Contracts Manager in Elvington

We're a regional construction business with offices in Lincoln, Peterborough and York; employee and family-owned, founded in 1956. From the very beginning the company focused on practical skills and good relationships with clients.

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Contracts Manager to join our team in Elvington, York. Reporting to the Senior Management, you shall be involved from bid stage, through Pre-Construction and will be ultimately responsible for the Construction and Delivery stage of the project. You will be required to manage health, safety and environmental aspects of the project, to plan work, co-ordinate and supervise designers, subcontractors and labour and ensure work is progressing on schedule, to the required standard whilst controlling programme and costs.

You must have experience as a Contracts Manager looking after both new build and refurbishment construction projects in multiple sectors. This will ideally include housing plus commercial and industrial. Various forms of contract training will be provided, although some knowledge in these areas would be an advantage.

Main responsibilities and roles include:

• Produce tender programmes, preliminaries, methodologies and support the Estimator during site visits and tender periods, including identifying value engineering opportunities at bid and pre-construction stages.
• Assist and lead the pre-construction team during the pre-construction phase of projects and with the discharge of relevant planning conditions.
• Lead/chair design team meetings with the client, professional teams and with subcontractors.
• Plan and manage projects during the lead in period, completing construction phase plans, waste management plans and all relevant health and safety paperwork as required.
• Take overall responsibility for the construction and delivery stage of the project, manage health and safety and environmental aspects of the project. Plan, co-ordinate and supervise designers, subcontractors and labour to ensure work is progressing on schedule and in a safe manner. Ensure work is being completed to the required standard whilst controlling programme and costs.
• Produce request for information schedules and ensure information is obtained in adequate time to enable the project to progress as programmed.
• Assist the quantity surveyor by producing labour and plant forecasts for the cost value reports. Produce subcontract procurement schedules as required.
• Attend contracts managers labour and cost value meetings weekly/monthly as required.
• Produce monthly progress reports for site meetings, complete monthly contractors reports and chair meetings as required. Maintain regular client contact even when we are not working with them to seek out future opportunities.
• Support and encourage colleagues and work as a team to achieve objectives. Assist and support the site managers as required, various levels of support required depending on the ability of the site manager, junior site managers require additional support.
• Monitor subcontractor RAMS and site compliance, ensuring Site Managers maintain appropriate daily and weekly health and safety records and that work is completed as per method of working, on time and to a suitable standard.
• Procure any long lead in items/materials prior to the project starting on site. Co-ordinate main services and highway adoption procurement with the service/design co-ordinators.
• Introduce customer care manager to the client at handover and assist the customer care manager with any defects until the end of defects period.

A full driving licence is essential as the role involves travel to our sites. You must have some experience of using Microsoft Project, Excel and Word. Relevant qualifications will be an advantage such as CSCS card, SMSTS, First Aid and Scaffold Inspection.

The position is full-time (45 hours, 07.30am – 5.00pm, Monday to Friday). Lindum Group can offer a competitive package with benefits including company vehicle/allowance, mobile phone, cash back healthcare, group personal pension, profit related pay, employee share scheme, discounts at local stores, services and restaurants and opportunities for further training, development and progression.

Most importantly, we’re looking for the right person. If you have transferable skills and experience and can demonstrate that you’re organised, commercially aware and enjoy working collaboratively, we’d be keen to hear from you.

At Lindum, we believe that a great workplace is about more than the job itself. It’s about the people you work with, the relationships you build and having the opportunity to develop your career in an environment where you’re valued.

As a family-run business, we take pride in creating a supportive and inclusive culture where everyone’s contribution matters. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We warmly welcome applications from all suitably skilled and qualified candidates.

Early applications are encouraged, as we may withdraw the advert once sufficient applications are received. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide individual feedback to unsuccessful candidates.