Mechanical Contracts Manager (Housing)

Mectrical Jobs; Bedford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Contracts Manager to oversee project compliance and resource management. The role requires strong leadership in ensuring safety standards and monitoring budgets. Ideal candidates should possess excellent communication skills and experience in the construction industry. You'll play a key role in promoting teamwork and achieving project goals efficiently.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing contracts in construction or similar fields.
• Strong focus on health and safety culture.
• Ability to organize and plan labor resources effectively.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with company standards across projects.
• Plan and forecast labor resources for execution.
• Monitor project budgets and profitability.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Team collaboration

Risk management

Budgeting

Job description

OBJECTIVES

Contracts Managers have the responsibility of ensuring that their site teams are complying to the company's best interests and that regionally their schemes are being planned & executed to and agreed scope of works and contract. To ensure projects stay within budget and maintain profitability.

• Promote a positive health and safety culture across all Projects.
• Form close links with the client's representatives and their teams.
• Organize and plan labour resources to meet program.
• Ensure quality and high standards of installations are consistent across all projects
• Provide monthly labour forecasts for all Projects and share with the business.
• The greatest risk to any project is uncertainty, therefore the Contracts Manager must maintain focus on this as their main concern as an attempt to reduce risk significantly through open communication with all Managers and Directors.
• Manager site stock to ensure adequate stock is held in accordance with our stock procedure. All surplus materials to be returned for credit at the earlier opportunity.
• Assist the buyers by pre-ordering 2nd fix packs as per our preorder procedure. Give as much notice as possible on orders. Ensure weekly orders are placed for all tube, fittings and sundry items and avoid frequent and multiple order for theses items.
• Undertake the formal appraisal of Supervisors, Engineers and Apprentices.
• Promote cooperation and teamwork by liaising with the relevant department heads to gain efficiencies and mitigate and close out any issues.
• To overcome certain tasks and conflicts a Contracts manager must show initiative and be able to find ways to best adapt a situation to provide a successful overall outcome.
• Establish the Training requirements required in your teams and record to the Health and Safety Manager and HR Manager for auctioning, once Director approval has been given
• Maintain and review the Project periodic progress reports to be shared with the business.
• Monitor the Gas compliance across all Projects.
• Work closely and assist the Customer Care Manager in delivery the best service possible to the home owner/residents.
• Provide resource to attend customer care appointments whilst the site is live.
• Attend Periodic management meetings with fellow Commercial Managers, Technical Managers and Health & Safety Managers to ensure that any good or bad practices happening elsewhere in the business are communicated back into their Line projects.
• Review Budgets and PL (jointly and severally with the commercial team).
• Review and approve the Subcontractor Pay run (jointly and severally with the commercial team).
• That the strict guidelines as set out in QMS documents for production management and Commercial Management are being adhered to