Building Contracts Manager (Ref: BCM0226)

Building Contracts Manager (Ref: BCM0226)

Salary: Remuneration Package will be competitive and in line with experience

Location: Portadown Office

Job Description

As a Contracts Manager within the Build Division, you will be expected to promote best practice. In your job role you provide strong technical knowledge to ensure contracts are delivered in compliance with Employers Requirements, specifications and drawings and highest standards within budget.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Managing, monitoring and successfully delivering building contracts across sectors including Commercial, Education, Healthcare and Leisure.
• Ensuring all works are carried out to a high standard, with project-specific RAMS and site safety plans adhered to at all times.
• Assisting with procurement of key materials and appointment of subcontractors, ensuring specifications and drawings are complied with and commercially viable.
• Maintaining strong working relationships with clients, ensuring works are programmed and completed in a professional and controlled manner.
• Providing technical support to customers and internal teams.
• Attending main contractor design, technical and progress meetings, and closing out associated actions.
• Managing in-house and subcontract labour resources, ensuring quality, compliance with legal and statutory requirements, and up-to-date training and certifications.
• Monitoring and costing contract variations accurately.
• Issuing interim valuation claims in line with site progress.
• Resolving unforeseen technical building issues confidently and effectively.
• Ensuring all activities comply with company policies and industry best practice.
• Preparing and presenting monthly internal contract reports, including KPIs and cost reporting

Person Specification

• Self-starter with a positive and professional attitude.
• Strong technical and commercial awareness.
• Organised and structured in planning personal and team workloads.
• Excellent attention to detail, particularly in quality and health & safety processes.
• Strong client focus, building lasting relationships through understanding client needs.
• Innovative and forward-thinking approach to projects.
• Courteous, respectful team player who recognises and supports team success.
• Honest, reliable and dependable with strong communication skills.

Criteria

• Proven background in managing construction projects from conception to completion.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build effective relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Good knowledge of health, safety, environmental and quality systems.
• Commercial awareness of costs and market trends
• Having already enrolled or plan to enrol for an HNC/HND in Building Engineering or equivalent
• Use of specialist software packages
• Understanding of temporary works
• Commercial experience

The Company Offers

• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Working alongside experts in their field
• Health cash plan including compensation for dentistry and optical well being
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Additional holiday increase with length of service
• Team building and activity days
• Monthly employee value-based recognition award - monetary gift
• Health, wellbeing and social calendar of events
• Long service awards
• Enhanced marriage leave
• Holiday sell back scheme
• Kingsbridge Membership Club

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of Irwin M&E's continual growth. If you are ready to take your career to the next level and feel you have the ability to meet our criteria, then please send your CV with a covering letter supporting your application

We are a Responsible Body for Access NI. A disclosure check will be undertaken; however, a criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining this role. Our policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available on request.

Closing date for application is Friday 13 th of March at 4pm