About The Role
We are looking for a Contracts Manager to join our Defence & Adjacent Markets division.
Reporting to the Regional Manager you will take responsibility for managing long term framework across our varied portfolio of civil infrastructure works in the safety and operationally critical environment based in Kent/ West/East Kent.
The role:
The Contract Manager’s purpose is to take ownership of all projects under their control; from client-liaison & ECI, tender, delivery to close-out and hand-over.
They will manage a project delivery team, including the line-management of Project Managers, ensuring that they have the correct resources to deliver the works.
The Contracts Manager will have Commercial ownership of the project, and will work closely with the Regional Manager and the Commercial team, to ensure that risks and issues are managed effectively allowing successful project delivery.
It is key that the Contracts Manager can build effective working relationships quickly with a variety of stakeholders and personalities. They should be comfortable in a variety of settings, able to adapt to their surroundings. This will enable them to develop relationships with key repeat clients (such as ongoing Frameworks) and have a clear understanding of the forward workload/pipeline to feed into the monthly cost and forecasting cycle.
Key duties & responsibilities:
Ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, an...