Contract Manager

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Due to continued growth, our Leeds team is seeking an experienced Contract Manager who embodies our values and can lead the successful delivery of our Response/ Maintenance and Voids contracts.

If you are passionate about delivering exceptional customer and client satisfaction in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and thrive under pressure, we invite you to apply.

We are seeking a dedicated Contract Manager who is not only strategic, but also a hands-on leader. At Ian Williams, we are committed to investing in our teams through effective coaching and development, ensuring that every employee has the opportunity to reach their full potential.

We value fairness, inclusivity, and respect. Your hard work will always be rewarded and recognised, and with this, we offer the following:

• Be part of the company profit share scheme (14% of base salary achieved last year)
• Private mileage scheme and fuel card
• Let us help you prepare for your future with an enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings scheme
• Annual leave (inc. Public Holidays) buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year
• Annual pay reviews
• Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay
• Training and development opportunities
• Exclusive discounts from our preferred supplier
• Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice.

The Contract Manager role:

• Responsible for leading the operational delivery of our Voids work streams within the West Yorkshire area.
• Instilling ownership and responsibility in your teams, you lead and support the successful delivery of works, on time and to budget.
• With a direct labour team, you lead by example, motivating, incentivising, and developing individuals. This includes Apprentices, as we believe in delivering our work directly, and developing from within.
• Take ownership of recruitment, onboarding, and induction of new members.
• Health and Safety measures will be paramount to you, and you'll ensure they are in place and monitored.
• Ensure resources, including subcontractors, plant, and materials are available to deliver the work as planned
• Building relationships both internally and externally, we encourage commercial and operational teams to work closely together to ensure the successful delivery of a contract.
• Sense check site reporting, produce accurate reporting, and implement corrective actions.
• Be accountable and manage your own time, allowing you to maintain productivity and ensure procedures and reports are up to date.

What will I bring to the Contract Manager role?

• Experience in producing high standards of Health and Safety management through strong system controls and leadership by example.
• Strong planning and organising skills to make work streams are successful in delivery, resource and quality, while understanding cost and risk management
• Confident in using IT systems and MS packages, including Excel, to produce performance delivery reports.
• Demonstrable experience in managing direct labour, you invest in your team and understand individuals capabilities, to maximise their potential, develop them and produce a high performing team
• Customer centric. Understands customers’ needs and consistently delivers in line with their expectations
• An SMSTS qualification with a sound working knowledge of Health and Safety requirements.
• Experience of working in a similar environment is preferable, but not essential.

About Ian Williams Ltd:

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