Contract Manager

Cole & Yates Recruitment; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for a Contract Manager to oversee projects in outdoor play and fitness areas. The successful candidate will ensure quality installations, manage subcontractor relationships, and maintain customer satisfaction. With a salary of up to £57,000 and benefits including a bonus scheme and private healthcare, this role promises a dynamic working environment in South Wales.

Benefits

Salary up to £57,000

Bonus scheme up to £6,000

5 Weeks Holiday

Private Healthcare including Dental

Health Cashback Plan

Pension scheme with company contribution of 4.5%

Qualifications

• Existing Operations Manager, Contracts Manager or Project Manager in Construction, Civils, Hard Landscaping, or Play sector.
• Experience in managing and developing a sub-contractor network.
• Expert in maintaining quality control during customer interactions.

Responsibilities

• Plan projects properly before commencement.
• Ensure quality installation from start to finish.
• Liaise with clients throughout the project.

Skills

Customer focus

Planning and organization

Quality control

Communication

Computer literate

Education

NVQ Level 6 in Construction & Site Management

SMSTS or SSSTS

CSCS – Black Card

RPII Level 2 Certificate

Job description

We are recruiting for a South Wales based Contract Manager on behalf of one of the leading companies within outdoor play and fitness areas whose main activity is the development, production and sale and installation of playgrounds, outdoor sports and fitness facilities. On offer is a salary of up to £57,000, a bonus scheme that could pay up to an additional £6,000, a company vehicle or car allowance, 5 weeks holiday, a private healthcare package that includes dental, a company pension scheme into which the company contributes 4.5% and the employee 3.5% and a health cashback plan.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring all projects are planned properly prior to commencement.
• Ensuring quality installation from start to finish.
• Looking at areas within projects that give scope for margin enhancement.
• Being the point of contact for clients throughout the project from prestart meetings through to completed site handover.
• Working closely with the Project Coordinators who provide back‑office support for your role.
• Carrying out prestart meetings for all projects, having regular involvement in handover meetings and providing regular updates to both clients and Project Coordinators.
• Liaising with sub‑contracted installers including making regular site visits during the build phase to monitor progress against plan.
• Ensuring all deliveries are monitored to meet planned start dates and communicating any issues immediately.
• Ensuring all issues or progress visits are photographed and site visit reports completed and forwarded to both clients and the assigned Project Coordinator.
• Developing existing and looking to nurture sub‑contractor relationships to ensure all projects can be planned and completed efficiently as the business continues to grow.

Qualifications

• Could be an existing Operations Manager, Contracts Manager or Project Manager within the Construction, Civils, Hard Landscaping or Play sector.
• Have experience of managing, developing and grown a sub‑contractor network.
• Be an expert at maintaining quality control at all points in the customer journey from initial planning through to site handover.
• Will take a positive approach to and be able to plan and organise tasks, be customer focused, computer literate, possess a good telephone manner and have the ability to work on your own initiative.

Additional Qualifications

• SMSTS or SSSTS
• CSCS – Black Card
• NVQ Level 6 in Construction & Site Management
• RPII Level 2 Certificate

Benefits and Compensation

• A salary of up to £57,000.
• A profit related bonus scheme paying up to £6,000.
• 5 Weeks Holiday.
• Private Healthcare that includes Dental.
• Health Cashback Plan.
• Enrolment into their pension scheme where the company pays 4.5% and the employee 3.5%.