An exciting opportunity for an experienced Contracts Manager / or Senior Project Manager to join a leading Rail contractor in their South East Business unit

The Role:

As Contracts Manager you will be responsible day to day, for the operational management of the regional Framework(s) for our key rail client, which will include the financial monitoring and control of the reactive maintenance work stream and individual projects within the portfolio, also ensuring Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality compliance is maintained and the Company's procedures and objectives are achieved.

As the senior lead on the framework you will have overall responsibility for all associated:

• Client Liaison, interface and management including maintaining key relationships with client representatives involved with the Framework Contract. Attending regular Client scheduled Framework progress meetings, design coordination meetings, commercial meetings and the like as required.

• Programme planning and management

• Commercial Planning - Responsibility and accountability for successful execution of the Framework in terms of quality of work, maintenance of schedule, budget and profit margins, along with the client satisfaction from commencement to close-out. Ensuring site teams comply with company commercial policies and procedures by monitoring and controlling the project performance against budget, identification of changes in the scope of work and ensuring that change orders are current and adequate.

• Oversee the preparation of early warning and change instruction documentation in conjunction with the commercial team.

• Produce and analyse progress reports, updated costs and forecasts jointly with the teams.

• Implement the risk management process

• Review the CVRs monthly with the project teams in advance of the main CVR monthly review implementing necessary actions.

• Overall responsibility and management of all associated Safety, Health, Environment & Quality matters across the framework.

Requirements

• To excel in this role, you will have previous experience in a Framework / Contracts Manager position or as a progressive Senior Project Manager.

• You will need to understand all aspects of the contracting process, and technical construction requirements and good commercial acumen is essential.

• Successful candidates needs to be able to establish strong working relationships with a wide range of people.

• Relevant qualification in civil engineering

• Civil Engineering and rail project/framework experience is essential

• Contractual experience with NEC or bespoke NR forms of contract