Contracts Manager Rail – Buildings Asset Maintenance Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire Overview: An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Contracts Manager to lead a dynamic team within the rail and buildings asset management framework in the Eastern region. The role encompasses overseeing both projects and minor works throughout the Eastern rail network, with a focus on maintenance and repair of various rail assets within the buildings asset management portfolio. Business Unit: Join a busy environment dedicated to rail maintenance and asset management that handles ‘high volume, low value’ maintenance projects—both reactive and planned. The business unit’s primary focus is on maintaining and repairing rail assets under a long-term framework/contract agreement. Key Responsibilities: Operational Management: Oversee the Eastern buildings Asset Management Framework for Network Rail, ensuring compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards. Client Liaison: Maintain key relationships with client representatives and attend regular framework progress, design coordination, and commercial meetings. Programme and Commercial Planning: Ensure successful execution of the framework, maintaining quality, schedule, budget, and profit margins, while ensuring client satisfaction from project commencement to close-out. Project Controls: Monitor project performance against budgets, handle scope change identification, and ensure timely change orders and early warning notifications. Reporting and Analysis: Produce and analyse progress reports, updated cost forecasts, and lead monthly review meetings with project teams. Risk Management: Implement a comprehensive risk management process to pre-emptively identify and mitigate potential risks. Safety Management: Be accountable for all safety, health, environment, and quality matters within the framework. Requirements: Experience: Proven track record in a Framework/Contracts Management position within buildings, civil engineering, rail infrastructure maintenance sectors. Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of contracting processes, technical construction specifications, and budget management. Relationship Building: Ability to establish strong working relationships with diverse stakeholders. Educational Background: Relevant qualifications in buildings/civil engineering. Industry Experience: Essential experience within buildings maintenance frameworks with a solid understanding of NEC or bespoke Network Rail forms of contract. Benefits: Competitive salary based on experience. Company car or car allowance. 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with increases based on service). Company contributory pension scheme. Life insurance coverage. Westfield Health Cash Plan & Rewards. Employee referral scheme with generous incentives. Opportunities for personal and professional development. A commitment to consistent learning and a supportive workplace environment. If you are passionate about construction and engineering and have proven expertise in contract management, we encourage you to apply and join our team in helping manage critical rail infrastructure for the future. The Company Why AmcoGiffen? You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit. AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more. Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent. We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation. Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork. AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen. Health & Wellbeing Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services. Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team: tom.peachamcogiffen.co.uk Recruitment Manager