Contracts Manager in Manchester

Job Description

Job Objectives

• To have overall responsibility for multiple construction projects, reporting on a regular and routine basis to the Operations Director.

• Manage construction teams in delivering a consistent service to time, safety, quality and cost, ensuring clients expectations are met in full and contract performance targets realised.

• Uphold and communicate the values and culture of the Company Values & Brand.

• Position the cient as the contractor of choice.

Key Tasks

General Management:

·       Ensure all works are carried out in accordance to the required standards and the company’s policies and procedures.

·       Support Operations Director in delivering business plans.

·       Regularly visit sites at least once per week or as the site requirements dedicate.

·       Ensure production of accurate reports.

·       Liaise with Customer Care Team throughout defects liability period to completion of rectification of defects.

Health & Safety

·       Reinforce the aims of Safety Department ensuring best practice is adopted.

·       Develop the Construction Phase Health & Safety Plan and ensure that it is being maintained and complied with throughout the contract period.

·       Assist Health & Safety department compiling O&M manuals.

·       Input into improving Health & Safety management practices.

·       Analyse trends and liaise directly with teams and line managers.

·       Carry out safety audits to measure and monitor compliance.

·       Ensure health, safety and environmental standards are established, measured and maintained for all contracts in line with company policy and procedures, legislation and regulations.

Delivery

·       Liaise with clients to ensure their interests are being fulfilled and build key relationships.

·       Ensure that acceptable quality standards are established, measured and maintained for each contract in line with client and company requirements.

·       Oversee all operating processes to ensure that the most efficient and effective use is made of resources in line with budget costs.

·       Provide support and advice to Site Managers and discuss future potential problems or issues that may arise.

·       Direct the site team to ensure that they are appropriately motivated and trained to carry out their responsibilities to the required standards.

·       Produce all necessary internal and external reports and ensure all operations are being carried out in line with standard company policies and procedures.

·       Co-ordinate the full construction process, preconstruction, on site and post construction activities throughout the contract to ensure the successful completion.

·       Participate and ensuring successful delivery of CSR commitments

Planning

·       Oversee the conversion and development of the tender programme to construction programme with the Site Manager.

·       Continuously monitor progress and progrmames throughout the contracts and report accordingly.

·       Ensure that consultants and supply chain appointments are made in a timely manner in line with contract requirements and are continually monitored.

·       Support the bid team by attending tender interviews. Risk evaluation, build-ability, programme advice, site set up plans, prelim requirements and adjudication meetings during the tender stage.

Pre-Contract

·       Take part and assist in tenders and adjudications

·       Support the bid team with buildability and programme advice

Staffing

·       Build an effective team, ensuring "right people, with right skills are in the right job" in line with requirements of the Business Plan

·       Monitor people resources and identify needs in line with workload

·       Support the development and welfare of the team to ensure motivation, development and staff retention

·       Identify and address any capability or performance issues in a timely and effective manner in line with the One to One process.

·       Support recruitment, selection of delivery personnel

·       Support staff development plans

Commercial Awareness

·       Have a good contractual awareness of the varying forms of construction contracts.

·       Maintain and control financial aspects of a project and assist in the delivery of the business unit’s profit plan in line with the company’s requirements.

·       Consider tender prelim against actual requirements and evaluate and monitor the expenditure monthly with the site team.

·       Continually carry out value engineering exercises and promote best practice within the company.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

The Candidate

·       Hold at least a NVQ Level 6 or equivalent in a related construction discipline

·       Good people management and communication skills

·       Good technical/construction background and knowledge

·       Commercially and contractually aware

·       Proven track record and well organised

·       IT proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook and basic programmi