Senior Contracts Engineer

PWS TECHNICAL SERVICES (UK) LTD; Nuneaton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

PWS Technical Services (UK) Ltd is seeking a Senior Contracts Engineer to lead delivery of piling, foundations and geotechnical projects across sectors. You will report to the Contracts Manager and manage site teams, resolving technical, operational and commercial issues to ensure successful project outcomes.

The role requires reviewing estimates and designs for buildability, ensuring QA compliance, preparing RAMS, and steering projects from order receipt to completion while maintaining strong

Qualifications

• Qualified civil/structural/geotechnical engineer with a proven track record in piling and foundations.
• Experience delivering geotechnical, piling and foundations projects across sectors.
• Strong understanding of the contract lifecycle and commercial delivery.

Responsibilities

• Plan, programme and deliver contracts with regional teams and subcontractors.
• Review estimates and designs for buildability and lead projects from order to completion.
• Inspect works for QA conformance and correct designs/specifications.
• Prepare RAMS and ensure HSEQ compliance for contracts.
• Attend meetings to report progress and support contract variations and final accounts.
• Collaborate with design and estimating teams to meet budget and labour needs.

Skills

Geotechnical engineering

Piling & foundations

Contract management

Project leadership

Budget planning

Risk management

Client liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

This challenging and exciting opportunity requires an individual with a good technical background and demonstrable experience in assisting or taking the responsibility for the delivery of a range of piling, foundations and geotechnical engineering sites and projects.

Overview

The business has a strategy to grow significantly over the next three to five years, coupled with the recent award of several long-term major contracts, resulting in an exciting opportunity for a Senior Contracts Engineer to play a key role in helping to realise this strategy and deliver these works. The successful candidate will be a qualified civil / structural / geotechnical engineer and possess experience in supporting the delivery of geotechnical, piling and foundations projects across all sectors. Reporting to the Contracts Manager, you will provide assistance to the operational delivery of assigned contracts, which will include managing site-based teams, and resolving any technical, operational and commercial issues pertaining to a wide variety of schemes.

The Role

Plan, programme and deliver contracts in conjunction with the regional team, internal departments, and subcontractors in accordance with company policy

Take responsibility for all assigned projects, including the review of estimates and designs to ensure buildability, and leading projects with the client from receipt of order to completion

Inspect works in progress to ensure conformance to QA procedures and specification, and that schemes are delivered in accordance with the correct designs and specifications

Ensure HSEQ plans and RAMS are prepared for contracts in accordance with company policy

Attend regular meetings with the contracts team to provide progress reports on projects, and if required, offer proposals or recommendations to enable successful delivery

Ensure the commercial team is provided with all relevant information, documentation and instructions to support contract variations and final accounts submissions for payment

Liaise with the design and estimating teams to ensure budget and labour requirements are met and that ground conditions are according to calculations

Ensure all projects are planned and executed in accordance with company policy, whilst maintaining and improving the professional and progressive image of the company wherever possible

Analyse and interpret detailed client requirements, drawings and specifications

Work under deadline pressures in an efficient, composed and calm manner

Assist the business as a whole to meet their financial targets

Help to manage suppliers and sub-contractors to improve safety, performance and profit

The Person

• Candidates must possess a proven track record in a similar role within the piling and foundations sector
• You will have assisted in the development and delivery of projects with a diplomatic and pragmatic approach, but also with a hands-on attitude to clients, sub-contractors and team management
• You will possess first-hand exposure to various technically complex and challenging contracts, and therefore able to demonstrate a tenacious, lead from the front approach
• You will hold experience in a variety of projects, including multi discipline techniques
• You will possess a solid understanding of all stages of the contract lifecycle, coupled with the ability to manage and develop yourself both technically and commercially
• Good levels of experience at pre, in-situ and post contract stages
• Able to identify the requirements of assigned projects to efficiently and effectively produce the most appropriate delivery plan or programme
• Correspond and negotiate with clients, suppliers, contractors and colleagues
• Efficiently manage situations when workload presents conflicting demands on time and availability, demonstrating an ability to effectively prioritise and schedule
• Monitor, progress and implement controls to ensure tasks are achieved to time, cost and quality
• Develop and select effective solutions to challenging and complex project requirements, taking into account risk and opportunity
• Communicate facts, ideas and proposals to all stakeholders (internally or externally) in an effective and persuasive manner
• Deliver efficient and effective customer service at all times

Our Client

Our client is one of the UKs leading ground engineering contractors with a reputation for quality and innovation within the field of piling, foundation and geotechnical engineering. Our client focuses on all aspects of techniques, disciplines and contracts.

A highly attractive basic salary (commensurate with your experience level) plus extensive benefits package is on offer to the successful candidate, along with longevity of work and forward progression given that our client possesses a significant work bank for the long-term future and is firmly committed to continued growth over the next 5-10 years.