Our Southampton Capital (Planned refurbishments) team is currently seeking a dedicated Contracts Manager who embodies our values and can drive the successful completion of our refurbishment contracts.
We are currently in search of a dynamic Contracts Manager who will play a key role in building, engaging, and empowering the team, with dedication to ensuring quality delivery to our customers and clients.
Benefits:
* Be part of the company profit share scheme (12% of base salary achieved last year)
* Private mileage scheme and fuel card
* Let us help you prepare for your future with an enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings scheme
* Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance
* Annual leave, but you may want longer or less, so buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year
* Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice.
The Contracts Manager role:
* Responsible for leading the operational delivery of a variety of planned programs and contracts within Hampshire and Berkshire areas.
* With a direct labour team, you will lead by example, motivating, incentivising, and developing individuals - we believe in delivering our work directly. Therefore, you'll be involved in the recruitment, onboarding, and induction of new members.
* Instilling ownership and responsibility in your teams to support the successful delivery of works to the expected standards, on time and to budget.
* Health and Safety measures will be paramount to you, and you'll ensure they are in place and monitored.
* You will build relationships both internally and externally. We encourage commercial and operational teams to work closely together to ensure successful delivery of a contract.
* Be accountable and manage your own time so that you can visit site regularly to maintain productivity and be in the office to ensure procedures and reports are up to date.
What will you bring as a Contract Manager?
* Relevant experience in a similar role, within the housing refurbishment sector, more specifically, running kitchen and bathroom programs.
* Demonstrable experience in managing direct labour, including development and performance management of a team.
* An understanding of cost and risk management, as well as working to budgets.
* An SMSTS qualification (preferred) with a sound working knowledge of Health and Safety requirements (essential).
* A trade background (all trades considered to NVQ level 2 or equivalent) is preferred.
* The ability to build successful working relationships with customers, clients, and employees.
Additional benefits:
* Annual pay reviews.
* Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay.
* Training and development opportunities.
* Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family.
* Specsavers vouchers.
About Ian Williams Ltd:
Ian Williams is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Ian Williams—it is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different.
We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date based on application volumes.
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