Contracts Manager – Civil Engineering
Location: Scotland
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £80,000‑£100,000+ DOE + tax‑free subsistence + benefits package
Ref: GR1496
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership, oversight and support to construction teams to ensure all projects are properly resourced and delivered safely, on time, within budget and to required quality standards.
- Communicate project objectives, requirements, and stakeholder expectations clearly, ensuring full understanding across all project participants.
- Lead, motivate and guide internal site teams as well as external consultants and supply chain partners involved in project delivery and tender support activities.
- Champion excellence in safety, health, environment and quality (SHEQ), promoting continuous improvement and ensuring all statutory and company requirements are met.
- Ensure all projects operate in full compliance with company policies, procedures, and delegated authority levels.
- Lead, review and challenge project budgets, forecasts, and financial performance to achieve a robust, deliverable, and commercially sound approach.
- Advise the Managing Director on project scheduling, progress, risks and opportunities, present clear action plans and updates to key clients and stakeholders.
- Oversee legacy projects to close‑out, ensuring defects, warranty items and bond obligations are completed efficiently.
- Identify work‑winning opportunities, collaborate with the Director to engage effectively with clients.
- Support tender submissions with programme advice, technical input, buildability reviews, and local supply chain insights.
- Provide expert support to project teams, applying strong understanding of construction processes, technology, and delivery methods.
- Implement the Business Management System and ensure robust monitoring, control processes, and compliance with all legal and statutory project requirements.
- Allocate competent and appropriate resources to project management activities to ensure successful delivery.
- Promote and drive service excellence, best practice, and continuous improvement initiatives across all projects.
- Coach, mentor, and motivate project teams, setting clear expectations and leading by example.
- Apply an effective performance management framework to maximise team capability and outcomes.
- Ensure all construction projects are designed, constructed, and certified to required technical, legal and safety standards.
Qualifications and Requirements
- A degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management related subject.
- Substantial experience as a project/contracts manager within a Civil Engineering environment.
- Ideally professionally qualified or working towards a professional qualification.
- Previous experience of work‑winning activities.
- Proven track record of leading large and complex Civil Engineering projects.
- Sets strategic direction and maintain sufficient awareness of detail and challenges.
- Good understanding of NEC (Various) Form of Contract.
- Experience of leading, managing and motivating large project teams in demanding environments.
- Ability to monitor performance and intervene appropriately to ensure targets are achieved and exceeded.
- A good understanding of elements necessary to deliver effective supply chain management and support across the organisation.
- Excellent interpersonal skills required to manage a team and for relationships with clients.
- Ability to motivate, lead and engage diverse teams with due consideration to employee development, succession and performance management.
- Ability to operate effectively and harness results through cross‑functional teams.
- Good management skills, with the ability to motivate employees to achieve high standards of compliance.
- Strong communicator, comfortable interfacing with senior executives and external clients.
- IT literacy.
- Applicants must be based in Scotland and be willing to work away from home within Scotland when necessary.
Benefits
- Accommodation and tax‑free subsistence.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Career development and promotion opportunities.
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