Contracts Engineer (Contract) in Derby

This challenging and exciting opportunity requires an individual with a good technical background and demonstrable experience in taking responsibility for supporting or delivering piling, foundations or ground/geotechnical engineering sites and projects.

Due to sustained growth, a significant forward order workload and a continued commitment to be at the forefront of the industry, our client is now searching for a talented and motivated Contracts Engineer with experience (at any level) within the piling, foundations or ground engineering sectors.

Supporting the Contracts Manager, the successful candidate will have the day-to-day responsibility for the safe, timely and profitable delivery of a wide variety of projects and schemes, all running simultaneously at differing stages of completion. This will include managing a site-based team and resolving any technical, operational and commercial issues as required.

• Plan, programme and deliver contracts in conjunction with the regional team, internal departments, and subcontractors in accordance with company policy.
• Take responsibility for all assigned projects, including the review of estimates and designs to ensure buildability, and leading projects with the client from receipt of order to completion.
• Attend pre-contract and regular site meetings with the client, clients' agents and key sub-contractors (internal and external) to ensure the smooth running of contracts.
• Ensure HSEQ plans and RAMS are prepared for contracts in accordance with company policy.
• Attend regular meetings with the contracts team to provide progress reports on projects, and if required, offer proposals or recommendations to enable successful delivery.
• Ensure the commercial team is provided with all relevant information, documentation and instructions to support contract variations and final accounts submissions for payment.
• Ensure all projects are planned and executed in accordance with company policy, whilst maintaining and improving the professional and progressive image of the company wherever possible.
• Assist the business as a whole to meet their financial targets.
• Help to manage suppliers and sub-contractors to improve safety, performance and profit.
• Possessing experience in a contracts, projects or site role from any area of the piling, foundations, retaining structures or ground engineering sectors.
• To have assisted in the development and delivery of projects with a diplomatic and pragmatic approach, but also with a hands-on attitude to clients, sub-contractors and teams.
• Hold experience of a variety of projects, including multi-discipline techniques.
• Able to identify the requirements of assigned projects to efficiently and effectively produce the most appropriate delivery plan or programme.
• Correspond and negotiate with clients, suppliers, contractors, site teams and colleagues.
• Monitor, progress and implement controls to ensure tasks are achieved to time, cost and quality.
• Develop and select effective solutions to project requirements.

Our client is a market-leading piling, foundations, retaining structures and ground engineering contractor. Their service offering includes restricted access and open sites and covers all disciplines and techniques for a wide variety of clients and project applications. They not only complete projects successfully and to the highest of standards at all times but also add value to their clients by giving them total support from the beginning to the end of each and every contract.

An attractive basic salary (commensurate with experience) plus an extensive benefits package is on offer to the successful Contracts Engineer candidate, along with longevity and security of work and forward career progression given that our client possesses a significant contract pipeline for the long-term future and is firmly committed to continued growth over the next 5-10 years.