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Date Added: Wed 11/12/2024

Contracts Manager

Cumbria, CA11, UK
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Company: FAWKES & REECE (NORTH)

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Salary: £75000 - £78000/annum + car allowance + benefits

Reporting to the Construction Director, to oversee the week-to-week management of a number of sites, supporting site management and maintaining a flow of information between all Divisional departments and site. Key focus should be on achieving targets in health and safety, quality, customers care and cost, including all associated pre and post house building works.

About you

* Extensive experience of managing build programmes across multiple sites
* Excellent communicator and team leader, able to deliver a variety of messages in a constructive manner
* Excellent assertive skills to ensure delivery of cost and build targets by the onsite labour force, managing a wide range of contractors and trades to bring about a controlled and timely delivery of monthly plot forecasts
* Ability to prioritise tasks to meet changing business needs, demonstrating a strong problem-solving ability

You will be expected to:

* Ensure compliance at all times to at least the company health and safety standards and processes and any further laws or legislation
* Assist in the re-commencement work with other Divisional departments in preparing the CDM pack and the various site strategies and plans
* Assist in compiling a suitable tender list of contractors, monitoring their performance and feeding back to the Commercial department
* Ensure adequate and suitable resources are available for an effective site start
* Monitor all plots performance against the build programme and address any issues that are delaying plots
* Provide dates to support sales/build meetings to ensure all Legal Completions are programmed accurately and achieved in a timely manner
* Monitor costs on site in relation to labour, materials, customer care and replacement materials
* Ensure that all plots are built to the highest standard of quality, at a minimum, comply with the NHBC Standards and Building Regulations
* Undertake company directed quality control procedures and inspections at the correct timings and managing the correcting of any defects so as not to incur additional cost, time delays to the programme or reduction in the final quality
* Liaise proactively with other internal departments, externals suppliers and partners to ensure the build programme is achieved
* Provide professional support and coaching to site management to develop their skills and experience. This should take the form of regular PDR and development meetings but also informal and short-term site based learning

Salary and package

* Up to £78k DOE
* Car Allowance or Car
* Choice of Flexible Benefits
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