Assistant Contracts Manager

North Wales

Our Company

Our client are in the top 20 civil engineering companies in the UK. They specialise in projects such as highways and bridges, rail, utilities and energy, surfacing, maintenance, water management amongst others.

Operating out of strategically located centres, with a large directly employed workforce and extensive plant fleet, they have the flexibility and resources to respond swiftly to clients’ needs. Their experience embraces both the public and private sectors and includes major and minor capital projects, framework and term maintenance contracts, partnering and joint venture alliances.

Application Process

If this sounds like a challenge you are wanting to step up to, we want to hear from you! Send your CV to <email address removed> to be considered for the Assistant Construction Manager role.

If you would like more detail before applying, you can call me on <phone number removed> for a confidential conversation.

About the job

This role requires a person who has come from a construction background, you will have been operating at Agent level or similar and will want to step away from a site based role. You will be accountable to the Contracts Manager within the company for the day-to-day management and development of GRIP stages 2 to 5 on assigned projects. As an Assistant Contracts Manager, your responsibilities will include;

• Provide technical expertise to manage and develop all GRIP Stage 2 and 3 deliverables.

• Support ECI process on projects where options development and appraisal is required by the client.

• Liaison with client, CEM, CRE Civils, DPE, designer and other CRE disciplines as required.

• Contribute to project feasibility and option development phases on assigned projects.

• Maintain technical knowledge and status in line with post.

• In liaison with the CEM and CRE’s ensure design or construction complies with current applicable standards, legislative requirements and specification.

• Participate in interdisciplinary design check meetings as necessary.

• Provide support for tender processes including review of pre-tender information, planning, estimating and quality submissions.

• Compliance with the Construction (Design) Management Regulations 2015 and the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006.

• Identify any proposals for improving environmental sustainably or safety performance in regard to construction methodology.

• Complete the Construction Phase Plan and Work Package Plan methodology and risk mitigation measures to Network Rail standard NR/L2/OHS/0044.

• Complete presentations for the handover of development to operations

• Maintain a design lessons learnt register.

The Requirements to be an Assistant Contracts Manager;

• Civil Engineering, preferably working too or has Chartered Status.

• At least six years’ relevant experience in a construction or project management role, within the railway industry.

• Knowledge of the GRIP Process.

• Excellent leadership, communication and IT skills.

• Relevant CSCS card.

The remuneration for the Assistant Contracts Manager role is as follows;

• Salary is dependent on experience

• Car or car allowance

• 25 days’ holiday +bank holiday (this will increase with service)

• Company Pension

• Overtime