Contracts Manager

Orona

Glasgow

On-site

GBP 45,000 - 65,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday (rising to 30 with service) + 8 days Bank Hols

Company pension contributions

Life Assurance

Medical Cash Back Plan

Enhanced Family Friendly Leave

GP24/7

Employee Assistance Program

Long Service Awards

Training and Development opportunities

Job summary

A leading lift technology company is seeking a Contract Manager for their Glasgow and Edinburgh Installation team. The role involves managing multiple installation projects, overseeing direct and subcontract labour, and ensuring project performance and profitability. Candidates should have lift industry experience and a valid UK driving licence. The position offers competitive benefits, including 25 to 30 days of holiday, pension contributions, and training opportunities.

Qualifications

Experience in lift or construction industry.
PRINCE II or equivalent project management qualification is advantageous.
Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

Manage multiple installation projects from start to completion.
Oversee direct and subcontract labour and project finances.
Ensure final testing, commissioning, and handover meet client timescales.
Maintain customer relationships and inform all parties involved.
Supervise direct reports and manage issues that arise.
Utilise contractual awareness to minimize risk and maximize revenue through variation works.

Skills

Contracts management

Project management

Risk awareness

Team supervision

Job description

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ORONA’s activities are focused on the design, manufacture, installation, maintenance, and modernisation of lifts, escalators, moving ramps and walkways. Operating in 100 countries, we have 250,000 lifts worldwide using our technology. With 2 manufacturing plants Orona is Number 1 in Europe in terms of complete lift production capacity.

We are looking for a Contract Manager to join our Glasgow and Edinburgh Installation team. Preferably with experience of working as either a contracts manager or project manager on a complex and diverse range of projects you will ideally have experience from within the lift or construction industry.

You will combine management experience to oversee our installation contracts from sales handover to project completion and be responsible for overall project performance and profitability. Possessing a PRINCE II or equivalent project management qualification would be advantageous, you should be conversant with General Arrangement drawings and able to plan, prioritise, organise and assign tasks, adapting your style to effectively train and pass on knowledge to others.

You will be responsible for:

Managing multiple installation projects of various sizes and revenue
Managing direct and subcontract labour, materials and the finances of the project from start to completion
Ensuring final testing, commissioning and handover are completed in line with timescales set by the client
Maintaining customer relationships ensuring that targets and timescales are achieved and that all parties involved in the project are fully informed at key stages of the process
Supervising your direct reports and dealing with any issues that arise, whilst ensuring that accurate management reports on company bespoke systems regarding job progress, forecasts etc are completed diligently and in a timely manner.
Using contractual awareness to ensure the companies risk is minimised and to ensure that revenue is maximised via additional variation works on each project.

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Benefits