Delivery Manager

Galliford Try

The Role

Overview

Manage delivery of water treatment projects, overseeing programmes, finances, safety and teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • safety compliance
  • cost estimating
  • programme review
  • tender management
  • performance reporting
  • multi‑project management

Tasks

-Ensuring that all projects are delivered in accordance with current Health & Safety regulations, including CDM regulations, & Environmental legislation -Liaise with client’s staff to ensure KPI’s are met or exceeded within budget constraints -Attend internal and external review and progress meetings -Complete contract documentation -To assist the Construction Manager with the utilisation of the direct labour resources where possible across the projects -Review project programmes, in conjunction with the project planner and PM/SPM ensuring that it is maintained to drive the project to key deliverable milestones -Co-ordinate and liaise with suppliers, specialist sub-contractors, in-house functions, site installations and construction teams -Take an active role in developing new opportunities within the Framework and take lead in pre-construction tenders to ensure project delivery have input into the tender process -Prepare estimates and quotations & provide tender vetting for others -Attend site visits/meetings -Establishing and agreeing price variations and final accounts -Ensure that a Review/assessment of in-house/subcontractor RAMS, Process Impact Assessments and Environmental legislation has been carried out by your Project Management Teams -To ensure compliance with all company commercial and financial procedures -To assume responsibility of the financial performance of the portfolio of projects with overall responsibility for Profit/Loss on contracts within your portfolio. -To ensure compliance with all company safety, environmental and quality systems -To closely liaise with other departments, such as tendering and design, to ensure resources are correctly allocated and client requirements are fully achieved -To manage the project team ensuring that each member has a clear set of objectives to follow and clear roles and responsibilities -To produce project performance reports and participate in monthly financial / programme reviews for all schemes with the Commercial Manager, Head of Delivery and Operations Director -Responsible for the management of multiple concurrent projects across the Framework to ensure the successful delivery of the projects against the project KPI’s and PI’s -Assuming responsibility for the management of project delivery outputs including programme, financial position, health safety, environmental performance and progress for all allocated schemes

Requirements

  • water industry
  • smsts
  • cscs
  • microsoft office
  • nec4
  • b.eng

What You Bring

-Demonstrable experience of working within the water and / or sewage industries -IOSH or CITB 5 Day Site Safety Management (SMSTS), -Excellent communication skills (email/phone/face to face) -CSCS card -The ability to manage staff at varying levels, providing leadership, staff development and retention of key personnel, interviewing and recruitment and mentoring of more junior staff. -Working knowledge of Microsoft packages -H&S qualifications (desirable) -Strong team player but also able to work as an individual -Able to work in a busy environment under pressure -An industry applicable ONC/HNC/B.Eng or NVQ equivalent -Ability to review options and be comfortable to make the required decisions for the project success. -Ability to prioritise a varied workload and demonstrate good time management to comply with deadlines -Demonstratable experience working with NEC suite of contracts -To have a good understanding of NEC4 contract conditions and an astute commercial awareness -Possess a “can do” attitude and provide to support to other members of the team as required -The ability to interact in a professional manner with senior representatives of our clients

The Company

About Galliford Try

-a national construction powerhouse with a history tracing back to two century‑old local builders. -now focusing on Building, Infrastructure (including Highways and Environment), and Specialist Services, delivering projects such as schools, hospitals, water barriers, and road networks. -expanded through strategic acquisitions—Morrison Construction in 2006, Miller Construction in 2014, and water and specialist services firms since 2021—to broaden its technical capabilities. -delivers projects in sectors like education, health, defence, justice facilities, major highways, water treatment infrastructure, fire‑safety upgrades, and digital infrastructure. -retains dual brands—Galliford Try in England & Wales and Morrison Construction in Scotland—to maintain regional strength. -has shown strong growth, recovering from COVID, reinstating dividends in 2021, and aiming to exceed £2.2 billion in revenue and achieve a 4% operating margin by 2030.

Sector Specialisms

Buildings

Residential

Commercial

Infrastructure

Water

Rail

Highway

Energy

Custodial

Judicial

Telecommunications

Facilities Management

Security Systems

Fire Protection

Hard FM Services

New-build Facades

Green Retrofit

Cladding Remediation

Passive Fire Protection

Fire Maintenance

Asset Intelligence

Physical Security

Electronic Security

Active Fire Solutions