Contracts Manager Surfacing

Caval Limited; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A highways surfacing firm in Cambridge is seeking an experienced Contracts Manager. This role involves managing multiple surfacing contracts to ensure they meet financial, safety, quality, and environmental targets. Key responsibilities include pre-contract planning, leading a team, and liaising with clients and subcontractors. Essential qualifications include SMSTS, First Aid, CSCS Card, and a Driving License. The position is permanent and based in Cambridgeshire, requiring some travel.

Qualifications

• Professional qualifications: SMSTS, First Aid, CSCS Card, Driving License.
• Experience managing multiple surfacing / reinstatement schemes.

Responsibilities

• Managing multiple surfacing contracts to achieve targets.
• Leading and delegating duties to staff.
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety procedures.
• Liaising and negotiating with clients and subcontractors.

Skills

Experience managing multiple surfacing / reinstatement schemes

Previous experience as a Contracts Manager

Education

SMSTS

First Aid

CSCS Card

Driving License

Job description

Overview

As an experienced Contracts Manager, you will ensure that the contracts are carried out on time and to the company quality standards. This role will be managing various contracts on various highways surfacing & reinstatement schemes. Based in the office in Cambridge for half the time and then on site the rest of the time.

Qualifications

For this role it is essential that you carry the following professional qualifications as a minimum;

• SMSTS
• First Aid
• CSCS Card
• Driving License

For this role it is essential that you hold the skills & experience below;

• Experience managing multiple surfacing / reinstatement schemes at once
• Previous experience as a Contracts Manager on surfacing schemes / highways surfacing

Role

• Job Title: Contracts Manager
• Projects: Highways Surfacing & Reinstatement Scheme
• Location: Cambridgeshire (must be open to travel)
• Duration: Permanent

Duties

• Managing multiple surfacing contracts to achieve financial, safety, quality, and environmental targets
• Pre-contract planning and liaison with estimators
• Leading and delegating duties to engineering and contract staff
• Maintaining a working knowledge of current contract forms, acts, and legislation
• Accepting, approving, and issuing contracts and subcontracts
• Ensuring company\'s Health and Safety and other IMS procedures are complied with planning, programming, and resourcing contracts
• Liaising, negotiating, and meeting with clients, consulting engineers, surveyors, and sub-contractors and others
• Assisting with the preparation of quality bids, PQQs, and other presentations as required
• Providing technical, contractual, and legal advice
• Providing accurate information for regional monthly contract appraisals and other reports as required
• Budgeting, monitoring, and control of contract finances
• Identifying, evaluating, and managing claims and variations
• Compiling applications for payment and agreeing final accounts
• Motivating, coaching, and providing guidance to staff and operatives
• Interviewing, selection, recruitment, discipline, and dismissal of staff
• Maintaining photographic library, publicity material, contract press releases, etc
• Improving and promoting company profile and activities