Contracts Manager

Writech Limited; Mullingar; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Writech Limited, an established fire protection systems leader, is seeking a Contracts Manager to oversee planning, resourcing, and progress reporting for Mullingar-based construction projects. You will liaise with engineering, quality, safety, manufacturing, finance and HR to ensure smooth handovers and project success.

The role demands strong organisation, proactive problem solving, and the ability to adapt to changing business needs.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Project Manager across multiple projects.
• Degree or Diploma in Project Management or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Excellent communication and collaboration with key business areas and customers.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines while adhering to processes.
• Strong planning, organisation and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Forecast and allocate resources with project leads and site teams.
• Coordinate with Commercial, Design & Service from tender to commissioning for smooth handover.
• Serve as Operations contact and resolve project-related issues with the Projects team.
• Monitor and improve Quality processes across projects.
• Lead and track performance of all direct reports.
• Manage external subcontractors and monitor quality and costs.
• Onboard subcontractors/hires and negotiate terms and conditions.
• Schedule workloads to ensure programs and KPIs are met.
• Oversee contract programs and progress reporting in-house.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Planning

Time management

Education

Degree/Diploma in Project Management

Job description

The Writech Group are an internationally recognised leader in Fire Protection Systems. We are internationally approved to Design, Manufacture, Install, Service & Commission to all standards & have experience in Fire Sprinkler Protection, Foam enhanced Fire Protection, Gas Protection, Firewater Mist Protection, Insert Gas Protection & Special Hazard Fire Protection.

It is a very exciting time to join the Writech Group! With the opening of our Design & Innovation Centre earlier this year we are growing our Engineering team.

The Role

This Contracts Manager role is a critical role for the business. Responsible for ensuring accurate planning, resourcing, labour hire and progress reporting of our construction projects. This role is based out of our Mullingar Headquarters.

This role will also be a key liaison for our engineering team and other key functions of the business (Quality, Safety, Manufacturing/ Assembly, Finance and HR). This is a fast-paced environment, and the role will suit a candidate who has outstanding planning and organisational skills. This role will develop and change as a result of changing business needs, this role will suit a highly ambitious individual with an interest in operations/ project management processes. This role will have the Design & Project leads, Project Administrator and Installation Supervisors reporting directly to them.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Working with project leads & engineers and site-based teams, accurately forecasting, and executing resources on projects
• Liaise with Commercial, Design & Service departments from tendering through to commissioning stage of projectsto ensure smooth handover of contract to all relevant internal teams. Review on a weekly basis that all contract progress is completed andin line with budgets/project expectations.
• Point of contact for Operations and identify the issues they have, caused by Projects team and work with them to resolve.
• Champion and assist monitoring of Quality processes for the projects.
• Lead and track performance of all direct reports.
• Manage all external sub-contractors and monitor quality/costs associated with them.
• Manage onboarding of new subcontractor/hires, negotiate terms and conditions.
• Continue the management of subcontractors/hires, monitoring the quality or work/costs associated with them.
• Manage all external contract hire.
• Schedule and monitor all direct reports workload to ensure they are all following the program, their own KPIs and managing their own teams accordingly.
• Manage the contract programs and progress reporting on inhouse systems.

Ideal Candidate

• 3+ years’ experience as a Project Manager over multiple projects
• Degree or Diploma in Project Management or equivalent demonstrable experience
• Skilled communicator with a demonstrated ability to collaborate with key areas of the business and customers.
• Ability to thrive under pressure, working with tight project deadlines, whilst maintaining adherence to process disciplines.
• Must be responsible, personable, detail oriented, and self-motivated with solid organisation and time management skills and a strong focus on planning.