Contracts Manager (Electrical)

EH20 group; Slough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the construction sector seeks a contract manager to oversee financial and delivery aspects of contracts. The successful candidate will ensure adherence to legal frameworks, manage resources, and maintain excellent client relationships while pursuing additional revenue opportunities. A background in construction or engineering is essential, alongside project management qualifications. This is an opportunity to apply your analytical skills and leadership in a dynamic environment that values contract success and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• M&E Project Management Qualification is desirable.
• Driving licence holder.
• Experience in SME and understanding of business needs.

Responsibilities

• Take full financial and delivery responsibility for a portfolio of contracts.
• Ensure successful contract execution and manage resources efficiently.
• Maintain client relationships and generate additional revenue opportunities.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Education

Construction/Engineering Qualification (ONC, HND, or Degree)

Tools

Document Management Systems

Sharepoint

Dynamics CRM

Asta Powerproject

Excel

Anaplan

Job description

Job Overview

• Take full financial and delivery responsibility for a portfolio of contracts ensuring that cost effectively deliver contracted services as well as additional services, within legislative and contractual obligations.
• Manage all activities necessary, as required to achieve success at all contract life cycle phases, including lead generation, opportunity management, enquiry to quote process, pre-contract phase, post contract phase and defects and liability period.
• Deliver projects in accordance with contracted requirements. Ensure that contracts are correctly administered in accordance with the relevant legal framework.
• Manage direct and indirect resources, supply chain, plant, materials and logistics necessary to ensure successful contract completion.
• To carry out financial forecasting and reporting of cost, sales, gross profit, and risk associated with all projects assigned to you.
• Ensure that statutory obligations are met in full and ensure that the business is not exposed to undue risks.
• Ensure that records, data and systems are maintained up to date and in accordance with standards, policies and procedures.
• Maintain excellent client relationships, develop and maximise opportunities for additional revenue and margin and contract retention.
• Work with all stakeholders to identify opportunities in line with business strategy.

Main Duties

• Manage an assigned portfolio of contracts, ensuring that the works are delivered with the contractual obligation and cost effectively.
• Manage the portfolio of contracts achieving a minimum gross margin as specified by the Company KPI.
• Using the available systems and processes, implement a self-auditing regime in order to validate that works are being completed in accordance with the Contract Execution Plan.
• Generate additional works opportunities on the portfolio of contracts to achieve an additional contract value as set out in specific objectives.
• Where additional work opportunities are awarded ensure that works are expedited in a timely and efficient manner, delivering the works as cost effectively as is possible.
• Ensure that all company-wide processes and procedures are fully deployed in delivering the services associated with contracted and additional works.
• Ensure that additional work opportunities are financially closed out in the month of work completion.
• Manage contract works in accordance with the contract execution plan. Ensure contract execution plan is updated and maintained for the life cycle of the contract.
• Generate pre-contract and contract specific deliverables in accordance with the contract execution plan.
• Manage contract delivery teams ensuring that resources are efficiently allocated to contracts for the contract duration.
• Manage supply chain and sub-contractor performance in respect of the delivery of contract specific services and in accordance with internal supply chain KPI protocols. Identify change requirements and expedite opportunities to maximise revenue and to de-risk contract delivery.
• Report on contract performance in accordance with company KPI protocols. Manage financial application, job costing, and forecasting update processes for contract sales.
• Manage close out of defects and liability periods including release of retention accounts for contract sales. Manage, and work with internal company departments to administer supply chain contracts, from enquiry stage through to practical completion and defects and liability close out.

What we are looking for

Must have qualifications in one of the following:

Construction and / or Engineering Qualification (ONC, HND or Degree Level in Mechanical, Electrical, Building Services or Construction)

• M&E Project Management Qualification
• Technical Qualification
• SMSTS site management safety training qualification
• IOSH Managing Safely
• CSCS card holder relevant to role
• First aid at work

• Ideally would have a recognised project management qualification.

Can demonstrate delivery of projects of a comparable size, value and in a comparable industry or market sector.

Can demonstrate leadership and management style in keeping with the clients brand image.

Can demonstrate excellent analytical skills and has experience of Document Management Systems, Sharepoint, Dynamics CRM, Asta Powerproject, Excel, Anaplan or similar/equivalent packages.

Has experience of working in an SME and can demonstrate an understanding of the need to have a broad business understanding.

Knowledge of the construction and engineering industry's statutory requirements, methods and processes.

Driving licence holder.