Contracts Manager / Project Manager
Posted 4 days ago by TieTalent
£55,000 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Contracts Manager / Project Manager involves overseeing multiple civils and road/grounds work projects in Kirkintilloch. The ideal candidate will possess strong commercial acumen and interpersonal skills, ensuring project delivery aligns with client expectations and compliance standards. This position requires experience in managing site teams, cost control, and developing relationships with subcontractors. The role offers excellent career prospects within a successful business environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing, motivating and communicating to site teams on multiple projects
- Cost control of projects, minimising costs and maximising production
- Liaising with Estimating and Surveying Departments to ensure commercial viability of projects
- Taking an active role in Chain Management Initiative to ensure relationships are developed with subcontractors
- Ensuring compliance with health & safety requirements
- Supporting the Project Manager and Procurement & Commercial Manager to deliver strategies and contracts
- Delivering departmental KPIs and objectives such as savings in total cost of ownership, value engineering and safety performance
- Ensuring a scheduled programme of work is delivered on time and in a safe and compliant manner
- Managing and assisting in the selection of staff and subcontractors
- Working with Project Managers and site managers to ensure project milestones are met across all work areas
- Managing relationships between internal personnel, project teams and customers
- Managing daily operations and production planning
- Developing successful and sustainable long-term business relationships with clients
- Defining and executing company strategy in respect to customers
- Actively managing all client IT interfaces to help deliver P/L and ensure compliance with requirements
Key Skills:
- Experience in Contracts Management or Project Management within Civils or Road/Grounds work
- Strong commercial acumen
- Well-developed interpersonal, problem-solving, communication and negotiation skills
- Demonstrable experience delivering large projects/programmes of work
- Ability to manage site teams effectively
- Knowledge of health & safety compliance
- Experience in cost control and project planning
- Ability to develop and maintain client relationships
Salary (Rate): £55,000 yearly
City: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
About Permanent vacancy - Contracts Manager / Project Manager (Civils/Road/Grounds work) Hours: Monday to Friday 08.30 to 17.00 Salary: £35,000 - £55,000 DOE Location - Kirkintilloch Our client based in Kirkintilloch is looking for a Contracts Manager / Project Manager with a Civils or road/Grounds work background to join their busy team. We are looking for experience so that you can run with this role to the highest of standard. Ideally, we are looking for someone with drive and ambition who is looking for a long-time career. If you are an experience Contracts Manager, then please read on for more information.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing, motivating and communicating to site teams on multiple projects
- Cost control of projects, minimising costs and maximising production
- Liaising with Estimating and Surveying Departments to ensure commercial viability of projects
- Taking an active role in Chain Management Initiative to ensure relationships are developed with subcontractors
- Ensuring compliance with health & safety requirements
- You will be able to combine strong commercial acumen with well-developed interpersonal, problem-solving, communication and negotiation skills with demonstrable experience delivering large projects/programmes of work
- The Contract Manager will support the Project Manager and Procurement & Commercial Manager to deliver strategies and contracts, providing robust post contract commercial management which will support the project goals and objectives
- The Contract Manager will also support the delivery of departmental KPIs and objectives such as savings in total cost of ownership, value engineering and safety performance
- You will have primary responsibility for all delivery aspects of the project, ensuring a scheduled programme of work is delivered on time and in a safe and compliant manner.
- Ensure that delivery program and resources are in place and are delivering as per contract
- Take a pivotal role in shaping and delivering the program for all works to the customer expectation
- Manage and assist in the selection of staff and subcontractors
- Work with Project Managers and site managers to ensure project milestones are met across all work areas
- Manage the relationships between internal personnel, the project teams and the customer to ensure that the customer's requirements are fully achieved
- Manage daily operations and production planning
- Overall accountability for all aspects of engagement with client delivery management teams
- Develop successful and sustainable long term business relationships with the client
- Accountable for defining and executing company strategy in respect to customers
- To actively manage all client IT interfaces to help deliver our P/L and ensure our compliance with their requirements
Requirements
- Background in Road/Ground working and or Civils
Benefits
- 20 days annual leave plus public holidays
- Company car or car allowance
- Bonus
- Excellent career prospects
- Working for a very successful business that is going from strength to strength
- On-site parking
- Excellent company pension
If you have the skills and experience required for this position please submit your CV or call Louise on 0141 221 0007 Blue Arrow is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to helping find great work opportunities for great people.
TITL1_UKTJ
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Work experience General Project Management
Languages English