Job Introduction
Are you an experienced and dynamic Contracts Manager looking for your next position?
We are currently looking for a Contracts Manager to provide leadership, guidance and direction to the local contract management teams in Bromley and Bexley, ensuring objectives and targets associated within the contracts are achieved, whilst building strong and lasting relationships with our clients.
Within this role you will manage effective allocation of operational resources, driving best practice and continuous improvement. Reporting to the Contracts Director and working closely with the Commercial Team, you will strive to maximise financial returns on all aspects of the contracts.
Role Responsibility
As the successful Contracts Manager, you will be responsible for safety, health and environment within the contracts, ensuring full compliance with all business policies and procedures, alongside accountability for the effective delivery of contractual objectives and KPIs and overall Riney Business Strategy.
On a day-to-day basis, duties and responsibilities of the Contracts Manager will include (not exhaustive):
1. Driving performance improvement in relations to safety, promoting a zero tolerance towards accidents and by instilling a culture of health and safety best practice by setting a personal example
2. Delivery of Contract Budget and Forecast
3. Driving the effective management of any exposure to both financial and contractual risk, maximising financial return on all contracts and ensuring prompt cash collection within contract provisions
4. Developing & maintaining key client relationships
5. Working closely with Tarmac to maximise the use of internal products and services
6. Driving performance improvements, sharing best practice across the business
7. Effectively managing, coaching and developing direct reports, driving employee engagement
8. Actively contributing to the training plans for all contracts
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal Contracts Manager will be commercially astute to deliver programmes on time and within budget, with managerial experience ideally within the Contracting industry providing leadership to complex contracts.
Suitable candidates for the Contracts Manager role will possess the following:
9. Product / Service Technical Knowledge
10. Health & Safety IOSH or equivalent Certification
11. IT Literate Word Excel, Project and PowerPoint
12. Operational technical Knowledge
13. Estimating / Costing / Financial Management Systems
14. Ability to work to tight deadlines
15. Effective communication skills
16. CSCS Qualification
The role is based at Belvedere with travel required to various office and site locations within the London area.
At J B Riney, our people are our company. The way in which we treat our people – both our employees and the communities in which we live and work. J B Riney is a long- established Civil Engineering company who have operated in the Greater London area for nearly 40 years. Working alongside many Local Authorities and Councils, our well-earned reputation is built on local knowledge, reliability, quality products and services as well as a customer focused delivery.
Here at JB Riney, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.
Why Us
Along with the role of Contracts Manager we additionally offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits:
17. Bonus scheme
18. Contributory pension scheme
19. Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
20. Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
21. Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female Voice, and Menopause
22. Training and development opportunities