My client is a leading Office Fitout / Design practice and is looking for a contracts manager - can be either a junior - midweight with some experience OR an established Senior Contracts manager.

The role:

- Lead contract administration and project management activities in order to deliver multiple projects simultaneously to our high quality standards.

This will be achieved whilst always aspiring to both clients delight AND snag free in a timely manner.

- The CM is the lead for our Holy Trinity of Project Management, Design Management and Commercial management on all projects.

- The candidate will be capable of successfully managing £5-8 million of project value per financial year.

Duties: Including but not limited to:

- Highest possible health and safety standards at all times, abiding all regulations

- Understand the requirement of all stakeholders

- Lead the project strategy with careful planning, commercial proposition and programme activities.

- Travel to and visit site

- Ensure full and detailed project programme is in place including a critical path ananlysis

- Ensure construction programme is understood by all parties

- Strong undestanding of contract forms, clear knowledge of responsibilities and opportunities, including the JCT suite of contracts

- Ensure all contractual notices are issued correctly

- Ensure site set up is in place

- Lead design review meetings

- Manage quality control process

- Contract kick-off meetings

- Ensure booked profit margin is acieved with target to improve by 3%

- Issue practical completion certificate with defects list

- Issue project client final account within 2 weeks of PC

- Ensure client O&M's and Health and safety file issued at handover on the day of PC

- and much more...

Attributed:

- Takes lead and has ownership

- Experience as a contracts manager in the D&B industry in the UK

- Strong relationship building skills

- Excellent problem solving skills

- Perfect communication skills written and verbal

Benefits:

- Competitive salary

- Guarunteed career progression with a clear path

- Great team to work with, already established and successful

- Become more than just an employee or a number in a business.