Contracts Manager

Job Details

Job Title: Contracts Manager

Reporting to: Construction Director

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time

Salary: Competitive

Location: South Wales

Overview

The post holder will be responsible for the control of contracts, ensuring health, safety environmental and quality compliance is maintained, the Company’s procedures followed, and objectives fulfilled to complete a contract on time and within budget. At all times the post holder is the first point of contact for members of the public, clients, site managers and subcontractors. Responsibilities will include:

Programme Planning

Planning projects and ensuring they are programmed to a level of detail necessary for the site team to deliver the scheme without delays.
Ensuring procurement and reconciliation of materials is carried out in accordance with Company procedures to best value and to prevent delays.
Ensuring site team compliance with Company commercial policies and procedures.
Attending tender handover meetings and delivering pre-start meetings to the site team.
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 analysing progress reports, sharing this information with the Project QS.
Ensure correct commercial engagement of subcontractors.
Implementing the risk management process, reviewing risk registers and checking risk controls.
Reviewing the CVRs monthly with the project teams, implementing necessary actions.
Completing and distributing the Contract Initiation/Completion form for each project.
Ensuring weekly review of progress, budget resources and forward planning are carried out, and lookahead programmes are in place.
Chairing and attending internal and external meetings and ensuring the production of accurate records of any discussions and actions.
Ensuring timely management of both temporary and permanent design to meet the requirements of each project.

Health, safety and environmental

By example, setting the highest possible standards of leadership in promotion of HS&E procedures and best practice, ensuring compliance with Company procedures and legal obligations.
Allocating HS&E responsibilities and duties for site personnel, checking understanding and facilitating training as necessary.
Maintaining and managing construction sites and subcontractors, ensuring all subcontractors follow Wynne Construction procedures and processes.
In conjunction with HSEQ Manager, ensuring that site HS&E related documents are kept up to date and undertaking senior manager site inspections.
Liaising with third parties to ensure compliance with required regulatory standards.
Helping to ensure that the project/s contribute to social value initiatives.

Experience

Extensive experience of managing projects within a construction contracting environment.
Good working knowledge of contract conditions, CDM regulations, design management programme and risk management and cost control including forecasting, actual cost and value reporting.
Experience in MS project.
Knowledge of NEC contract including the Early Warning and Compensation Event mechanisms.

Qualifications and competencies

HNC/HND/Degree level (or equivalent).
SMSTS.
Temporary Works Coordinator.
Appropriate CSCS card.
Strong people management skills with ability to influence and mentor.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with both clients and all levels of staff.
Problem-solving skills and analytical thinking.
IT competent.