A Contracts Manager is required for a busy main contractor based in Bristol, this contractor has been running for over 30 years with multiple offices in Surrey, Oxfordshire and Hampshire. Combined they bring in a turnover £200m+

To deliver multiple D&B projects in the primary, secondary and further education sectors, plus healthcare, commercial, industrial and blue light sectors. Typically ranging in value from £1m to £25m in the Bristol areas

You will be responsible for managing multiple contracts from pre-contract stages, and construction phase though to handovers through your delivery teams. You will lead your project teams holding ultimate responsibility for client liaison, the smooth and timely progress of construction on site, and financial success working with your Commercial Manager.

You will have a positive impact across your projects, empowering, developing and supporting your project teams. You will be proactive, look ahead to identify key areas of risk and opportunity and help your teams to plan for these, providing support in challenging design, build, client and sub-contractor issues throughout.

You will be responsible for driving high standards in everything from health and safety, quality, positive client relationships, detailed forward planning and programming, positive supply chain relationships, adherence to company process and procedures, plus rolling out lessons learnt and initiatives across your projects.

Based in the Bristol Office, you will be responsible for overseeing 2-3 construction teams on live projects, plus have input to at least one in preconstruction.

This role would suit an experienced Contracts Manager.

About the Company/Client/Project:

The client is a busy and growing Southern main contractor, with a network of offices, achieving on average a turnover of £90m+ annually for the Southern region; with secured workload in the education, healthcare, commercial, industrial, local authority and blue light sectors.

Requirements including certificates and qualifications:

You will be an experienced Contracts Manager with a proven track record of successful project delivery and leadership of project teams within a Tier 1 or 2 main contracting organisation.

Need to be comfortable managing multiple projects up to £6m.

Key attributes will include excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, client facing skills, design team and site team management, technical, contractual and commercial knowledge, plus vision, focus and drive.

Reporting to the Construction Director who is very operationally focused, you will be proactive, and embrace the attitude of continuous improvement through challenging the norms and looking to exceed expectations through your teams, plus supporting them to be future PMs and SSMs.

High standards, attention to detail and the drive will be very well rewarded with excellent salary, benefits, promotional and development prospects.

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