Contract Manager

Fortus Recruitment Group Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Competitive package

Job summary

Fortus Recruitment Group Limited is seeking an experienced Contracts Manager to head up a newly won cladding and fire re‑mediation contract in London. The role focuses on delivering fire safety and recladding schemes across residential and commercial properties within social housing, ensuring budgets, timelines, and quality are met.

You will manage a team including site management, supervisors, RLOs and subcontractors, with direct reporting to the Operations Manager.

Qualifications

• Extensive building knowledge with experience in re-cladding and retrofit contracts.
• Experience managing multiple site teams and strategically planning projects.
• Strong IT skills with MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Word).
• Knowledge of BS R and Building Safety Act.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of Fire Safety & Re-cladding schemes in London, ensuring P&L, budgets and deadlines are met.
• Ensure service levels and quality are maintained; develop CPP and programming of works; control costs.
• Implement strong Health & Safety across all projects.
• Lead site management, Supervisors, RLOs and subcontractors; report to Operations Manager.
• Build strong relationships with client and team to achieve targets on the contract.

Skills

Contract management

Budget & P&L management

Team leadership

MS Office (Excel/Outlook/Word)

Building safety act knowledge

Education

SMSTS certification

First Aid certification

CSCS card

Asbestos Awareness certification

Job description

Contracts Manager

Cladding & Fire Re-mediation - Social Housing

£75,000-£85,000 plus package (dependent on experience) plus car allowance

My client are currently looking for an experienced Contract Manager to join their growing business. They are looking for someone to head up a newly won contract and join the business in an exciting period of growth.

Within this position you will be responsible for managing the delivery of Fire Safety & Re-cladding schemes in London. Projects that are being delivered will include re-cladding of high & low rise tower blocks and will be delivered to residential and commercial properties.

The Role

Within this role, you will be responsible for ensuring P&L, budgets and deadlines are met. You would also be responsible for ensuring the level of service and quality is to the highest standard as well as cost control, creating CPP & programming of works and budgeting. Implement strong H&S across all projects. Your direct team will include site management, supervisors, RLO's and subcontractors. You will report directly in to the Operations manager who will support you in making the contracts successful.

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will have extensive building knowledge and experience managing re-cladding and retrofit contracts. Experience managing multiple site teams, strategically planning projects and an ability to problem solve in complex situations. A strong knowledge around BSR and the building safety act as well as strong IT skills are essential and you must be proficient in all Microsoft Office applications such as Excel, Outlook and Word.

Having an ability to create a strong working environment, where everyone is working as a team to achieve targets and goals on the contract, as well as being able to build strong relationships with the client and your team members.

A valid SMSTS, First Aid, CSCS, and Asbestos Awareness are required.

This is a permanent position which will offer ongoing training and development as well as good progression opportunities for the successful candidate.

Fortus Recruitment Group Limited is an equal opportunities employer.