Construction Manager

Collection Development Limited - We develop, manage, and invest with the purpose of improving property and places to deliver lasting commercial and social benefit. We are a curious team of real estate experts who identify opportunities where we can create and capture significant value. We are Collection Developments.

Our goal is to create places that people want to be in. We take a long-term approach to real estate, maximising risk-adjusted returns across portfolios and generating consistent returns for our partners whilst setting new standards for homes, workplaces and cultural spaces that people love.

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Construction Manager is the on-site authority for all construction activities across the entire residential estate.
• This is a demanding, high-visibility leadership role that requires the ability to coordinate multiple simultaneous workstreams, manage a large and diverse workforce, and maintain programme, quality, and safety standards without compromise. The Construction Manager is on site every day.

Key Responsibilities

• Resolve on-site conflicts between trades, zones, or subcontractors; make binding site decisions on work sequencing and temporary works
• Produce the daily site report and brief the Project Director daily on site status
• Manage all subcontract crews on site; review and approve method statements before any work package commences
• Hold overall on-site authority and responsibility for all construction activities across all residential blocks and external works simultaneously
• Chair the daily site coordination meeting with all Zone Construction Managers, the Programme and MEP Manager, and the Site Engineers
• Monitor daily progress against the look-ahead; identify and escalate any delay risk to the Project Director and Programme and MEP Manager immediately
• Approve subcontractor daily labour and plant returns for commercial management
• Manage the site logistics plan in coordination with the Site Logistics Coordinator
• Ensure all quality hold points are observed and that no concrete pour takes place without Site Engineer and quality sign-off
• Enforce the HSE plan on site; support the HSE Manager in maintaining a zero-harm culture

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management; professional registration with NSE or NIOB is preferred; COREN registration is beneficial.
• Minimum 10 years of construction experience, with demonstrated experience managing multi-building residential projects in Lagos
• Membership of NIOB or NSE is an advantage
• Experience managing a large site workforce across multiple concurrent buildings
• Strong knowledge of reinforced concrete construction, flat slab systems, and raft foundations

Key Competencies and Personal Attributes:

• Natural authority and the ability to command the respect of a large, diverse site workforce
• Strong decision-making ability under pressure; decisive and clear
• Strong safety leadership; zero tolerance for HSE non-compliance
• Excellent situational awareness; able to monitor multiple simultaneous activities without losing focus