This role is UK wide
Overview and Main Responsibilities:
The Contract Manager holds a pivotal role in project planning, ensuring optimal resourcing for upcoming projects and appointing competent site managers for each project. The Contract Manager is tasked with driving project performance to achieve a 97% delivery rate to the program and promptly reporting any risks or issues affecting program delivery to the senior management team.
Role Responsibilities:
* Provide final approval for civil construction drawings before their implementation.
* Attend weekly planning meetings with the aligned Ops manager and their team.
* Develop civil construction project programs for all sites and submit them to the ICP team for integration into the overall project program.
* Collaborate with the procurement team to review awarded projects, ensuring timely material orders with purchase orders and requisition sheets in place.
* Review weekly site reports from site managers before submission to the client.
* Line manage site managers, approving annual leave, updating sickness absence records, etc.
* Conduct monthly one-on-ones with site managers, reviewing performance and assisting in their professional development.
* Lead weekly project calls with the civils department, providing updates and facilitating knowledge sharing to address individual project risks and issues.
* Attend project update calls with clients, frequency determined on a project-by-project basis.
* Conduct one Health & Safety (H&S) Audit and one Quality of Work (QOW) inspection per month.
* Assist the SHEQ team in preparing the site H&S folder.
* Ensure proper site setup for each project, including noticeboards, banners, and signage.
* Collaborate with the SHEQ team to regularly review construction H&S documentation for validity and updates.
* Complete annual reviews of subcontractors to ensure compliance with H&S requirements.
* Aid the H&S team in accident or incident investigations.
* Assist in onboarding new subcontractors, ensuring they possess the relevant experience for civil construction work.
* Collaborate with the commercial estimating team during quotes for civil construction work, ensuring comprehensive scope capture and costing.
* Review civil construction budget before project initiation, sharing details with the site manager.
* Drive project productivity to maintain or exceed budgetary goals.
* Ensure no variations to contract work commence without written agreement from the commercial team.
* Review civil project production monthly at CVR reviews, ensuring adherence to or exceeding budget.
* Conduct a project completion commercial review with the commercial team, applying lessons learned for future projects and developing cost-saving initiatives.
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