Contracts Manager, Senior Manager

As Contracts Manager, your aim is to ensure that we provide a market leading customer experience, and to lead our teams to deliver safe, quality, and profitable contracts on time. be responsible for building strong project teams.
be responsible for planning and developing courses of action that initiate and achieve substantial strategic objectives, exercising broad autonomy and judgement.
Have expert knowledge, skill and experience in all forms of Construction.
understand the complexities and challenges of delivering technical and complex construction projects.
You will take responsibility for multiple projects as well as being involved in the pre-construction stages of projects as well as post construction issues that may arise after Practical Completion.

The Contracts Manager has overall responsibility for the co-ordination, management, and delivery of assigned projects, ensuring they are completed profitably, safely, on time and to an acceptable standard whilst maintaining and promoting strong client relationships.

You will ensure the most effective and efficient utilisation of people and resources required for the duration of the project.

You will report to the Construction Director.

Provide leadership, challenge, and support to our project teams.
Maintain and develop strong customer relationships.
Develop and implement project delivery strategies aligned to business plan KPIs and project objectives. Ensuring also, that all functions (design, planning for example) are engaged.
Participate in the tendering process including input into the development of programmes, methodologies, quality submissions and playing an active role at tender interviews.
Building relationships with our customers and their wider teams, engaging them and communicating clearly with them throughout the projects.
Hold strong relationships and contribute to the management of our supply chain.
With the Commercial Manager, develop and own the project risk and opportunities register(s). Identify and respond to risks with clear plans of action, and support for your teams.
Ensure that company standards and processes are adhered to, including but not limited to: health, safety, environment, wellbeing, quality, programme, commercial and contract, and profitability.
Responsible for all pre-construction, construction, and post construction operational management.
Work closely with the Commercial Manager to ensure all Contract Documentation, and administration is managed.
Ensure that Project reviews, and reports are accurate, robust and timely.
Ensure that all project deliverables are achieved (for example, BREEAM, Considerate Constructors)
Undertake all relevant training and development activities as required for yourself and your team. Manage and develop our people, mentoring and coaching as necessary.
Continually develop knowledge of innovative construction techniques and products to enhance the business and fulfil company CPD requirements.
We are VINCI Building

Operating from our network of offices throughout England and Wales, VINCI Building delivers new build, refurbishment and associated fitout works, with particular expertise in the education, healthcare, industrial, air, retail, commercial and mixed-use sectors.

We are active in a wide range of sectors and value bands, allowing us to provide a regional service with national resources.

VINCI Building delivers complex projects and programmes, blending our corporate stability with the local knowledge our teams offer.

We take the time to understand and make a positive difference to each community that we work in to ensure that our projects leave a lasting legacy.

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Building is about recognising and celebrating each other’s differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; VINCI Building recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.