Contracts Manager
Our client is one of the UK's leading property maintenance and refurbishment companies, with a turnover of £250m, around 1,000 employees, and a national presence serving sectors such as social housing, defence, hotel & leisure, healthcare, education, and more.
Due to a strong work stream they are looking for a Contracts Manager to join their team on a Permanent basis based in Leicestershire.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
As the Contracts Manager, your responsibilities will include:
Oversee the management and delivery of a number of contracts, predominantly refurbishment and Planned Works covering a number of sectors.
Sectors include Healthcare, NHS, Education, Social Housing, Leisure /Hotels, Ministry of Defence and Local Authority.
To effectively plan and manage directly employed operatives, sub contractors and suppliers to ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, to specification and within budget.
Experience of delivering works within occupied environments is essential for this role.
Individuals will need to be enthusiastic self-starters, be able to build relationships and demonstrate excellent communication skills to work to demanding timescales within a team delivering a variety of contracts and strategic frameworks for major clients.
The successful candidate must have commercial awareness, being fully conversant with all aspects of construction contracts, have good Health & Safety knowledge and will hold a current SMSTS.
IT skills are essential in particular the use of Microsoft packages.
Person Specification:
To excel in this role, you should possess the following qualifications, experience, and attributes:
Previous experience of managing multiple contracts.
Experience in contract administration, planning, estimating, tender processes, health & safety and staff management
Ability to build good working relationships internally and externally and to work to prescribed deadlines
NVQ 6 Qualification as a minimum.
An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services check will be carried out