Senior Manager: Constructability (Rail)

Develop and maintain the constructability management plan for the rail programme, including workflows, review gates, and approval stages.

Define constructability governance structures (committees, review panels, escalation routes) and ensure alignment with overall project governance.

Embed constructability checkpoints into design and construction programmes, in coordination with design management and planning teams.

Set process standards for constructability reviews, including required inputs, participants, documentation, and closure criteria.

Plan and sequence constructability reviews across all key rail assets (stations, viaducts, tunnels, trackwork, depots, systems) in line with design maturity.

Ensure the appropriate technical constructability specialists, designers, construction managers, operations/maintenance, safety, and client representatives are engaged at each review.

Oversee the scheduling, agendas, and logistics of constructability workshops and review meetings, ensuring efficient use of stakeholder time.

Coordinate cross-package and cross-interface constructability activities, particularly where multiple contracts or delivery partners are involved.

Establish and oversee systems for logging constructability comments, actions, and decisions across the programme.

Ensure robust tracking and follow-up of actions assigned to design teams, construction teams, and other stakeholders, driving timely resolution.

Monitor and manage a constructability issues register, ensuring high-risk or cross-cutting issues are escalated and addressed.

Ensure decisions and trade-offs relating to constructability are documented, approved through the appropriate governance channels, and communicated to relevant parties.

Integrate constructability process milestones into the master programme in collaboration with planning teams.

Monitor adherence to constructability timelines, identifying slippages and coordinating recovery plans or resequencing where required.

Maintain a risk register focused on constructability process risks (e.g., late reviews, incomplete participation, unclosed actions) and drive mitigation measures.

Develop and report on constructability process performance metrics (e.g., review completion rates, action closure, impact on design changes and rework).

Act as the senior point of contact for client and senior stakeholders on constructability process matters across the rail programme.

Lead high-level constructability coordination meetings and governance forums, presenting process status, risks, and key decisions.

Ensure alignment between constructability process and other project processes (design reviews, safety-in-design, value engineering, change control).

Coordinate interfaces with external stakeholders (utilities, authorities, adjacent project owners) where constructability considerations affect coordination and approvals.

Oversee use of Common Data Environments (CDE), issue-tracking tools, and collaboration platforms to support constructability workflows and documentation.

Work with BIM/digital teams to integrate models and 4D/5D tools into the constructability review process where appropriate.

Capture lessons learned on constructability process effectiveness and drive continuous improvement of workflows, templates, and governance structures.

Develop and maintain organisational guidance on constructability process management, including playbooks, checklists, and training materials.