Contract Manager

Ardent Advisors; Exeter; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Contract Manager to oversee a water mains renewal programme. This role promises variety, with responsibilities spanning safety performance, profitability, and customer satisfaction. You will lead a dedicated team, driving compliance and performance while managing local budgets. The ideal candidate will possess innovative leadership qualities and a strong understanding of the water industry. Join a company that values its people and is committed to making a positive impact in the community, offering a competitive salary and a range of benefits to support your career aspirations.

Benefits

Pension

Healthcare

Holiday Allowance (24-26 days)

Employee Benefits Program (Clancy Xtras)

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading high-performing teams in the water industry.
• Strong understanding of water mains renewal programmes and regulatory environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational processes and improvements for water mains renewal.
• Manage budgets and ensure compliance with financial plans.
• Foster relationships with clients and stakeholders for successful project delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Communication Skills

Operational Process Improvement

Financial Management

Team Management

Regulatory Knowledge

Job description

£65000 - £72000 + Car/Allowance

Exeter

We're Ambitious!

That's why we're keen to hear from determined and motivated people like you, people who are ambitious for themselves and for those around them.

The Role

As a Contract Manager responsible for delivering a water mains renewal programme to South West Water, you'll find that no two days will be the same, as your areas of accountability include safety performance, profitability, growth, service delivery, customer satisfaction and continuous improvement.

Here are some of the activities that you'll get involved with…

• Formulate and embed operational processes and improvements
• Promote best practice and a ‘right first time' culture
• Lead and inspire your team to continually drive compliance, improve performance and maximise profitability
• Ownership and management of local budgets to ensure delivery of business plan in-line with affordability
• Highlight financial risks and variances, ensuring mitigation is in place where appropriate
• Implement and maintain processes, resources, systems and employees across the alliance, to achieve strategic objectives and priorities
• Support your senior reports to maximise organisation, production, and management of CDM onsite
• Effectively plan and control labour, plant and resources
• Foster excellent working relationships with clients, partners, customers and teams

We would love to hear from you if you can demonstrate…

You are an innovative, inspiring and commercially minded leader, with extensive knowledge and experience of developing high performing teams.

You have a broad understanding of the regulatory and operating environment in the water industry and in particular water mains renewal programmes.

Exceptional communication skills, with the charisma to deliver key messages to a variety of stakeholders.

Our Company

Every day we work smarter, greener and use our imaginations. Our purpose at Clancy is simple - we make life better for everyone's growing families. We play a vital role in providing fresh drinking water and power to millions of homes and businesses and so much more.

We are one of the biggest family owned construction businesses in the UK and we care about our people, our clients and the environment.

What Next

You apply, and we respond within two weeks (we know how annoying it is not to hear anything back)! If you don't receive feedback within that timescale, please don't be afraid to chase us - one of our values is to do what we say we will do!

Benefits

In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well-known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury's, Currys PC World and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.

Clancy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you to attend an interview, please do let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.
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