Build Manager (Contract)

Whether indoors or outdoors, we make sure our customers can always connect their customers. We bring together mobile operators, central and local government, and real estate providers to work together in new ways using: Collaborative commercial models, combined real-estate and telecoms know-how, and global best practice.

We have 6000+ mast site locations, have connected 2000+ buildings and support 200+ outdoor networks. Our managed sites include some of the biggest, most challenging wireless environments in the UK, including railway stations, Canary Wharf, City of London and events like the London Olympics.

Due to continued growth, Freshwave Group are looking for a Build Manager to join the team for a 7-month contract. This resource will be on site 5 days a week.

You will be expected to manage delivery of a DAS project at a stadium in Liverpool. This will involve overseeing contractors, suppliers and service providers, ensuring that contractual targets and deadlines are met. You will play a vital role in managing the relationships with key client stakeholders. Freshwave Group is a leading specialist provider in the indoor DAS deployment vendor. This is including network design, build, installation and maintenance services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for meeting delivery targets for the Liverpool stadium DAS project
• Expectation to be on-site for majority of the build through to handover of service
• Managing key stakeholder communications and leading daily/weekly project meetings
• Managing the day-to-day interactions with MNO’s, contractors and customers and maintaining and growing relationships
• Management to existing processes and systems to support effective contract management and collaborative delivery
• Leading the correct safety and quality behaviours across the build
• Planning and supervising on-site deployment activities
• Coordinating with contractors daily and ensuring they understand their scope on day-to-day tasks
• Daily progress updates to be communicated internally and externally
• Identifying key risks during build stage and putting measures in place to mitigate/control. Providing daily communication to client senior management
• Producing and reviewing of site-specific RAMS and ensuring all site works are completed in a safe and controlled manner by sub-contractors and internal staff
• This role will be supported by a Project Manager (hybrid remote and onsite) and a Portfolio Manager (remote with some site visits) for the duration of the project.

Knowledge and experience:

• Previous experience of managing DAS deployments
• Knowledge of NRSWA,
• CSCS card or ECS card
• Very good communication skills

The successful candidate will:

• Be a highly motivated self starter individual with a real can do attitude.
• Be a leader and team player within Networking team and beyond
• Good analytical and investigative skills.
• Enjoy and be used to working in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
• Have the highest levels of integrity.
• Have good written and oral communication skills and be able to present to wider team

Our Values

Our values are what set us apart from the rest. They are what enable us to bring assured connectivity wherever it’s needed. We use these values to inform everything we do and the way we act as professionals – think of them as what’s important to us collectively, as well as how we prefer to work.

The successful candidate will be aligned with our company commitments:

• Engineering excellence: we’re engineering experts and the quality of our output is second to none
• Do the right thing: we’re neutral in our position, doing what’s best for our people, our partners, our customers, society and the environment
• Set the pace: we act quickly and work efficiently, setting the pace for our projects and industry standards

Sustainability and CSR:

We implement environmental, social, and corporate governance:

• Innovate for Impact: We pride ourselves on many industry firsts, driven by both technical and commercial innovation. From access to assured connectivity indoors in hospitals to smarter cities, we’ll continue to improve access to connectivity where it matters most.
• A thriving workforce: We’re nimble and fast-growing and our success relies on diverse talent from a range of backgrounds. From this running start in an industry with known diversity challenges, we’re putting structure and focus around our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
• Embracing Net Zero: This year we’ve baselined our carbon footprint. We choose to include key measures for the future like waste management and will be focused on our supply chain. You can read more about our targets in our Carbon Reduction Plan here.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging:

Here at Freshwave, we are dedicated to making our recruitment process as inclusive as possible, and aim to do everything we can to make you feel comfortable and supported throughout. We recognise that applying for a new job can be daunting, so please let us know if there is anything we can do to enable you to be yourself, and we will look to provide any reasonable adjustments to support all applicants.