Electrical Construction Manager

Role Purpose

To represent the Project Manager on major construction sites and to take responsibility for all site related activities associated with the construction of a varied range of projects. The Electrical Construction Manager will be expected to take the lead on all on-site activities from pre-mobilisation through to commissioning and eventual demobilisation.

Electrical Construction Manager Responsibilities

In conjunction with your project team, you will be responsible for the execution of various stages of a project as follows:

Project Start-Up:

• Assist PM in development of construction programme, short term look ahead planning reports, equipment and materials schedules.

• Visit site and develop a site establishment schedule.

• Familiarisation with change management with PM.

• Assist in project validation.

• Put site safety starter pack in place and participate in HSEQ plan.

• Set up site establishment.

• Method statement and Risk Assessment preparation and review with sub-contractor.

• Review construction drawings and sign off

• Assist in benchmarking installation practices and Quality procedures

Project Running Phase:

• Productivity

• Develop a daily key action plan that includes HSEQ, productivity and people management.

• Assist Project team in expediting of major equipment deliveries.

• Maintain a site diary

• Attend/Chair internal meetings with sub-contractors.

• Ensure that all variations are picked up in conjunction with PM and QS.

• Ensure labour allocation sheets are being completed by sub-contractors.

• Produce short term programmes in line with master programme.

• Mark up master programme each week and issues to PM.

• Effectively manage sub-contractor supervision to enable efficient productivity

• Ensure sub-contractor workforce is on site at workface on time.

People

• Liaise with sub-contractors to address available work faces.

• Liaise with our client in co-ordination between building and services.

• Work closely with other supervisors to ensure effective co-ordination between M&E services.

• Integrate with other internal and external supervisors to ensure cross co-ordination of trades and installation processes.

• Take ownership and responsibility of issues to drive out solutions in conjunction with Project Manager.

Safety

• Ensure tool box talks, inductions and safety briefings are being carried out.

• Maintain plant logs and ensure weekly safety checks are carried out.

• Ensure operatives are working safely, wearing appropriate PPE and working to agreed method statements.

• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety Policy in particular to the operation of work permits, site safety audits and weekly walk arounds.

• Carry out daily walk around adopting a “don’t walk by” approach to safety.

• Implement H&S behaviour/culture and Golden Rules.

Quality

• Plan and co-ordinate delivery of materials and plant.

• Mark up drawings in conjunction with inspection testing.

• Ensure inspection test plan is enforced by snagging works, then offering to client for inspection at various stages of the installation working to ZERO snags.

• Ensure that free issue equipment is checked, cared for and once accepted confirm to engineer to sign off for payment.

Close Out Activities:

• Liaise with commissioning engineer in ensuring all systems are tested, demonstrated and handover.

• Ensure all site safety devices are proved.

• Ensure all life systems are complete and certified.

• Issue final marked up drawings are correct.

• Liaise with PM on site demobilisation, including plant, labour, materials and site establishment.

• Ensure all statutory notices, schematics, wall charts are in place on site in accordance with project completion checklist.

Other Duties:

• Maintain a site diary.

• Assist QS in his / her duties

• Ensure company’s good image is maintained at all times.

• Integrate with site team.

• Ensure your agreed training plan is enforced.