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Assistant Contracts Manager
November 14, 2017 | Comments Off on Assistant Contracts Manager
An excellent opportunity has arisen due to local land acquisition to join our client, a well-established Contractor and growing executive Housing Developer based in Boston, Lincolnshire.
We are seeking an assistant Contracts Manager to will work along site, contracts managers, construction manager and Directors.
They could be working on a wide variety of projects in many different sectors eg, commercial, agricultural, housing, local authorities, education etc etc
They will be responsible for sending out enquires for materials, sub contract works and plant. This will entail working to the requirements of the procurement schedules and referring to the construction programme of works.
They will be responsible for compiling cost analysis and reporting back to the managers. Following the managers approval, they will be responsible for drafting and sending some material, plant and sub contract orders. They will be responsible for dealing with material shortages and damage. This will mean raising disputes and queries with suppliers and ensuring that any material shortage or damage is rectified promptly so as not to cause delays to site progress. This will need robust records of telephone calls and communicating these issues to the accounts teams so that invoices are flagged and not paid in error or before disputes have been closed out.
The role will require day to day communications with the site team to discuss and agree call off quantities and to agree delivery dates.
They will need to attend design coordination meetings and sub-contractor coordination meetings to gain a sound understanding of the project design and requirements.
They will attend regular progress meetings with the managers and assist in the preparation of progress report.
Health and safety issues will be a top priority in this role. Candidate will assist the manager to ensure that risk assessments, method statements and other assessments are all received or generated in a timely fashion so that they can be vetted and relayed to the site team and other affected parties before the work activities commence.
Candidate will assist the managers to ensure that the construction phase health and safety plan and the end of project health and safety file are put in place and robustly applied.
Candidates time will be split between regional office and sites to gain valuable site experience.
They will need to be commercially aware. They will need to be able to establish strong working relationships with a wide range of people. They will need to be a team player, but also need to be able to use you're their own initiative and make decisions on their own.
Candidate should be well-organised and capable of meeting deadlines. Good maths and IT skills will also be required.
These are important roles and as such, attract a competitive salary & benefits package
So if you would like the opportunity of joining their team, we would be delighted to hear from you.
If you would like to apply for this position, please call Tower Staff Construction on 01472 350498 (office hours 9:00 to 5:00) 07889 731158 out of office hours, or email us a copy of your CV.
Tower Staff Construction LTD welcomes job applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We regret, however, that we are unable to offer employment to anyone without documented proof of their right to live and work in the EU/EEA.
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