Contracts Manager - Civil Engineering

CTRS Consulting ,
London, Greater London
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Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £55,000 per annum

Overview

Contracts Manager Civil Engineering - Highways - Railways Accountable for leading their team to deliver operational projects, safely, efficiently, effectively and profitably. It will involve working to company and client procedures while working to improve them. To fulfil the Framework Manager Role on the M25 COFA2 Framework To operate as Contracts manager for other projects in the operational area. Liaise and develop the relationship with the customers and the customer representatives Ensure the provision and most effective/efficient use of resources on the contracts Lead the cost/value/ forecasting/reporting process. Sponsoring projects through the tender process Key responsibilities: Liaise with support functions to ensure they are supporting Operational delivery Ensure monitoring progress and programmes throughout the contracts and report accordingly Ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental policy and procedures and support the delivery of policy and standards Monitor quality, safety and environmental systems and promote a safety culture in full support of our values Promote and present a professional image to the customer in all dealings to become the main point of contact Understand the customer’s needs. Improve and develop customer relationships and ensure a working environment exists where customer satisfaction is at the forefront of every team members mind Interact with customers or users around specific work efforts and deliverables and ensure the customer feedback and comments are acknowledged, prioritised and actioned Be responsible for production of regular reports to customer and company management (CVR reports) Ensure subcontract and material orders are placed in line with the contract programme Ensure subcontract agreements adequately cover the provision of main contractor attendances Attend pre-order meetings with major subcontractors Chair regular project review meetings, and also as required project design meetings Ensure appropriate construction teams are in place for the duration of the contracts and manage the people resources associated to the contract, optimising performance with responsibility for recruitment, retention, training and developing the employees Manage the activities of others to meet deadlines and quality standards taking account of impact outside area of responsibility Undertake performance reviews and provides training and reward recommendations Coach and motivate the site teams and lead by example Ensure own management and skill base is developed and ensure the team does likewise. Qualifications and Training: Essential: HNC/HND/Degree Qualified SMSTS (5-day course) Relevant CSCS card A track record of working in the Highways Sector Non-Essential/Desirable: . Ideally with Tier 1 contractor experience Personal Skills and Experience Collaborative An interesting personal development An ability to prioritise important vs urgent Ability to deliver major projects and possess the organisational skills required to do so to demanding deadlines Ability to develop friendly and professional customer focused relations with others Good management skills, with the ability to motivate employees to achieve Excellent communications skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts both orally and in written form Excellent negotiation and diplomacy skills and the ability to convince senior colleagues of the need to develop solutions to the benefit of the business Ability to clearly demonstrate high competence in areas of challenging, influencing and coaching Ability to use judgement and make decisions in ambiguous situations

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