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Location: Western (London through to Penzance)
Contract Type: Permanent
Main purpose of the role
The Senior Contract Manager is responsible for the entire project lifecycle, focusing on client management, building client networks, ensuring compliance on sites (including health, safety, and environmental standards), managing finances and budgets, and promoting innovative project approaches. The role involves managing a team of contract managers and planners to ensure high-quality work and effective issue resolution.
Roles & Responsibilities
* Stakeholder management: Building and maintaining client relationships, managing complex issues and complaints, and ensuring effective communication between contract managers and clients.
* Financial Management: Overseeing project finances, including costings, gap analysis, financial reporting, and budgeting, in collaboration with the Commercial Director.
* People management: Leading and managing contract managers and planning managers, ensuring fair delegation, efficiency, and team support.
* Talent management: Mentoring team members, supporting development, setting objectives, and planning succession.
* Project management: Overseeing multiple projects, producing technical reports for clients and divisions.
* Compliance, health and safety: Ensuring site compliance, monitoring health and safety, and working with HSQE to improve safety and environmental standards.
* Business development: Supporting business growth through pricing, tendering, and client engagement.
* Resourcing: Managing project allocation, team workload, and sourcing of field teams and subcontractors.
* Asset management: Sourcing equipment and preparing business cases for new equipment needs.
* Decision making: Approving project work, ensuring proper management within financial constraints.
* Technologies: Collaborating with IT to enhance workplace systems and automation.
* Reporting: Providing regular updates on project progress, finances, compliance, and safety.
* Project scope: Managing regional projects exceeding £6m annually.
* Continual Process Improvement: Reviewing workflows and systems for efficiency and development.
* Support functions management: Ensuring compliance and standards across support functions.
* Accreditations: Maintaining and seeking new accreditations and revenue opportunities.
What we’re looking for
Essential Knowledge and Skills
* 5+ years in the rail industry or similar.
* 5+ years management experience in a similar sector.
* Knowledge of arboriculture and/or rail.
* Stakeholder engagement skills.
* Full UK driving license.
* Experience in manual roles within the industry.
* Hold COSS and SMSTS qualifications (training provided).
* HSQE qualifications such as NEBOSH, IOSH.
Desirable Knowledge and Skills
* Additional manual industry experience.
* Further qualifications in HSQE.
Additional Information
We support professional growth with clear career paths, training, and development programs. Enjoy growth opportunities, a collaborative environment, a competitive package including holiday entitlement, bonuses, benefits, and flexible working. Ground Control is a UK-based grounds maintenance company serving over 50,000 properties nationwide, offering services from grounds maintenance to electric vehicle charging installations.
If you wish to invest in your future with a company that values its people, click the apply button below to speak to our team.
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Ground Control is committed to diversity and inclusion, welcoming applicants from all backgrounds and ensuring an equitable recruitment process.
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