Contracts Manager

Seeka; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in infrastructure services is seeking a Contracts Manager to oversee HV Cabling projects in the East of England. This role involves managing project delivery, engaging with clients, and enhancing operational processes while promoting innovation and compliance. Join a team that values collaboration and aims to shape essential services for life, offering a range of benefits including a company car and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Private health care for you and your family

Discretionary bonus scheme

Company car and fuel card

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in large capital delivery programmes (5+ years).
• Understanding of engineering policies and legislation.
• Team leadership experience with client relationship management.

Responsibilities

• Manage lifecycle of HV cabling projects from design to site delivery.
• Support project teams and contribute to governance and scoping.
• Ensure compliance with procedures and support tender processes.

Skills

Decision-making

Interpersonal skills

Commercial acumen

Stakeholder engagement

Innovation

Education

HNC/Degree in Engineering

NEBOSH Safety Management qualification

Job description

About The Role

Right across infrastructure, theres a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage youre at in your career, with us youll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in afriendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Energy were enabling the energy essential to support our lives.

We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation.

Want to come and be a part of it?

Distribution and Connections

This role will be within our Distribution and connections division. As one of the largest Independent Connection Providers (ICPs) in the UK, we support distribution network operations across infrastructure.

Our team installs and maintains distribution networks and ensures reliable connections for customers. carrying out electrical planned work, customer connections and network reinforcement.

Are you ready to take on the challenge of managing the delivery of HV Cabling projects in the East of England for UKPN?

As a Contracts Manager, you'll oversee the entire lifecycle of projects, from the initial design and development stages to the successful completion of site delivery.

What will you be doing?

Ready to take charge and drive growth in the cabling project workstream with UK Power Networks and other clients? As a leader, you'll support the project delivery team, represent our company in client meetings, and provide commercial/programme support.

You'll track and demonstrate progress through project stages, contribute to project governance, and assist in scoping, pricing, and creating project delivery programmes.

Compliance with M Group procedures and legislation is key, encouraging innovation and cost-effective methods.

Working with the estimating team on tender processes is also a key part of the role.

What Youll Bring

• 5+ years in large capital delivery programmes
• Understanding of engineering policy, procedure, and legislation
• Strong decision-making and interpersonal skills
• Ability to lead a team and build client relationships
• Develop processes to improve outputs and measure success
• Communicate and engage with stakeholders
• Strong commercial acumen
• Promote inclusion and diversity
• HV power engineering/cabling experience, HNC/Degree in Engineering, or NEBOSH Safety Management qualification preferred but not required
• Full UK Drivers Licence as some travel will be required
  
  

Whats in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
  
  

In addition, this role offers; (Select Appropriate to Role /Division/ Level)

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• Private health care and health care cash plan for you(and your family)
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Paid Overtime
  
  

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• Wereresponsibleand go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• Wereopenand seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• Weretogetherand as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• Wereambitiousand embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
  
  

Whether youre a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

Its an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note:Occasionally, we may close job adverts before the stated closing date. Wed encourage you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rdparty background checks as part of our hiring process. Some of our roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of our induction.

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