Contracts Manager

Location: Southampton

Salary: £75,000-£90,000 per year

Contract: Permanent

Type: Full Time

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Area Manager and working alongside two other Contracts Managers, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of 2-3 projects typically from input to tender and second stage preconstruction, then throughout construction phase to handover through your construction teams.

• Client liaison
• Input to tender and preconstruction
• Programming of work
• Input to design development
• Input to buildability
• Management of project site teams
• Ensuring company standards for health and safety and quality assurance
• Staffing
• Forecasting
• Coordination and progress meetings
• Internal reporting on progress
• Issue resolution
• Supporting project teams to achieve successful delivery on programme, budget and quality

About the Company

This opportunity is with the regional office of this larger national contractor group and has a turnover in the region of £25-30m annually. The scope of works includes education - schools and colleges, sports and leisure, healthcare, local authority, commercial, etc. This is a relatively new regional office building a positive reputation in the South Coast area. Workload is secured on a mixture of national and regional frameworks and competitive tenders.

Projects will range from £3m-£15m on average; the patch is Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex - the main focus of this role will be the South Coast / Hampshire.

Requirements

Ideally from a Tier 1 or 2 main contractor background, you will have extensive practical experience of managing new build and refurbishment design and build projects for a main contractor. You will have ideally progressed up through the Site Manager / Project Manager route with a successful track record.

An experienced Senior / Project Manager looking to make the next step will also be considered for this, especially if you have had multi-site experience.

You will possess excellent contractual, commercial and technical construction knowledge, with the ability to plan, programme and drive the construction of projects through your site teams, whilst maintaining positive client relationships throughout.

High standards, attention to detail and the drive to deliver the work on time, spec and budget will be well rewarded with competitive salary and package.

Candidates must be able to prove their eligibility to work in the UK.