Contracts Manager

Lindum; Elvington; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle/allowance

Mobile phone

Cash back healthcare

Group personal pension

Profit related pay

Employee share scheme

Discounts at local stores

Services and restaurants

Training and progression opportunities

Job summary

Lindum in Elvington, York, is seeking an experienced Contracts Manager to lead from bid through construction. You will manage health, safety and environmental aspects, coordinate designers and subcontractors, and ensure on-time delivery within budget.

The role covers housing, commercial and industrial projects across multiple sectors with some contract training provided. A full driving licence and proficiency with MS Project, Excel and Word are required.

Qualifications

• Experience managing contracts across new build and refurbishment projects.
• Knowledge of housing, commercial and industrial sectors is preferred.
• Some contract training or qualifications are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Produce tender programmes, preliminaries, methodologies and support the estimator.
• Lead pre-construction team during the pre-construction phase and planning conditions.
• Chair design team meetings with client, professional teams and subcontractors.
• Plan and manage construction phase plans and health and safety paperwork.
• Oversee construction and delivery, manage safety, programme and costs.
• Prepare RFI schedules and forecast labour and plant for cost reports.
• Attend weekly/monthly labour and cost meetings and report progress.
• Provide monthly progress reports and maintain client contact.
• Support site managers and ensure RAMS compliance.
• Procure long lead items and coordinate services.
• Handover to customer care and support defects resolution.

Skills

Contract management

Project planning

Leadership

Budget control

Education

CSCS card

SMSTS

First Aid

Scaffold Inspection

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

Word

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Contracts Manager to join our team in Elvington, York. Reporting to the Senior Management, you shall be involved from bid stage, through Pre-Construction and will be ultimately responsible for the Construction and Delivery stage of the project. You will be required to manage health, safety and environmental aspects or the project, to plan work, co-ordinate and supervise designers, subcontractors and labour and ensure work is progressing on schedule, to the required standard whilst controlling programme and costs. You must have experience as a Contracts Manager looking after both new build and refurbishment construction projects in multiple sectors. This will ideally include housing plus commercial and industrial. Various forms of contract training will be provided, although some knowledge in these areas would be an advantage.

Main responsibilities and roles include:

• Produce tender programmes, preliminaries, methodologies and support the Estimator during site visits and tender periods, including identifying value engineering opportunities at bid and pre-construction stages.
• Assist and lead the pre-construction team during the pre-construction phase of projects and with the discharge of relevant planning conditions.
• Lead/chair design team meetings with the client, professional teams and with subcontractors.
• Plan and manage projects during the lead in period, completing construction phase plans, waste management plans and all relevant health and safety paperwork as required.
• Take overall responsibility for the construction and delivery stage of the project, manage health and safety and environmental aspects of the project. Plan, co-ordinate and supervise designers, subcontractors and labour to ensure work is progressing on schedule and in a safe manner. Ensure work is being completed to the required standard whilst controlling programme and costs.
• Produce request for information schedules and ensure information is obtained in adequate time to enable the project to progress as programmed.
• Assist the quantity surveyor by producing labour and plant forecasts for the cost value reports. Produce subcontract procurement schedules as required.
• Attend contracts managers labour and cost value meetings weekly/monthly as required
• Produce monthly progress reports for site meetings, complete monthly contractors reports and chair meetings as required. Maintain regular client contact even when we are not working with them to seek out future opportunities.
• Support and encourage colleagues and work as a team to achieve objectives. Assist and support the site managers as required, various levels of support required depending on the ability of the site manager, junior site managers require additional support.
• Monitor subcontractor RAMS and site compliance, ensuring Site Managers maintain appropriate daily and weekly health and safety records and that work is completed as per method of working, on time and to a suitable standard.
• Procure any long lead in items/materials prior to the project starting on site.
• Co-ordinate main services and highway adoption procurement with the service/design co- coordinators.
• Introduce customer care manager to the client at handover and assist the customer care manager with any defects until the end of defects period.

A full driving licence is essential as the role involves travel to our sites. You must have some experience of using Microsoft Project, Excel and Word. Relevant qualifications will be an advantage such as CSCS card, SMSTS, First Aid and Scaffold Inspection.

We're a regional construction business with offices in Lincoln, Peterborough and York; employee and family-owned, founded in 1956. From the very beginning the company focused on practical skills and good relationships with clients.

The position is full-time (45 hours, 07.30am - 5.00pm, Monday to Friday).

Benefits

• company vehicle/allowance
• mobile phone
• cash back healthcare
• group personal pension
• profit related pay
• employee share scheme
• discounts at local stores
• services and restaurants
• opportunities for further training, development and progression.

Most importantly, we're looking for the right person. If you have transferable skills and experience and can demonstrate that you're organised, commercially aware and enjoy working collaboratively, we'd be keen to hear from you. At Lindum, we believe that a great workplace is about more than the job itself. It's about the people you work with, the relationships you build and having the opportunity to develop your career in an environment where you're valued. As a family-run business, we take pride in creating a supportive and inclusive culture where everyone's contribution matters.