Head of Construction

Department: Development + Construction

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: UK - London

Reporting To: Technical Director

Compensation: £90,000 - £120,000 / year

Description

Key Responsibilities

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• Team leadership - You’ll be leading our talented team of project managers, ensuring they’re supported in their daily roles to deliver our projects on time. You’ll need to be skilled in remote team leadership, and have a particular strength in coaching and skills development. You’ll bring your expertise to bear, acting as a point of escalation, unblocking problems and providing guidance to help us continue to move fast.
  
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  Partnership management - You’ll be the face of Field for all of our contractors, so striking the balance between relationship and performance management will be key. You’ll need to have an eagle eye for detail during the tendering process, making sure all of our partners are able to deliver what we need, along with consummate relationship building skills as you work in partnership to deliver on time and to the highest standards.
  
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  Pre-construction management - You’ll be responsible for assessing risks and making sure these are mitigated (through the commissioning of technical studies, ground investigations, etc). You will have knowledge and experience of building project and company documentation, such as project contracts, employer's requirements and Pre-Construction Information Packs
  
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  Driving accountability - You will know our contracts inside and out, and will make sure that both Field and our partners deliver against all SLAs. You will hold accountability for the master programme, construction risk register and budget management and reporting, using these tools to hold yourself, your team and our partners accountable. 
  
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  Building for scale - You will contribute your considerable expertise to help us build the processes, tools and capability across the business to mean we’re able to meet our ambitious growth targets. You’ll be gathering and sharing lessons learned post-project, finding and defining best practice processes and using technology to mean your team are working as efficiently as possible.
  

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

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• You’re an open, clear communicator who enjoys working collaboratively - there are no ‘lone wolves’ at Field, we’re all in this together
  
• You’re a great leader - you have a clear vision, high standards and you know how to get people motivated, aligned and delivering 
  
• You’re very organised - you’ll be spinning a few plates at once, so you’ll need to have tried and tested methods for keeping on top of a varied workload at your fingertips
  
• You’re enthusiastic, curious and knowledgeable about the energy storage industry
  

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  Construction Expertise: Experience managing concurrent energy generation construction projects (BESS, Solar, Wind, Peaking plants) across the full project construction lifecycle 
  
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  Team Leadership: Prior experience in building, managing, developing, and leading teams of Construction Project Managers, with a specific emphasis on remote leadership and effective team communications
  
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  Relationship Management: Proven experience of and ability to deliver through others. An ability to drive accountability and ensure others deliver, while maintaining close, trusting relationships
  
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  Contractual Knowledge: Experience with contract forms such as: FIDIC, M/F1 and NEC
  

Benefits

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• Hybrid working (blend of home and office working to suit individual needs)
  
• NEST Pension (8% combined contributions)
  
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  
• 13 weeks of fully paid leave for all new parents
  
• Annual learning & development budget to spend on whatever best supports your growth
  
• 1 month a year ‘work from anywhere in the world’ policy 
  
• Paid dependents leave, in case you need to take time off for the most important people in your life
  
• Green leave - paid time off to do something good for the environment
  
• Fun co-working office space in Second Home, Brick Lane
  
• Dog friendly office (with some regular furry friends already in the team)
  
• Free team lunch once a week
  
• Regular team socials
  
• Birthday carbon offset - a gift from Field to the world to celebrate your birthday
  
• & many more on the way!