Contracts Manager
Location: Sheffield
Salary is negotiable dependant on level of experience plus:
- Company Car / Car Allowance
- Ad hoc Hybrid working
- days holiday + Statutory Bank Holidays
- Company Sick Pay
- Excellent training & development opportunities,
- Healthcare options
- Company Pension and Death in Service scheme of 2x annual salary
Summary
A Tier One Principal Contractor, operating throughout England and Wales, delivering multi-disciplinary buildings and civil engineering projects for Network Rail and other infrastructure clients
Has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Contracts Manager to join the business and lead a growing team within the rail and Buildings Eastern (BAM) Framework. The role involves overseeing both projects and minor works throughout the Eastern rail network, with a focus on maintenance and repair of various buildings and platforms.
You will join a team dedicated to rail buildings maintenance and asset management that handles maintenance projects, both reactive and planned. The business unit's primary focus is on maintaining and repairing rail assets under a long-term framework agreement, which includes:
- Stations - Buildings, Platforms, Car Parks
- Line side buildings
- Maintenance Delivery Units
- Signal Box's
- Ancillaries
Responsibilities
Operational Management: Oversee the buildings Management Framework for Network Rail, ensuring compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards.
Client Liaison: Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to make decisions under pressure.
Programme and Commercial Planning: Strong understanding of NEC3/NEC4 contracts, particularly regarding compensation events and risk management. Commercially astute, with experience in budgeting, forecasting, cost management.
Project Controls: Monitor project performance against budgets, handle scope change identification, and ensure timely change orders and early warning notifications.
Reporting and Analysis: Produce and analyse progress reports, updated cost forecasts, and lead monthly review meetings with project teams.
Risk Management: Implement a comprehensive risk management process to pre-emptively identify and mitigate potential risks.
Safety Management: Be accountable for all safety, health, environment, and quality matters within the framework, maintaining knowledge of health, safety, and environmental regulations applicable to the rail industry.
Candidate specification
- Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to make decisions under pressure.
- Knowledge of health, safety, and environmental regulations applicable to the rail industry.
- Strong understanding of NEC3/NEC4 contracts, particularly regarding compensation events and risk management. Commercially astute, with experience in budgeting, forecasting, cost management.
- Proven experience managing framework contracts within rail, infrastructure, or buildings asset management.
- Experience overseeing both reactive maintenance and project works in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience working on Network Rail Frameworks
- Relevant engineering or commercial qualification (e.g. BSc Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying or NVQ 6/7 in Construction minimum or suitably qualified by experience.
- Railway Safety Training (PTS) or willingness to obtain
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