Contracts Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Contracts Manager/ Project Manager to join our client in Failsworth, North East Manchester. The client is an interior fit out contractor who have a long and successful tradition of delivering high quality retail fit out projects across the UK.

The Contracts Manager will be working on a range of projects from £50k to £1.5m mainly in the shopfitting sector for clients such as Costa Coffee, WHSmith, Holland & Barrett, Pizza Express and Pret a Manger. We are looking for a Contracts Manager with experience of running interiors fit out projects of various sizes. You must have excellent organisational and communication skills, be able to manage a varied workload and work well in a fast paced and reactive environment. This is a key position in the business and requires an organised and proactive approach. You will need to work unsupervised and be effective in managing your own time and workloads. Travel and flexibility will be required as projects can be nationwide.

You will oversee the planning, co-ordination and control of all projects assigned to you from inception to the completion of all snagging and will control project timescales, costs and progress and keep the Senior Management Team informed of these.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Monitor appropriate labour and site management specific to the project
• Control and analysis of labour costs alongside the QS
• Attend and contribute to client and contracts meetings
• Collate, manage and sign off snagging works completed by project support team
• Record variations from site and liaise with the QS team
• Responsible for site health and safety from pre-contract stage through to project completion
• Promote commercial awareness for on-site projects
• Liaise with supply chain team to ensure compliance and effective site set up.
• Ensure quality of workmanship in line company expectations
• Deliver projects to agreed program of works
• Monitor program of works and identify shortfalls and solutions

Required skills and experience:

• Excellent time keeping and ability to manage own workload and work to deadlines
• A passion for delivering a professional service and quality product
• Ideal candidate will be friendly, proactive, have good organisational skills and have a high attention to detail
• Must have good IT skills - Microsoft skills including Excel and Project
• Professional qualification in project management desirable
• Experience of working on retail/ shopfitting projects