Overview
Join to apply for the Contract Manager role at Ian Williams Ltd. Our Middlesbrough team is seeking a Contract Manager who embodies our values and can lead the successful delivery of our Response and Maintenance contracts.
At Ian Williams, our commitment to quality, professionalism, and high standards ensures we deliver exceptional results. In our ambitious environment, we provide the tools, knowledge, and leadership to make things happen. We foster leadership that connects, value individuals, and enable open and honest conversations to help you achieve your potential.
Benefits We value fairness, inclusivity, and respect. Your hard work will be rewarded, and we offer the following:
* Be part of the company profit share scheme (14% of base salary achieved last year)
* Private mileage scheme and fuel card
* Enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings scheme
* Annual leave (inc. Public Holidays) buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year
* Annual pay reviews
* Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance
* Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay
* Training and development opportunities
* Exclusive discounts from our preferred supplier
* Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity for health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice
The Contracts Manager Role
* Responsible for leading the operational delivery of a response and maintenance contract.
* Instilling ownership and responsibility in your teams to lead and support the successful delivery of works, on time and to budget.
* With a direct labour team, you lead by example, motivating, incentivising, and developing individuals, including Apprentices, to deliver work directly and develop from within.
* Take ownership of recruitment, onboarding, and induction of new members.
* Health and Safety measures will be paramount, and you will ensure they are in place and monitored.
* Ensure resources, including subcontractors, plant, and materials, are available to deliver the work as planned.
* Build relationships internally and externally; encourage collaboration between commercial and operational teams to ensure successful delivery of a contract.
* Sense check site reporting, produce accurate reporting, and implement corrective actions.
* Be accountable and manage your own time to maintain productivity and ensure procedures and reports are up to date.
What will I bring to the Contracts Manager role?
* Experience in producing high standards of Health and Safety management through strong system controls and leadership by example.
* Strong planning and organising skills to ensure delivery, resources, quality, and awareness of cost and risk management.
* Demonstrable experience in managing direct labour, investing in your team, and developing individuals to maximise potential and produce a high-performing team.
* Customer-centric mindset; understands customers’ needs and delivers accordingly.
* SMSTS qualification with working knowledge of Health and Safety requirements.
* A trade background (all trades considered to NVQ level 2 or equivalent) is preferred, but not essential.
* Experience working on social housing, and on response and maintenance contracts is preferred.
About Ian Williams Ltd
Discover more about us by reviewing our website, and through our social media platforms, including LinkedIn, Facebook, Indeed and Glassdoor.
The successful applicant will be required to complete a criminal records check. We comply with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and undertake to treat all applicants fairly through the DBS process.
Ian Williams is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is the foundation of what we do; we are focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different.
We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date. Ian Williams Ltd will use applicants’ details for recruitment purposes only. For more information, please read our Candidate Privacy Notice on our website.
We are delighted to have strong relationships with our preferred agencies, therefore we politely request no agencies engage with us regarding this position.
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