Contracts Manager

Description

• Oversee and ensure that HE&E related documents are kept up to date and undertake site visits, ensuring that the required paperwork is produced, liaising with the necessary parties.
• By example, set the highest possible standards of leadership in promotion of HS&E procedures and best practice, ensuring compliance with Company procedures and legal obligations.
• Chair and attend various internal and external meetings and ensure the production of accurate records of any discussions and actions.
• Take off materials from drawings and schedule for procurement.
• Ensure site team compliance with Company commercial policies and procedures.
• Drive the performance standards of site staff, including performance appraisals and disciplinaries.
• Ensure weekly review of progress, budget resources and forward planning are carried out and a lookahead programme is in place, ensuring your teams are project reporting accurately and honestly.
• Implement the risk management process, review risk registers and check risk controls.
• Onboarding, allocating and managing Subcontractors and sub contract labour
• Attend tender handover meetings and deliver pre-start meetings to the site team.
• Work closely with estimating department to assist with tendering process.
• Develop and spend time in person, on site, with Foremen and all levels of site management to ensure they are being supported, and instilling confidence within your team.
• Ensure reconciliation of materials is carried out in accordance with Company procedures to best value, to prevent delays.
• Work closely with procurement teams to set up and manage supply chain partners.
• Ensure correct commercial engagement of subcontractors.
• Review CVRs monthly with project teams, implementing necessary actions.
• Work closely with commercial teams to review contracts.
• Ensure compliance and production of ITPs are being produced by the site teams
• Produce complex project specific RAMS.
• Plan and manage the pre-construction of each project and ensure they are programmed and ready to the level of detail necessary for the site team to deliver the scheme without delays to start on time.
• Provide feedback to Senior Leadership on business opportunities, performance and improvements.
• Maintain and manage construction sites and subcontractors, ensuring all subcontractors follow CR procedures and processes.
• Set standards of health and safety
• Deliver projects without safety incidents, within time and to budget.
• Ensure a commercial plan and end of life forecast is in place and monitored monthly for the successful commercial delivery of the project.
• Produce Risk Assessment and Method Statement packs preconstruction, and ensure sites are updating and monitoring as throughout the project life cycle.
• Produce and analyse progress reports, updated costs, and forecasts.

Requirements

• First aid
• NEC 3&4 Contract knowledge, including drafting notifications and supporting programming and managing client relations with regards to contractual matters.
• Experienced in Water industry and Highways.
• Willingness to undertake training and development.
• Ability to manage a team or task in accordance with the project plan
• NVQ level 7
• Ability to identify problems and devise solutions.
• Full UK driving licence
• Ability to meet targets and deadlines, often under difficult conditions.
• Experience of planning and organising own workload
• Computer literacy, MS Office suite
• IOSH Managing Safely
• Good verbal and written skills
• Ability to work in a fast- paced environment.
• Experience of leading a team of site workers across multiple site locations.
• Knowledge of CDM and industry requirements
• Ability to manage customer, supplier & stakeholder relationships.
• Knowledge of health and safety legislation
• 42.5 hours / week (Mon – Fri)
• Awareness of employment legislation and best practice

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (Ex BH)
• Discretional annual bonus

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance