Contracts Manager in Rotherham, United Kingdom

Contracts Manager 

A successful civil engineering business delivering superior civil engineering services throughout the UK have an exciting opportunity for a Contracts Manager to base at their Rotherham office covering live contracts within various sectors, including Highways, Water Industry and general civil engineering projects

As Contracts Manager you will be responsible for:

- The financial monitoring and control of the contracts, ensuring Health & Safety, Environmental and Quality compliance is maintained and the Company's procedures and objectives are achieved.
- Planning and managing the pre-construction of each project and ensure they are programmed and ready to the level of detail necessary for the site team to deliver the scheme without delays to start on time.
- Working closely with estimating department to assist with tendering process.
- Working closely with commercial teams to review contracts.
- Working closely with procurement teams to set up and manage supply chain partners.
- Producing Risk Assessment and Method Statement packs preconstruction
- Ensuing reconciliation of materials is carried out in accordance with Company procedures to best value, to prevent delays.
- Attending tender handover meetings and deliver pre-start meetings to the site team.
- Ensuring site team compliance with Company commercial policies and procedures.
- Ensuring a commercial plan and end of life forecast is in place and monitored monthly for the successful commercial delivery of the project.
- Producing and analyse progress reports, updated costs, and forecasts.
- Ensuring correct commercial engagement of subcontractors.
- Implementing the risk management process, review risk registers and check risk controls.
- Reviewing CVRs monthly with project teams, implementing necessary actions.
- Ensuring weekly review of progress, budget resources and forward planning are carried out and a lookahead programme is in place, ensuring your teams are project reporting accurately and honestly.
- Maintain and manage construction sites and subcontractors 
- Onboarding, allocating and managing Subcontractors and sub contract labour
- Developing and spend time in person, on site, with Foremen and all levels of site management to ensure they are being supported, and instilling confidence within your team.
- Have the flexibility and ability to work from site.
- Overseeing and ensure that HE&E related documents are kept up to date and undertake site visits, ensuring that the required paperwork is produced, liaising with the necessary parties.
- Ensuring compliance and production of ITPs are being produced by the site teams
- Delivering projects without safety incidents, within time and to budget.

Key Requirements/Qualifications:

- Experienced in Civil Engineering projects in the Water, Highways or Ground Works Industries.
- Ability to work in a fast- paced environment.
- NEC 3&4 Contract knowledge, including drafting notifications and supporting programming and managing client relations with regards to contractual matters.
- Set standards of health and safety
- Experience of leading a team of site workers across multiple site locations.
- Experience of planning and organising own workload
- Ability to manage customer, supplier & stakeholder relationships.
- Good verbal and written skills
- Knowledge of health and safety legislation
- Knowledge of CDM and industry requirements
- Awareness of employment legislation and best practice
- Computer literacy, MS Office suite
- Ability to identify problems and devise solutions.
- Ability to meet targets and deadlines, often under difficult conditions.
- Ability to manage a team or task in accordance with the project plan
- Willingness to undertake training and development.
- Produce complex project specific RAMS.
- Take off materials from drawings and schedule for procurement.

Qualifications:

- CSCS
- NVQ level 7
- NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction (UK)
- Full UK driving licence
- First Aid

Desirable

- National Highways Passport
- Appointed Person (Lifting)
- IOSH Managing Safely

Salary & Benefits:

In the region of £70,000 - £80,000 but negotiable for the right candidate plus:

- Pension
- 25 days annual leave (Ex BH)
- Discretional annual bonus

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