Assistant Contracts Manager

Pertemps Crawley Perms; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider in commercial construction services seeks an Assistant Contracts Manager to progress quickly within the company. This role involves managing site teams, overseeing projects, and liaising with various stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have a related trade background and strong relationship-building skills.

Qualifications

• Ideally from a related trade background.
• Looking to move into a more supervisory/management role.

Responsibilities

• Manage teams of fitters and oversee complete interior re-fits.
• Organize labor and obtain the best pricing for materials.
• Liaise with foremen and clients to discuss issues and make plan amendments.

Skills

Good relationship skills

Solid written capabilities

Numerical capabilities

Understanding of the construction industry

Job description

We are recruiting on behalf of a leading provider of commercial construction, refurbishment, and fit-out services within the Leisure, Hospitality, Healthcare, and Retail sectors.

Our client is looking for an Assistant Contracts Manager to join the team and be guided through all aspects of becoming a confident, experienced, manager in a short space of time.

You will be shown how to manage teams of fitters, visit sites and oversee complete interior re-fits and managing all trades and skills on site, whilst keeping an eye on costs, time scales, materials and maintaining communications with clients and main contractors.

Projects regularly range from 50K to 500K.

Your role will incorporate office activities, organising labour, obtaining best pricing for materials, evaluating anticipated time scales for works to be done whilst factoring in contingencies and unforeseen hitches. as well as visiting sites, liaising with foremen and clients to discuss potential issues or make amendments to plans (and related costing adjustments and approvals) etc.

Ideally you will be from a related trade and looking to take on a more supervisory/management role and moving away from the tools.

Good relationship skills, solid written and numerical capabilities and an ability to understand the construction industry and the people in it.

Solid basic salary reflecting your experience and skills with an excellent opportunity to progress quickly and start to earn exceptional income year on year.