establishing safe and productive project sites

Our offering includes Rotary augured piles / large diameter capability, CFA including deep / large diameter capability, Secant and contiguous retaining walls, Plunge column piles, Diaphragm walls, Restricted access piling, Pile extraction / removal, Slurry wall, Support fluid and polymer expertise, Rock and obstruction coring, Sheet piling and Marine works.

Are you a great communicator with around 5 years of experience in piling projects? Then we need your expertise to deliver the foundations for a better future. Apply today and don't miss out.

Comparable job titles include: Project Engineer, Contracts Manager, Lead Piling Engineer, Area Piling Project Manager, Assistant Project Manager, Senior Engineer

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please get in touch.

Laing O'Rourke is currently recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to manage one of the key areas, on our flagship project - the Ellison Institute of Technology.

Ellison Institute of Technology will continue the Institute's work in cancer research, disease prevention, and global health policy, along with providing educational programming for students from around the globe.

A newly constructed building in The Oxford Science Park will be home to further research laboratories and educational spaces, laid out to promote collaboration and flexibility. This includes a roof-top wooden geodesic dome overlooking the surrounding tree canopy.

The two buildings will be connected by an elevated tree covered walkway to enhance access and promote collaboration between both sites.

Role & responsibilities:

• Contribute to the achievement of safety targets and zero tolerance of unsafe working practices and occurrences
• To deliver the sub project to the client within budget, Quality Assurance standards, on programme and to stringent safety parameters
• To work with the planning team to develop detailed and accurate short term programmes of work
• To assess the staff capability and performance
• To manage the budget and delivery of the section of the project
• To provide accurate and timely reporting of progress against the plan
• To ensure adoption of innovative ideas from within the business and from the workforce
• To plan the programming of day to day resource requirement and communicate these to the construction team
• To interface with other construction managers and section managers to share best practice and ensure effective resource utilisation
• To monitor external changes to work plans and report the effect of change
• To lead section meetings to review Safety, Quality, Progress and Design. Achievement of commercial requirements
• To ensure effective implementation Laing O Rourke project management systems and procedures
• Contribute to the contract review process
• Client and tenant liaison
• Assist with design development
• To act as person responsible for permit to work procedures

Qualifications:

• Degree qualified in Construction Management or Civil Engineering - essential
• Extensive experience in Project Management capacity on projects over the value of £200mil

About us:

Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please get in touch.

Are you a BMS project manager experienced in delivering Tridium Niagara systems?

Do you want to work on bigger and better projects?

Then our in-house MEP Engineering business, Crown House Technologies, is the company for you!

We're looking for a BMS project manager with experience in BEMS, control systems and Tridium Niagara systems to join the team, you'll have the opportunity to manage the pre-construction, construction and commissioning phases of specialist building management systems across some of our projects in the defence sector.

What will the role look like?

• Ensure the project is delivered on time and on budget while taking overall responsibility for health and safety.

• Responsibility for the pre-construction, construction & commissioning phases of specialist Building Management Systems and Controls on major flagship projects.
• Taking the project from handover through design, manufacture, installation, commissioning and soft-landing period of the BEMS package.
• Creating point schedules, and functional descriptions based off building services drawings and specifications.
• Managing and procuring equipment and sub-contractor packages, as well as planning and overseeing all commissioning activities and issuing documentation.
• Ensuring projects are delivered on time and on budget to a satisfied customer, updating and reporting progress weekly with any dependencies documented and mitigation procedure put in place to avoid any potential delays.
• Responsibility for the commercial performance of the project including the preparation and submission of variations, and agreement of the same.
• Overall responsibility for health and safety management on all managed projects.
• Managing and agreeing the appropriate purchase and sub-contract orders as required on the projects, manage and review applications for payments and applied for variations of any placed subcontract orders. Ensuring that all outgoing procurement orders are being placed in a timely manner to ensure there are no risks or delays to the project.
• All procurement to be documented and reported.

What skills & experience are we looking for?

• Proven track record of project management in the construction industry with experience in BEMS and controls systems, M&E etc.
• Experience in producing and managing a programme of works.
• Significant experience working to budgets of £0.5m - £5m
• Experience of Tridium Niagara and Honeywell Trend systems
• Experience of managing health and safety in a construction environment
• Valid CSCS or ECS site card

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

Crown House Technologies (Cht) is one of the UK's most advanced, and innovative, engineering and business services specialists. Part of the Laing O'Rourke Group, and founded on more than 200 years of experience, we are a leading construction and infrastructure technology services provider, supplying a complete Building Services package with communications, ICT, intelligent building, monitoring, BMS and the UK's largest mechanical, electrical & public health manufacturing facility - a 129,000 sq. ft factory - offering Off-site manufacturing and assembly for our digitally engineered modular MEICA packages.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please get in touch.