Construction Project Manager / Contract Administrator
Location: Ashington or Durham
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 per week
Salary: £42,152.00 per annum (inclusive of car allowance).
Closing Date: 17:00 on Friday 25th July 2025.
Are you passionate about making a real difference to people’s lives?
If so, we have created a fantastic opportunity for a Project Manager / Contract Administrator to join our Assets and Property Team
About the role:
1. As Project Manager/Contract Administrator, you will manage the strong and effective delivery of planned investment and repairs and maintenance projects, this will include all aspects of design, contract management/ administration, embedding commercialism and continuous improvement within all activities.
2. You will act as the client within various construction projects and therefore must be familiar and comfortable managing client responsibilities within construction.
About you:
You’ll need:
3. A recognised professional qualification or relevant demonstrable and relevant experience at a similar level (all in a relevant and related discipline).
4. A higher National Diploma or Degree equivalent
5. Experience of being responsible for Planned Maintenance Programmes of work in a construction environment and for Contract Administration functions in a construction environment
6. Experience of delivering related construction contracts to cost, time, quality and customer satisfaction requirements
7. Detailed knowledge and understanding of construction techniques
8. To be highly proficient in Construction related matters
9. Have an awareness of the management of asbestos
10. Good IT skills and the ability to understand, interpret and present complex data
The Benefits:
11. 28 days annual leave + bank holidays.
12. Working from home opportunities, where applicable to your post.
13. Health cash plan membership so you can save money by claiming cash back – over £1000 each year - towards essential healthcare such as dental, optical, physio and loads more. We’ll also cover the costs of including any dependent children in the scheme – up to the age of 21 or 24 if in full time education – that you may have.
14. Access to savings on gym memberships plus cash back and discounts on purchases from major retailers including supermarkets, travel, cinema and more.
15. Generous pension scheme.
About us:
We’re all about helping people in need of housing. We believe a good home makes lots of other things possible, so we provide great homes and services that do just that.
We’ve built Bernicia to be a business that people want to be a part of. We’re one of the North East’s largest and most successful housing providers; building, renting, selling and managing homes as well as providing services to over 60,000 customers.
Our Housing People, Helping People corporate strategy, that will see us invest £190m in existing and new homes, re-define the range and impact of our services and implement a digital agenda that will make those services just a few clicks away for our customers.
We deliver what we say we will, something that our customers and partners can rely on, which is all part of the engaging, exciting and infectious ‘Bernicia Way’ of doing business.
Everything about Bernicia is people focused, that’s why we’ve held the Investors in People Gold Award since 2010.
We operate within a set of simple, but effective values, which blend perfectly to create our unique ‘Bernicia Way’ culture. This ensures we are customer focused, through working together, respecting each other, being accountable for our actions and demonstrating integrity and leadership.
Please note you will be required to drive for business.
You will therefore be required to hold a current and valid driving licence.
Tony Armstrong, Commercial and Programme Manager on 07890041643.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than advertised, should we receive a large volume of applications.
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The Group is fully committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and we particularly welcome applicants from groups who are currently under represented at Bernicia.