Contracts Manager
Location: Yeovil office, covering around Bristol, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Somerset and Wiltshire - Typically working Monday to Friday 39 hours.
As a Contracts Manager for Novus, you’ll see the impact and improvements your role delivers to customers and team every day – taking your job satisfaction to new levels. This varied and challenging role offers an opportunity to work with and manage a skilled professional team, a secure environment with long‑term contracts and the chance to grow and learn. You will lead a small team of Site Managers delivering responsive repairs and void works in a social housing setting. Ensure contracts are completed to programme, with zero defects, within budget and with no risk to health & safety of the operation team, the client or the public. The successful candidate will be client‑facing and have extensive knowledge of responsive repairs and voids within a social housing environment, with the team delivering around 65 responsive jobs daily and 12 voids per week.
Utilising your contracts management skills, you’ll also look for ways to add real social value to the communities and customers you work with. Supported by peers, team and management to solve problems, you will be trusted to make decisions to grow and develop relationships and revenue.
What’s in it for you?
* Attractive salary & benefits
* 27 days holiday & bank holidays – option to buy or sell holidays
* Company pension scheme – up to 7.5%
* Discounted health‑care scheme, high‑street & lifestyle discounts including Taste card, a day paid volunteering per year, length of service awards, and more…
An outline of your responsibility as a Contracts Manager
* Manage the selection and formation of site personnel teams (inc. sub‑contractors) as determined by individual contracts.
* Manage site personnel, work activities and resources to meet the requirements of individual contracts.
* Control individual contract progress, focusing on completion within time frames and budget.
* Ensure all necessary contract documentation and reports are accurate and produced on time.
* Attend monthly client meetings to review performance and future planning of works.
* Assist in the presentation of the contract brief to the client.
* Ensure that WIP is maintained and KPIs are being met, through a good understanding of PPP (Price per property models) and schedules of rates.
About You
As an experienced Contracts Manager you will have worked within responsive repairs and void works contracts, both internal and external, in a social housing environment. Ideally you will hold SMSTS or an associated NVQ; if expired we will support renewal. The essential quality is the knowledge and skills that accompany the qualification. Our preferred candidate is an experienced, knowledgeable self‑starter who focuses on delivery, communicates well with the team and ensures everyday runs smoothly. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence to travel to sites daily along with a DBS check.
A little bit about us
Novus Property Solutions is a dynamic, award‑winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 19 locations across Great Britain. We provide a combination of local knowledge and national strength. As a social and environmentally responsible family‑owned business with a 128‑year heritage, we deliver bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients. Our vision is to be the leader in building and maintenance solutions, delivered with compassion and care for the communities in which we operate.
At Novus Property Solutions we value people, and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand that many applicants may not meet all criteria, so we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all qualifications or hold all certifications. You may be just the person we are looking for.
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