Contracts Manager Commercial Construction

Location : Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and London
Salary : 45k DOE
Vacancy type : Permanent
Vacancy ID : 43673

• Reports to the Operations Manager or Department Director
• Liaison with Clients on site
• Manage teams on a daily basis to ensure that they work safely and maintain high standards of work (quantity and quality)
• Organise Chargehands, Foremen and Subcontractors in the most efficient manner to get the job done, allocating work schedules with due consideration for staff skills, training, qualifications and experience
• Order all materials required for the works & ensure all additional works are instructed before they start
• Ensure that all materials bought will have a purchase order raised and the copies are returned to the correct office staff for filling
• Purchase materials from approved suppliers, securing best available prices to ensure maximum profit
• Ensure plant is correct for the job
• Produce monthly cost reports showing costs for materials, labour and plant
• Produce look ahead financial reports showing upcoming months forecast
• Be able to make decisions at a fast pace and with confidence
• Make sure that all extra works are accounted for and priced
• Check that all subcontractors have orders before works start and that all areas of the works have been covered
• Provide cover for Supervisors during absence
• Attend all department and client meetings as and when required
• Manage sites in a professional manner ensuring they are maintained as required within the contract/specification received from the Operations Manager
• Snag all sites with particular attention paid to identifying poor quality workmanship and then ensuring that snagged work is rectified to the schedule
• Ensure that Supervisors/Foreman maintain all other paperwork records required for site work
• Ensure staff maintain high standards of dress and deportment whilst on site
• Ensure site teams conduct themselves professionally whilst at work and particularly whilst on site
• Ensure that all works are carried out in accordance with the specification/contract/drawing, briefs
• Manage all subcontractors deployed on site ensuring that works are carried out safely, to agreed standards, and are profitable to the company
• Ensure site teams carry out Daily Activity Briefings and staff sign the DABS handing the completed forms to the SHEQ Department
• Ensure that Plant Operators carry out plant checks and sign for the checks handing the completed form to the SHEQ Department
• Ensure that their staff do not use any unsafe machinery or vehicles, reporting all unsafe vehicles or machinery to the Operations Manager or SHEQ department
• Ensure that staff book out all vehicles and machinery
• Ensure that staff are wearing the PPE detailed in the Risk Assessments or Method Statements
• Discipline any staff that fail to wear PPE
• Report any accidents, incidents, problems, unsafe acts or near misses on site to the SHEQ Department
• Make sure TBT are given on a weekly basis, ensure staff sign for the TBT and return the form to the SHEQ Department
• Make sure Method Statement and Risk Assessments are written and in place prior to carrying out work on site
• Carry out site visits to ensure the cleanliness/tidiness of their work areas on site and the overall cleanliness/tidiness of the works compound
• Cleanliness of their teams allocated vehicles
• Act in the best interests of the company at all times
• Ensure that they are familiar with, and observe, the requirements of the companies Health & Safety, Quality and Environmental Policies, Management Systems and Procedures
• Any other duties allocated by the companies Commercial Operations Manager, and all other directors.

Desirable:

• Horticultural awareness
• Experience in the Construction Role
• Previous experience of managing staff
• Good numeracy and literacy
• Computer literate
• Reading of drawings and specifications
• To have a positive attitude towards work

Essential:

• Trade Skills (SMSTS)
• Behavioural Safety
• Possible IOSH or NEBOSH training

Please quote 43673 when speaking with one of our consultants.