Contracts Manager - Yorkshire

Office Location: Leeds

Our client who is an award winning national construction business is looking for a resourceful and effective CONTRACTS MANAGER to join their Yorkshire region senior team. This is a roaming role where you will be responsible for up to £70m of Yorkshire based commercial projects. This is an opportunity to join a well established, successful and growing business, with an enviable client base and strong pipeline.

Reporting in to the Construction Director, you will oversee multiple projects, each with its own Project Manager who will report in to this role.

The role responsibilities:

* Full project responsibility for the delivery of multiple projects, reporting to the Construction Director* Responsibility for the contract programmes including design, procurement, construction, and handover* With the Construction Director and Project Managers, ensure the client is kept fully appraised of progress* Ensure project teams' full compliance with the quality management systems and that the highest quality is achieved* Produce reports for the monthly project review meetings to include commercial performance, safety, planning, programming, and sequencing of works.* Ensure the highest standard of external project reporting, precisely detailing and advising on project progress, key issues, completion date, cost and health & safety.* Ensure robust risk management is adopted, identification of potential risks and issues

* Proactive technical support to project teams to enable their understanding in anticipating and resolving issues and risks* Ensure projects are completed to the highest quality and on or ahead of programme, that the appropriate documentation is available at completion and that the customer's project objectives have been satisfied* Ensure full compliance with current management systems and procedures* Be aware of the requirements of the Considerate Constructors scheme and ensure standards are maintained* Ensure projects are properly resourced in terms of delivery and safety.* Lead and support the pre-construction teams in winning work with all allocated key customers and projects* Ensure that bid teams are fully briefed and also debriefed, sharing learning and feedback with the team* Lead the team internally and externally* Promote health and safety best practice across all projects* Promote training initiatives to ensure staff and supply chain are properly qualified

Skills & experience* Relevant industry experience as Project Manager/Senior Project Manager/Contracts Manager* Must have excellent communication skills to be able to build trust and confidence with all stakeholders* Must be able to able to develop relationships with key clients and consultants.* Must be able to share knowledge and develop and support colleagues* Must be able to motivate a team to achieve goals* Must be able to run effective and productive meetings* Able to communicate clear expectations of performance and behaviour and act quickly to resolve issues

Qualifications* Construction related degree or equivalent qualification

If this sounds like an opportunity that you would like to explore further then please apply or contact me direct for a confidential discussion.