Contracts manager (construction)

Zone Cee Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking an experienced contracts manager to oversee various projects. The role involves managing budgets, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, and maintaining client relationships. Candidates should have a strong background in construction with at least 5 years of experience and a full UK driving licence.

Benefits

Company car provided

Private health insurance

Christmas bonus

Support for work-life balance

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in construction.
• Full UK driving licence is essential.
• Knowledge of methods of construction and budgeting.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage construction projects across multiple locations.
• Maintain clear communication with clients and contractors.
• Ensure health and safety protocols are followed.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Project Management

Health & Safety Compliance

Education

SMSTS training

Job description

Holiday allowance: 34 days including bank holidays

Hours: 7.30-16.30 Monday-Friday

We are currently seeking an experienced contracts manager to join our team, overseeing and managing a range of construction projects across multiple locations. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 5 years' experience with a strong background in construction and a broad understanding of various disciplines within the industry.

Requirements / qualifications:

• Full UK driving licence (essential)
• SMSTS training (preferred)
• Experience in running multiple projects is essential
• Well organized and confident to be self-sufficient in their day-to-day duties
• Good at communicating with trades and clients, ensuring they always remain professional and represent the company correctly
• When in schools, candidate must be conscious of the environment they are in
• Well practiced and knowledgeable of methods of construction as this will be key to programming works
• An understanding of costs/budgets as this will be critical to ensure projects are profitable
• Due to regular work in education settings, candidate must not have a criminal record as schools require a clean DBS
• Candidate should be enthusiastic about the role and committed to helping support and grow the business

Key responsibilities:

• Project handover and planning: Receive project handover from Estimating team. Review and familiarize themselves with all documentation related to the project. Set budgets against actual costs including labour and materials.
• Site surveys & programming: Conduct site inspections as required during the quotation phase. Prepare and issue detailed programmes of works in line with client expectations and project timelines. Due to Zone CEE being a small business, Contract Managers will at times be expected to survey new enquiries and price small works.
• Labour Coordination: Allocate appropriately skilled labour for each project. Communicate clearly with workforce to maximise efficiency and ensure projects are delivered on time.
• Materials management: Order materials for projects, ensuring liaise with Estimating team and client to ensure accurate ordering of materials.
• Client Liaison: Maintain clear, regular communication with main contractors and clients to confirm start dates, manage expectations, and provide updates throughout the project. Build relationships with clients.
• Health & Safety Compliance: Liaise with the Health, Safety & Environment Coordinator. Ensure all health and safety protocols are implemented and followed.
• Site Management: Deliver on-site inductions, monitor progress through regular site visits, and address any issues as they arise. Ensure that project is keeping within the timeframe set, remains on budget and maintains high standards of quality and safety.
• Completion & Handover: Carry out final inspections, produce snagging lists as needed, and ensure all defects are rectified. Sign off completed works with clients and contractors.

Benefits:

• Salary will grow with the company and a Christmas bonus is awarded
• Company car provided
• Private health insurance
• At Zone CEE, we pride ourselves in supporting employees and ensuring a good work-life balance.

About Zone CEE:

Founded in 1984, Zone CEE has built a solid reputation within the education and commercial sector. We are a small business with a mixture of office staff, direct trades, and sub-contractors. Typical projects can range from a few hundred pounds up to GBP600,000. With our close relationship with the education sector, school holidays tend to be busy periods, with the 6 weeks in summer typically accounting for 20% of the year. We are actively looking to expand into the commercial sector. Projects include office refurbishments, classroom refurbishments, washrooms, extensions, new builds, groundworks, carpentry, plumbing, fencing, among others. Long term, we aim to move into property development.

Zone CEE uniform will be provided to new starters.