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Job description
Contract Manager – Oak Specialist Services
Location: Romford.
Oak Specialist Services is looking to recruit a Contract Manager to . To oversee site based activity of the business.
What you will be doing:
Duties will include promoting the new business to our existing clients, allocating and managing resources, quality, health and safety..
- The day to day management of all site operatives.
- Promote and deliver exceptional safety standards at all times, leading by example
- Management and maintenance of good quality control on site, including ensuring compliance with required QA Procedures, deliver exceptional quality and the electronic storage of all installations on Oak Fire Protection QA systems
- Promote the Company image, interest, reputation and standing within the business community
- Maintain good client relationships at all levels
- Develop and implement project delivery strategies to meet agreed outcomes
- Ensuring projects have adequate controls in place and implemented
- Ensuring that sufficient competent resources are deployed on projects
- Ensuring that all site non-conformities are reported and resolved with minimal disruption.
- Undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this role
- Attend tender handover meetings on secured projects and taking responsibility for all construction matters and performance
- Carry out on-site inspections and surveys prior to commencement and acceptance of handover of work areas
- Ordering of materials detailing correct specification and reference details and issuing requisitions to Buying Department and co-ordinate their ordering and delivery on a time and site specific basis
- Co-ordination of fire protection works with all interface packages with other sub-contractor managers and attend meetings as required
- Management and allocation of all staff, foremen, operatives and labour responsible for installing of fire protection works
- Management and minimisation of waste
- Management of all internal housekeeping and safety issues internally and on site, ensuring compliance with all HS&E standards and requirements
- Ensure Requests for Information are issued correctly and in accordance with Company processes and in a timely manner
- Ensure Change Control procedures (variations, confirmation of verbal instructions, etc) are properly used, specifically those that have a cost and/or time effect and assisting in ensuring their recovery, and can clearly demonstrate verification with project documentation
- Verify and check site records and timesheets to assist the Commercial Staff in the administration of subcontract payments and preparation and submission of external Interim Valuations and Applications for Payment, and Final Account
- Manage and maintain all records, including diaries, letters and e-mails, drawing site records, QA records, snagging sheets, computer data and all material to be archived
- Ensure proper record keeping of site progress, with photographs, written records, matrix tracking documents, marked–up drawings and collection of data, together with ensuring compliance with Company procedures
- Represent the Company at meetings where requested and ensure that the Company site team, operatives and labour are aware of their responsibilities
- Liaise and co-ordinate with all Business Unit departments to improve all levels of communication so as to benefit and develop the Company’s objectives
What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.
We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.
We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.
Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.
Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.
Our benefits:
We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.
- Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
- A wide range of corporate discounts
- Cycle to Work schemes
- Comprehensive pension plan
- Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
- Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
- Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role
About us:
Named Contractor of the Year by the Water Industry Awards, Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.
Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.
We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.
For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Oak Specialist Services business please contact John Kobelt at [email protected]
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Additional Information:
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.
We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.
Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Galliford Try are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.
