Project Manager / Contracts Manager

Headley Professional Recruitment Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Project Manager / Contracts Manager for an interiors firm in Manchester. The successful candidate will oversee diverse projects, ensuring quality and timely delivery across the UK. With a background in retail and hospitality fit-outs, the ideal applicant will demonstrate exceptional organizational skills and the capacity to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Proficiency in Microsoft tools is essential, along with a passion for delivering high-quality results.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Project Manager or Contracts Manager for a main contractor.
• Experience in interior fit out sector on retail and hospitality projects.
• High attention to detail and proactive approach.

Responsibilities

• Monitor labor and site management specific to projects.
• Control and analyze labor costs with the QS.
• Ensure quality of workmanship and compliance on-site.

Skills

Project management experience

Time management skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

IT skills (Excel, Project)

Education

Professional qualification in project management

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager / Contracts Manager to join our client in Failsworth, Manchester. The client is an interior fit out contractor who have a long and successful tradition of delivering high quality retail fit out projects across the UK.

The Project Manager will be working on a range of projects from 50k to 1.5m mainly in the shopfitting sector for clients such as Costa Coffee, WHSmith, Holland & Barrett, Pizza Express and Pret a Manger. We are looking for a Project Manager with experience of running shopfitting and interior fit out projects of various sizes. You must have excellent organisational and communication skills, be able to manage a varied workload and work well in a fast paced and reactive environment. This is a key position in the business and requires an organised and proactive approach. You will need to work unsupervised and be effective in managing your own time and workloads. Travel and flexibility will be required as projects can be nationwide.

You will oversee the planning, co-ordination and control of all projects assigned to you from inception to the completion of all snagging and will control project timescales, costs and progress and keep the Senior Management Team informed of these.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Monitor appropriate labour and site management specific to the project
• Control and analysis of labour costs alongside the QS
• Attend and contribute to client and contracts meetings
• Collate, manage and sign off snagging works completed by project support team
• Record variations from site and liaise with the QS team
• Responsible for site health and safety from pre-contract stage through to project completion
• Promote commercial awareness for on-site projects
• Liaise with supply chain team to ensure compliance and effective site set up.
• Ensure quality of workmanship in line company expectations
• Deliver projects to agreed program of works
• Monitor program of works and identify shortfalls and solutions

Required skills and experience

• Previous experience as a Project Manager or Contracts Manager for a main contractor
• Experience of the interior fit out sector preferably on retail and hospitality projects
• Excellent time keeping and ability to manage own workload and work to deadlines
• A passion for delivering a professional service and quality product
• Ideal candidate will be friendly, proactive, have good organisational skills and have a high attention to detail
• Must have good IT skills - Microsoft skills including Excel and Project
• Professional qualification in project management desirable