Construction excellence is what we do best, through our ingenuity, expertise, and experienced teams of engineering and construction professionals.

Laing O'Rourke's 2025 Mission to become the recognised leader for innovation and excellence in the construction industry is driven by innovation and with technical excellence in design, manufacturing, and construction at its core.

This is a great opportunity to play a key role in our highly experienced project delivery team delivering the iconic redevelopment of London Olympia.

The work to create Future Olympia includes the redevelopment of the existing listed exhibition halls – the Grand Hall and the National Hall – and the creation of new offices, a four-screen cinema, a 4,000-seat music venue, a 1,500-seat theatre, two new hotels, new retail outlets and public realm space. All of this will be delivered while allowing the exhibition areas to remain operational and revenue-generating.

If you would like to use your construction expertise as a Section Manager to help deliver on this project, then please read on...

What do we look for?

• Contribute to the achievement of Laing O'Rourke safety targets and zero tolerance of unsafe working practices and occurrences.
• The Section Manager will be accountable for an area on site and all trades on that floor, for example, Dry lining (Walls and ceilings), M&E coordination with build trades, Flooring: Either screeds or raised floors, Fire stopping and Joinery.
• To deliver section packages of the project to the client within time, cost, quality, safety, and corporate responsibility parameters.
• Programme ownership and delivery against the weekly outputs, including daily tracking.
• Responsible for the subcontractor’s performance for all elements prior to starting on-site.
• To work with the planning team to develop detailed and accurate short-term programmes of work.
• To implement, measure and report on our Environmental Management Plan.
• To continually revise the site induction and give daily presentations.
• To Manage the budget and delivery of the section of the project.
• To Plan the resource requirements and communicate these to the construction team.
• Contribute to the contract review process.

What skills and experience are we looking for?

• HSE management – responsibilities, systems, processes, communicating and enthusing others.
• Project Delivery – scope, timescales, cost, and client needs.
• Project handover – driving standards, deadlines, problem-solving, and resource planning.
• Commercial awareness and strong leadership skills.
• Some experience in Fit-Out is desirable.
• Possess excellent communication skills.

To apply online click here.

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.

About us:

We 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.

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