CONTRACTS MANAGER (Landscaping/GM)

PPM Recruitment; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading landscaping and civil engineering specialist is seeking a Contracts Manager in London and South East. The successful candidate will manage multi-disciplinary projects, ensuring quality and budget adherence, while overseeing teams and maintaining client relationships. This full-time, permanent position offers a competitive salary and benefits, including a company car and pension membership.

Benefits

Company car

Membership to employer's pension scheme

Good Salary

Qualifications

• Proven track record in the construction/landscaping industry.
• Full UK Driver's License is required.
• Commercially minded and adept at managing site managers and subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Completion and delivery of contracts on time and within budget.
• Management of sub-contractors and direct labour.
• Ensuring gross margins are maintained on contracts.

Skills

Project Management

Commercial Awareness

Site Management

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Project Management qualification

SMSTS

Job description

Contracts Manager- Hard/Soft Landscaping Civils/Grounds Maintenance

Our client is one of the UK'S largest and award-winning landscaping and civil engineering specialists

Location: London and South East

Position: Contracts Manager Full-time Permanent

Days of work: Mon-Fri (8:00am to 5:00pm)

Salary: 50k- 65K (depending on experience)

Our client is an award-winning landscaping and civil engineering specialist delivering high quality projects throughout the UK. Their portfolio spans all sectors from local authorities, commercial developers, schools and universities to high-end luxury developers. Much of their work is as a result of long-term relationships based on trust and expert workmanship built up over more than five decades. Due to continuous growth, they are seeking a Contracts Manager with previous experience and success in managing and delivering multi-disciplinary commercial landscape projects, on time, to specification and producing the budgeted margin. Contracts in London and South East, ranging from 100k up to 5 million.

Our clients contracts are multi-disciplinary, however the bias is definitely Commercial Hard landscape/ Civils, with aspects of soft landscaping and maintenance as well.

The Role:

Completion of contracts

Ensuring gross margins are maintained on contracts.

Produce and monitor accurate cost control.

Management of sub-contractors and direct labour.

Supervision of Labourers (in the region of 20, number can vary depending on contract).

Procurement and management of resources (plant, equipment and materials).

Delivering contracts in line with our Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental standards.

Carrying out Safety, Quality and Environmental audits.

Production and ongoing development of Construction Phase Plans

Production/ Review of RAMS

Production and management of programmes of work.

Maintaining site records.

Effective client/ project team communication and relationship building.

Proactive approach to contract delivery, highlighting any potential problems and proposing solutions.

Production and presentation of monthly progress reports

Production and submission of monthly valuations

Recording of AIs, pricing of variations/ account management

Compilation and recording RFIs and RVIs.

Project reviews at the end of each project.

Candidate Requirements:

Proven track record within the construction/landscaping industry, be commercially minded and adept at managing site managers and subcontractors.

Full UK Driver's License

Project Management qualification (Preferred)

SMSTS (Preferred)

What's on offer:

Company car

Good Salary

Membership to the employer's pension scheme

Please call or send CV to apply

Please note: Proof of RTW (right to work) & Qualifications are required before processing application

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