Contracts Manager - Barnes Construction

The Company
Barnes Construction is the largest division of The Barnes Group Limited and offers a comprehensive professional construction service.  Since the Company was formed in 1978, we have established ourselves as a client-focused building contractor, completing various projects for blue chip and repeat business clients.  Whilst our Head Office is based in Ipswich, we operate throughout the UK on a wide range of projects.

We are recruiting for a Contracts Manager to join our team.  The successful candidate is ideally based within our operating area of East Anglia, working across our sites and in our Ipswich Head Office.

Reporting to: Divisional Director

Location: Ipswich Head Office/Barnes Construction sites

Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: Competitive

Personal attributes and skills.

• Well-presented and distinguishable team leader, who represents the Company as the primary point of contact for the project.
• Lead by example – demonstrate a strong work ethic that permeates through the delivery teams.
• A strong commitment to the business and its personal approach to contracting.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with our clients and supply-chain.
• Highly self-motivated with a positive can-do approach to drive the project to a successful completion.
• Strong project management skills – experience of leading a construction team in the delivery of an outstanding service and quality projects, whilst working to tight deadlines.
• Excellent IT skills to prepare and deliver accurate reports on the progress of live projects.
• Effectively communicate with and motivate our site team, internal craftspeople and operatives.
• Ability to lead our delivery team, mentor junior colleagues and report to Directors on key project issues.
• Experience of devising plans for successful, safe and economical delivery of the works.
• Assist our Pre-Contract Department with current bids and contribute to securing future projects.

Job role specific knowledge/experience required

Time:

• Ability to control the progression of the works and produce construction programmes using ASTA software, accounting for project and market constraints.
• Ability to monitor and report on the advancement of the works and develop mitigation measures in the event of project delays.

Cost & Risk:

• Ability to understand and work within budgets – control site expenditure and ensure variations are identified and instructed.
• A strong understanding of risk – capture, manage and mitigate risk throughout the project.

Quality:

• Ability to understand and follow drawings and specifications for the works.
• Ensure excellent quality assurance plans are developed and maintained by our delivery managers and supply-chain.

Health & Safety:

• Good knowledge of current Health & Safety law and practices.
• Ability to develop and implement a site Health and Safety Plan and manage all onsite activities.

The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK and a full driving licence.

The duties of the position will vary from time to time as a result of new initiatives, new or amended employment legislation, changes in technology, policy changes or re-structuring.  In these cases, appropriate training may be given to enable the post holder to undertake any new/varied work.

The post holder may also be requested to attend training courses and/or briefing sessions that may fall outside of the normal working week.

Benefits
The Company actively encourages continued training and offers realistic long-term career opportunities throughout the Group. The position reflects this ethos and offers the usual fringe benefits of a competitive salary, contributory pension, profit based discretionary bonus, life assurance, annual leave, car allowance and private healthcare. All staff have access to internal First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme.

If you are interested in the above position, applications should, in the first instance, be made in writing enclosing current CV marked “For the attention of Mr M Bailey, Divisional Director” to the address below or by e-mail to: recruitment@barnesconstruction.co.uk.

Mr M Bailey

Barnes Construction
6 Bermuda Road
Ransomes Europark
Ipswich
Suffolk IP3 9RU

All applicants will be treated in the strictest confidence.

The Barnes Group Limited is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and safer recruitment practices. We undertake all the required pre-employment checks on the successful candidate.

Note: Only applications made in writing or sent direct to recruitment@barnesconstruction.co.uk will be accepted.