A superb new opportunity has arisen, due to continued business growth in the role of Contracts Manager for a successful SME based in Leamington Spa.
Duties
- Communication internally and externally to contractors/sub-contractors
- To carry out Surveys, pre contract & post contract
- Preparation of material take offs, purchasing of materials in readiness for delivery
- Co-ordination with warehouse and logistics manager in regard to delivery requirements
- Site visits/meetings. Liaising with the Site Manager/commercial managers on a daily or weekly basis to ensure that the job is running efficiently and to programme.
- Sub contract labour control
- Quality control of installation
- Financial control, assisting with monitoring costs throughout the contract along with assisting with the preparation, submission and agreement of Final Accounts
- Review on Completion & Handover ensuring that the client is satisfied with the work and that the job is delivered on time
Personal qualities
- Smart and professional appearance
- High degree of personal motivation, organisational skills and business acumen
- Ability to work as part of a close knit team and manage numerous activities simultaneously
- Ability to work on own initiative and with minimal supervision
Competencies:
- Building and maintaining relationships, internally as well as externally
- Enterprising and commercial approach
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Review all contract documentation, including specifications
- Carry out detailed surveys of project requirements and level surveys
- Produce accurate material/equipment take-offs from drawings and or schedules
- Estimate costs for materials and sub-contractor labour
- Procure material orders from Supply chain and place sub-contractor orders co-ordination of deliveries just in time
- Co-ordination with warehouse and logistics manager in regard to delivery requirements
- Regular site visits to co-ordinate with sub contract labour
- Attend regular meetings with contractor's site management team, site, project and commercial managers
- Co-ordinate and liaise daily/weekly with subcontract labour and site management
- Ensure quality of installation is maintained and snag free and delivered on time
- Health & Safety monitoring and inspection is carried out at regular intervals in line with company procedures
- Produce work methods and risk assessments for each contract
- Financial control of projects, continual monitoring of costs
- Accurately price contract variations giving detailed cost breakdown of each element of work
- Preparation of final accounts through to agreement and final payment
- Manage costs within the contract in line with the budget, producing applications/invoicing and overseeing the final accounts
- Provide direction ensuring effective communication of financial and strategic requirements of the company
Key Technical Skills / competencies:
- Effective and consistent communication
- Proven track record of consistently achieving financial and performance targets
- Experience of managing people and operations
- Maximise profitable business opportunities
- Provide direction, communicate goals and agree tactical strategies
- Overseeing the delivery of the objectives and targets
- Maintaining effective and long-term relationships with the subcontractors and clients
- Implementing and maintaining Strategy and Policies for Sustainability, Health and Safety, Quality, Environmental
- Ensuring deadlines are met
- Being proactive in the identification and resolution of problems
- Reviewing methods of working in order to maximise commercial profitability
- Demonstrate a high level of organisational skills, self-motivation and business acumen
Key Behavioral competencies
- Creates and drives forward a culture that achieves results
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent problem solving/decision making skills
- Strong leadership/influencing skills
- Clear proactive approach to planning in order to achieve results
- Encourages and supports others to give their best; understands how different people are motivated and acts accordingly
- Has proven significant experience of managing staff to maximise productivity, implement change and deal with conflict
- Clear focus on who our customers are and empathy for their needs
- Dynamic and able to drive results and actions through others
- Focuses on collaborating and developing people to achieve personal and business objectives
Industry Knowledge
- Experience within the construction industry and preferably from a specialist sub-contractor/interior back ground
Desirable
- Recognisable industry qualifications
- Project Management and/or Financial Qualification
- Certification & knowledge of Health and Safety Guidelines with either a SMSTS/IOSH certification
- CSCS Black Card
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