Traffic Management High Speed Contracts Manager

Core Highways; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

33 days holiday per year

Life assurance

Enhanced Maternity Pay

Online GP Services

Free Mortgage Advice

Employee Health Plans

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Core Highways, a leading provider of temporary traffic management and events signage, seeks a High Speed Contracts Manager for the Northeast region, based at Middlesborough Depot. You will oversee multiple high-speed contracts, ensure deadlines and budgets are met, and coordinate with the Regional Operations Manager – High Speed.

Responsibilities include pricing, cost control, scheme planning, and ensuring drawings and authorisations are completed on time.

Qualifications

• Understanding booking road space for Local Authority and National Highways.
• Experience in the design and planning of High Speed Sector Traffic Management.
• Experience in Contract Management of TM within 12AB High Speed work is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all works under your control are target priced/quoted per commercial strategy.
• Collaborate with the Quantity Surveyor to ensure costs are billed accurately.
• Participate in scheme planning meetings and customer site or pre-let meetings when requested.
• Produce suitable traffic management designs by liaising with relevant departments.
• Ensure work conforms to requirements and specifications.
• Coordinate with site staff to deliver works as planned.
• Manage scheme drawings and changes; plan workload to meet timeframes.
• Ensure sub-contractor authorisations before quote acceptance and processing invoices.
• Issue thorough handover notes detailing site-specific requirements and contacts.

Skills

Road space booking knowledge

Contract management

Traffic management design

Budgeting/quoting

Stakeholder liaison

Job description

Core Highways are a leading provider of temporary traffic management, barrier solutions and events signage. People are the heart of our business. We recognise each and every individual’s value and commitment and we know that the success of our business is only made possible by the drive and enthusiasm of our people.

As a nationwide business, we have a number of fulfilling roles and we're often looking to expand our teams as we continue to grow.

We currently have a vacancy for a High Speed Contracts Manager to cover our Northeast region based in our Middlesborough Depot. Reporting in to the Regional Operations Manager – High Speed, this person will be responsible for overseeing and managing multiple high-speed contracts simultaneously, ensuring deadlines are met and completing projects in line with, or under budget.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure all works under your control are ‘target priced’/quoted in line with the commercial strategy.
• In collaboration with the Quantity Surveyor, ensure that all costs are billed accurately.
• Participate and contribute to scheme planning meetings/customer site or pre-let meetings, when requested.
• Establishing client requirements and liaising with relevant departments in order to produce suitable traffic management designs to enable teams to complete work accurately and in a timely manner.
• Ensure work conforms to applicable requirements and specifications.
• To liaise with site staff to ensure works are delivered as planned/agreed.
• Liaise with the relevant teams to action any changes to scheme drawings as instructed.
• Plan workload to ensure scheme drawings are completed within agreed timeframes.
• To get any/all sub-con authorised prior to quote being accepted.
• Invoices in line with quoted works for all sub-con before sending for authorisation.
• Ensure thorough H/O’s are issued detailing site-specific requirements and all relevant contact information.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Understanding of booking road space for Local Authority and National Highways
• Experience in the design and planning of High Speed Sector Traffic Management
• Experience in Contract Management of TM specifically within 12AB High Speed work desirable but not essential

What we offer:

• Salary of between £60,000 - £65,000 + Company Car
• 33 days holiday per year – Inclusive of bank holidays
• Life assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Pay
• Online GP Services
• Free Mortgage Advice
• Employee Health Plans
• Employee Assistance Program – providing free 24/7, professional and confidential advice on any issue both personal and work related
• Free Wellbeing App – access to the latest in wellbeing support for example, virtual fitness programs, help to stop smoking etc.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are proud to be signatories to the Care Leavers Covenant and the Armed Forces Covenant.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we recognise that everybody is different and strive to harness those differences to create an inclusive environment where individuals feel valued, their talents are recognised and they are given every opportunity to develop their full potential.