At Bellway we recognise that people are the key to our success and our goal is to provide a rewarding and fulfilling career in line with our values of quality, service and trust. In addition to this we are committed to being a more inclusive employer and invite applications from a variety of backgrounds.
There is an exciting opportunity to join Bellway, one of the UK’s largest house builders. Our Durham Division, located in Houghton-le-Spring is looking to recruit a Contracts Manager to join the Division’s Construction team.
The Role
The role of Contracts Manager plays a crucial role to ensure the total performance of the Construction team’s role in producing a quality product in a safe environment for the customer and the Construction team, with on time delivery, to budget along with excellent customer service.
This role of Contracts Manager reports to the Head of Construction.
Principal accountabilities of the Contracts Manager role include:
1. Motivate, support and manage Site Managers by providing training, coaching and support as required to improve performance.
2. Control preliminary costs in accordance with budget.
3. Plan and programme work methods and build sequence on sites of responsibility.
4. Regularly visit sites and attend weekly sub-contract meetings with Site Manager and Housing Association representatives ensuring that all necessary resources and information are made available to achieve programme dates or any target dates that may be set from time to time.
5. Inspect quality of work during the construction process and give advice and support to Site Managers as required.
6. Inspect record books on site relating to health and safety, NHBC, Customer Plot Files, Building Control records, plant and machinery records and scaffold records.
7. Ensure that costs are controlled efficiently and that all resources are being used effectively.
8. Keep up to date with customer care issues on sites to enable discussion with a view getting any issues resolved in a timely manner.
Experience, Qualifications and Skills
Experience
9. Experience of working as a Senior Site Manager, Construction/Contracts Manager within the high volume house builder.
10. Experience of health and safety obligations, building legislation and NHBC standards.
Qualifications and Training
11. Relevant CSCS card
12. SMSTS certificate
13. Construction Management Level 4+ apprenticeship is desirable
14. Full UK driving licence
Skills and Aptitude
15. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of people
16. Ability to liaise with internal and external personnel
17. Able to plan and programme work methods and build sequence for sites
18. Control preliminary costs in accordance with budget
19. Good administration skills
20. Able to work to deadlines in a fast paced environment
21. Ability to work on own initiative, with excellent attention to detail
22. Proficient IT skills along with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and outlook)
23. Committed to diversity and inclusion
The Role and Working Conditions
24. Willing to be flexible in respect to day to day duties and hours worked
25. Daily travel to development sites and Divisional Head Office.
In return we can offer you:
26. Competitive salary
27. Company car or car allowance
28. Competitive bonus scheme
29. 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
30. Contributory pension scheme
31. Life assurance
We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a large volume of applications are received.