Project Manager / Contracts Manager

Bristol (South West)

£55k - £64k + Car

Sphere Solutions are currently recruiting for a Contracts Manager to work predominantly in the Bristol area, for a large civil engineering contractor on a permanent basis.

Job Role:

The Contract Manager will support the division to achieve its Business Plan through the implementation of the agreed operational process, proactive management of project teams and client relationships and professional, mature, collaborative involvement in the wider operational delivery team.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the work outputs and responsibilities of direct reports
• Manages and supports others to provide a collaborative working environment where controlled autonomy is given allowing the team to thrive perform to a high standard, individually and collectively.
• Responsible for ensuring projects are delivered with efficiency, using best practice and continually improving.
• Responsible to understanding, reviewing and suggesting reasonable improvements to the management system, in conjunction with the wider business, to ensure it delivers desirable outcomes.
• Responsible for building and maintaining good quality, professional and productive relationships with the clients, suppliers and colleagues before, during and after completion of individual projects
• Must continually seek out opportunity for improvement in delivery of projects in the short, medium and long term. Must also identify risks which exist or are likely to exist and develop means to mitigate the effects of those risks occurring.
• Responsible for achieving reasonably set operational targets on projects using process and procedure which is passed down and embedded within the wider integrated management system. Where outcomes and process conflict, responsible for making those conflicts known to the operations Manager with evidence to provide substantive professional statement.

Person Specification

• Excellent knowledge of NEC4 contracts
• Must have sufficient operational and/or commercial experience to understand fully how a project can and should be managed
• Civil Engineering background
• Previous experience in a similar role or as Project Manager essential.
• Degree qualified e.g. Civil Engineering (desirable).
• An operational background would be highly desirable
• Excellent Communication and Management skills

40 hours a week

Monday - Friday

If you are interested and would like further details, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.