Contract Manager

Core Highways Group; East Midlands; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £40k–£45k

33 days holiday

Life assurance

Maternity pay

Maternity leave

Employee assistance

Wellbeing app

Cash Prizes

CPD support

Job summary

Core Highways Group is seeking a Contracts Manager for the Midlands region. The role is primarily remote but requires regular travel across the Midlands and can be based from any depots in the area.

Reporting to the Regional Operations Manager, you will manage technical and commercial aspects of contracts, liaising with clients and depot teams to ensure delivery in line with customer requirements and relevant legislation.

Qualifications

• Extensive Traffic Management knowledge, experience and qualifications are essential.
• An understanding of the processes required for Traffic Management design sign off and application/invoicing is essential.

Responsibilities

• Resolve contract disputes.
• Pricing of schemes to ensure commercial viability.
• Produce Technical designs of contracts/schemes in accordance with Customer and other requirements.
• Liaise with Customer on Contract/scheme performance and feed back to all relevant departments.
• Communicate contract and scheme requirements to the depot team in a timely manner.
• Manage Sub-Contractors if applicable to ensure contract/scheme delivered to target schedule and budget
• Process applications and invoices in accordance with given deadlines.
• The production of compliant design schemes to deadline
• Monitor, evaluate and report the commercial performance of given contracts/schemes.
• Meet process application/invoicing deadlines
• Production of compliant technical design/information to the operational delivery team within deadline.

Skills

Traffic management knowledge

Contract management

Design sign‑off processes

Job description

Core Highways are a leading provider of temporary traffic management, barrier solutions and events signage. People are the heart of our business. We recognise each and every individual's value and commitment and we know that the success of our business is only made possible by the drive and enthusiasm of our people.

As a nationwide business, we have a number of fulfilling roles and we're often looking to expand our teams as we continue to grow.

We currently have a vacancy for a Contracts Manager to cover our Midlands Region. This role is primarily remote but will require regular travel across the Midlands region and can be based from any of our depots in the area.

Reporting in to the Regional Operations Manager this role will be responsible for Managing technical and commercial aspects of given contracts or schemes, communicating and liaising with the Client and Depot team to ensure effective delivery in line with customer requirements and in accordance with relevant legislation and guidance documents.

Key Responsibilities:

• Resolve contract disputes.
• Pricing of schemes to ensure commercial viability
• Produce Technical designs of contracts/schemes in accordance with Customer and other requirements.
• Liaise with Customer on Contract/scheme performance and feed back to all relevant departments.
• Communicate contract and scheme requirements to the depot team in a timely manner.
• Manage Sub-Contractors if applicable to ensure contract/scheme delivered to target schedule and budget
• Process applications and invoices in accordance with given deadlines.
• The production of compliant design schemes to deadline
• Monitor, evaluate and report the commercial performance of given contracts/schemes.
• Meet process application/invoicing deadlines
• Production of compliant technical design/information to the operational delivery team within deadline.

Skills and Experience:

• Extensive Traffic Management knowledge, experience and qualifications are essential.
• An understanding of the processes required for Traffic Management design sign off and application/invoicing is essential.

What we offer:

• Salary of £40,000 - £45,000 per annum + Car allowance
• 33 days holiday per year - Inclusive of bank holidays
• Life assurance
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Enhanced Maternity leave
• Employee Assistance Program - providing free 24/7, professional and confidential advice on any issue both personal and work related
• Free Wellbeing App - access to the latest in wellbeing support for example, virtual fitness programs, help to stop smoking etc.
• Company competitions to win cash prizes
• CPD: support and training to develop your career and skills

We are an equal opportunities employer and are proud to be signatories to the Care Leavers Covenant and the Armed Forces Covenant.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we recognise that everybody is different and strive to harness those differences to create an inclusive environment where individuals feel valued, their talents are recognised and they are given every opportunity to develop their full potential.