CONTRACTS MANAGER - LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST

Position: Contracts Manager Full-time Permanent
Days of work: Mon-Fri
Hours of work: 8:00am to 5:00pm
Location: London and South East
Salary: Dependent upon qualifications and previous experience
Blakedown Landscapes is an award-winning landscaping and civil engineering specialist delivering high quality projects throughout the UK. Our portfolio spans all sectors from local authorities, royal parks, commercial developers, schools and universities to high-end luxury developers. Much of our work is as a result of long-term relationships based on trust and expert workmanship built up over more than five decades.
Due to our continued growth, we are seeking a Contracts Manager with previous experience and success in managing and delivering multi-disciplinary commercial landscape projects, on time, to specification and producing the budgeted margin. Contracts in London and South East, ranging in value between £100K to £4.5 Million.

• Completion of contracts on time and to specification.
• Ensuring gross margins are maintained on contracts.
• Management of sub-contractors and direct labour.
• Procurement and management of resources (plant, equipment and materials).
• Delivering contracts in line with our Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental standards.
• Carrying out Safety, Quality and Environmental audits.
• Production and ongoing development of Construction Phase Plans
• Production/ Review of RAMS
• Production and management of programmes of work.
• Maintaining site records.
• Effective client/ project team communication and relationship building.
• Proactive approach to contract delivery, highlighting any potential problems and proposing solutions.
• Production and presentation of monthly progress reports
• Production and submission of monthly valuations
• Recording of AIs, pricing of variations/ account management
• Compilation and recording RFIs and RVIs.
• Project reviews at the end of each project.