* Company: Bellway Homes
* Salary: Competitive
* Type: Full Time
* Region: UK - North East
* Town/City: Houghton-le-Spring, Durham
* Posted: 30/05/2025
* Listed in: Contracts Manager
* Reference: 279378CON
Job Description
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
Motivate, support and manage Site Managers by providing training, coaching and support as required to improve performance.
Control preliminary costs in accordance with budget.
Plan and programme work methods and build sequence on sites of responsibility.
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.
Inspect quality of work during the construction process and give advice and support to Site Managers as required.
Inspect record books on site relating to health and safety, NHBC, Customer Plot Files, Building Control records, plant and machinery records and scaffold records.
Ensure that costs are controlled efficiently and that all resources are being used effectively.
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
Experience, Qualifications and Skills
Experience of working as a Senior Site Manager, Construction/Contracts Manager within the high volume house builder.
Experience of health and safety obligations, building legislation and NHBC standards.
Qualifications And Training
Relevant CSCS card
SMSTS certificate
Construction Management Level 4+ apprenticeship is desirable
Full UK driving licence
Skills and Aptitude
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of people
Ability to liaise with internal and external personnel
Able to plan and programme work methods and build sequence for sites
Control preliminary costs in accordance with budget
Good administration skills
Able to work to deadlines in a fast paced environment
Ability to work on own initiative, with excellent attention to detail
Proficient IT skills along with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and outlook)
Committed to diversity and inclusion
The Role and Working Conditions
Willing to be flexible in respect to day to day duties and hours worked
Daily travel to development sites and Divisional Head Office.
In Return We Can Offer You
Competitive salary
Company car or car allowance
Competitive bonus scheme
25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
Contributory pension scheme
Life assurance
We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a large volume of applications are received.
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