Contracts Manager

Job title: Contracts Manager

Company: RSK Group


Job description: CR Civil Engineering part of the RSK Group are a family run business, based in the Midlands, operating throughout England and Wales. We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Contracts Manager to join our growing team in our office in Rotherham, UK.The Role:The jobholder is responsible for the financial monitoring and control of the contracts, ensuring Health & Safety, Environmental and Quality compliance is maintained and the Company’s procedures and objectives are achieved.The role is regionally based covering live contracts within various sectors, including Highways, Water Industry and general civil engineering projects.Responsibilities:

• Plan and manage the pre-construction of each project and ensure they are programmed and ready to the level of detail necessary for the site team to deliver the scheme without delays to start on time.
• Work closely with estimating department to assist with tendering process.
• Work closely with commercial teams to review contracts.
• Work closely with procurement teams to set up and manage supply chain partners.
• Produce Risk Assessment and Method Statement packs preconstruction, and ensure sites are updating and monitoring as throughout the project life cycle.
• Ensure reconciliation of materials is carried out in accordance with Company procedures to best value, to prevent delays.
• Attend tender handover meetings and deliver pre-start meetings to the site team.
• Ensure site team compliance with Company commercial policies and procedures.
• Ensure a commercial plan and end of life forecast is in place and monitored monthly for the successful commercial delivery of the project.
• Produce and analyse progress reports, updated costs, and forecasts.
• Ensure correct commercial engagement of subcontractors.
• Implement the risk management process, review risk registers and check risk controls.
• Review CVRs monthly with project teams, implementing necessary actions.
• Ensure weekly review of progress, budget resources and forward planning are carried out and a lookahead programme is in place, ensuring your teams are project reporting accurately and honestly.
• Chair and attend various internal and external meetings and ensure the production of accurate records of any discussions and actions.
• By example, set the highest possible standards of leadership in promotion of HS&E procedures and best practice, ensuring compliance with Company procedures and legal obligations.
• Maintain and manage construction sites and subcontractors, ensuring all subcontractors follow CR procedures and processes.
• Onboarding, allocating and managing Subcontractors and sub contract labour
• Develop and spend time in person, on site, with Foremen and all levels of site management to ensure they are being supported, and instilling confidence within your team.
• Have the flexibility and ability to work from site, having a presence on site drives those around you who respect your experience and ability, leaning on your seniority for guidance.
• Oversee and ensure that HE&E related documents are kept up to date and undertake site visits, ensuring that the required paperwork is produced, liaising with the necessary parties.
• Ensure compliance and production of ITPs are being produced by the site teams
• Deliver projects without safety incidents, within time and to budget.
• Act by our values of Dedication, Adaptability, Efficiency, and Integrity.
• Drive cultural standards of behaviours for Home Safe, Fairness and Respect, Sustainable Solutions and Nurturing Success accordance with our Commitments.
• Drive the performance standards of site staff, including performance appraisals and disciplinaries.
• Provide feedback to Senior Leadership on business opportunities, performance and improvements.

Key Requirements/Qualifications:

• Experienced in Water industry and Highways.

• Ability to work in a fast- paced environment.
• NEC 3&4 Contract knowledge, including drafting notifications and supporting programming and managing client relations with regards to contractual matters.
• Set standards of health and safety
• Experience of leading a team of site workers across multiple site locations.
• Experience of planning and organising own workload
• Ability to manage customer, supplier & stakeholder relationships.
• Good verbal and written skills
• Knowledge of health and safety legislation
• Knowledge of CDM and industry requirements
• Awareness of employment legislation and best practice
• Computer literacy, MS Office suite
• Ability to identify problems and devise solutions.
• Ability to meet targets and deadlines, often under difficult conditions.
• Ability to manage a team or task in accordance with the project plan
• Willingness to undertake training and development.
• Produce complex project specific RAMS.
• Take off materials from drawings and schedule for procurement.

Qualifications:Mandatory

• CSCS
• NVQ level 7
• NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction (UK)
• Full UK driving licence
• First aid

Desirable

• National Highways Passport
• Appointed Person (Lifting)
• IOSH Managing Safely

Salary & Benefits:

• Salary Commensurate on experience.
• 42.5 hours / week (Mon – Fri)
• Pension
• 25 days annual leave (Ex BH)
• Discretional annual bonus

The RSK Group are an equal opportunity employer#civilengineer #construction #rskfamilyRSK will not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies other than RSK PSL or Secondary agenciesOur company’s modest beginning is rooted in a simple but ambitious aim: to create a positive working environment in which our workers thrive, and our services excel. After 23 years, we have grown from a small team of three to a company known for its safe and professional manner, while achieving the highest standards for our clients. We are ambitious and continue to expand, owing to our company vision and ethos. We have permanent locations throughout the Midlands, South Yorkshire and South Wales, including our extensive range of resources and assets to support our nationwide schemes. Our highly skilled workforce and wide range of plant and machinery ensure self-dependency and efficiency.CR Civil Engineering is always investing in training, technology and machinery to refine its extensive civil engineering services, including civil, structural and geotechnical engineering and contracting, structural maintenance and repair and hard and soft landscaping, provided to the highways, water, rail and other sectors throughout the UK.CR Civil Engineering is part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors. RSK was founded in 1989 and has grown considerably since then.At RSK, we operate as a group of businesses that work together seamlessly, aiming for growth through diversification. Our strategy helps us build a strong and resilient business, capable of weathering external challenges, while also providing greater value to our clients and more opportunities for our employees.Since the beginning, our philosophy has remained the same: employ, develop and reward talented individuals. People are crucial to our company, and we recognise that our success hinges on our colleagues’ growth. We’re committed to preserving RSK’s people-first culture, promoting innovation, and fostering a supportive and caring environment for collaboration. At RSK, we want you to be part of our successes and help you reach your career aspirations. We take pride in offering employees fulfilling and challenging careers by promoting ongoing growth and empowering individuals to excel.We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We firmly believe that embracing and celebrating the diversity in our workforce makes us a stronger and more innovative company.By providing workplace adjustments, we make it easier for people to confidently explore and pursue our career opportunities and recognise that flexibility is key to fostering a dynamic and thriving workplace. Many of our office-based positions benefit from a flexible working arrangement, allowing our team members to achieve a balance between professional and personal commitments.We actively encourage applications from candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, ages, neurotypes, religions or beliefs, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities.If you’re passionate about making a difference, join us as we work together to build a brighter, more equitable, and sustainable future for all. Do you have what it takes?

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Location: Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Job date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 08:58:13 GMT

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