At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage groundworks projects, ensuring quality and safety while leading teams.
- Company: Reputable regional building contractor with a strong focus on groundworks.
- Benefits: Attractive salary, car allowance, pension, bonuses, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for professional growth.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and make a real impact in the construction industry.
- Qualifications: Strong understanding of groundworks and project management experience.
The predicted salary is between 54000 - 66000 £ per year.
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Groundworks Sector
£50,000 - £70,000 + Car / Allowance + Pension + Profit Related Bonus + Employee Share Scheme + Training/Quals + Career Development
Very well known regional building contractor in Lincolnshire. This part of the company is looking for a Contracts Manager to report into the subsidiary Director. Groundworks knowledge is really important. Not necessarily have to have worked for a groundworks firm but having a real good understanding of groundwork packages on commercial projects in the education, local authority, and industrial sectors is important.
Generic job duties include:
- Produce tender programmes, prelims sheet and methodology at bid stage.
- Assist the project estimator during site visits and the tender period.
- Assist with any value engineering both at bid and pre-construction stage.
- Assist and lead the pre-construction team during the pre-construction phase of projects.
- Lead/chair design team meetings with the client, professional teams and subcontractors.
- Assist with the discharge of relevant planning conditions.
- 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.
- Be responsible 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.
- Produce monthly progress reports for site meetings and chair these 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.
- Complete monthly contractors reports and ensure that the site manager is completing the daily/weekly health and safety paperwork.
- Ensure the subcontractors RAMs are suitable for the work being completed and ensure along with the site manager 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.
- Attend contracts managers labour and cost value meetings weekly/monthly as required.
- Introduce customer care manager to the client at handover and assist the customer care manager with any defects until the end of defects period.
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