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. Contracts Manager - Full Time (Office & Site Based) Overview We are seeking an experienced Contracts Manager to join a growing construction team in the North West. This is a full-time, office-based role with regular site visits (no hybrid working). The position offers a structured career path and the opportunity to manage a diverse portfolio of projects across education, healthcare, refurbishment, fit-out, and planned works. Key Responsibilities Manage multiple projects simultaneously (typically 3-5 at a time, scaling up during peak summer periods). Oversee construction programmes, ensuring delivery on time and within budget. Support site teams with day-to-day operations, problem-solving, and progress tracking. Coordinate design input and liaise with the design team to ensure smooth project delivery. Work closely with the commercial team to align financial and operational objectives. Report directly to senior management, providing updates on progress, risks, and deadlines. Maintain strong client liaison, building relationships and ensuring satisfaction. Ensure deadlines are met and quality standards are upheld across all projects. Project Portfolio New build, refurbishment, and fit-out projects. Majority of work involves refurbishment, with some out-of-the-ground developments. Largest projects are in education, while the highest volume is in healthcare. Includes small works and planned maintenance alongside larger-scale developments. Typical portfolio: 12-20 projects across the team of Contracts Managers. Candidate Profile Strong background in construction project management, ideally with experience in both education and healthcare sectors. Excellent IT skills, with the ability to use project management software effectively. Proven ability to manage multiple projects and deliver under pressure. Strong communication and client-facing skills. Ability to work collaboratively with site, design, and commercial teams. Package Competitive salary: £60,000-£65,000 Car allowance Healthcare benefits Mileage reimbursement

The Company Our client is a prestigious global developer with an exceptional track record of delivering luxury and award-winning flagship destinations. At present they hold a 50bn project portfolio with a further 3bn secured for the next 10 years. They have delivered an array of high-profile projects within the retail, commercial and residential sectors across the UK. The Project As a highly experienced Retail Project Manager, you will be based in a live shopping centre overseeing a range of retail refurbishments, maintenance, and fit-out projects valued up to 5 million. Your responsibilities will include leading and coordinating project teams and subcontractors, liaising with tenants, creating detailed plans, monitoring budgets and following schedules to ensure efficient store openings, closures, and renovations. You will manage tenant interactions, ensuring compliance with lease agreements and timely completion of fit-outs, so that stores are ready to trade as scheduled. Requirements Essential that you hold the experience below; Successfully delivered retail refurbishment / fit out / maintenance projects History of managing projects values up to 5m+ Extensive background in the industry with at least 5 years minimum of experience and a proven track record of success on retail projects, operating in a Project Management position or similar Additional skills; IT skills Quality assurance Efficient time management abilities Effective communication with a keen eye for detail Knowledgeable of construction laws and regulations Proficient in utilizing tools and software used for management, scheduling and documentation Knowledgeable of maintenance practices and refurbishment processes specific to retail environments Thorough understanding of retail design and fit-out requirements, including fixtures, layouts, and equipment The Role Job Title: Retail Project Manager Job Type: Long-term freelance Project: Various retail refurbishments, maintenance and fit out projects up to 5m Location: East London Duration: 12 months+ Reporting to: Senior Retail Delivery Manager Duties Facilitate and manage weekly meetings with tenants Develop comprehensive project schedules and timelines efficiently Track expenses and generate regular financial reports for stakeholders Deliver frequent project updates via meetings, reports, and presentations Verify that all deliverables adhere to the established standards and specifications Monitor the performance of the team and offer feedback and assistance as required Collaborate with stakeholders effectively, defining goals, objectives and deliverables Determine and allocate necessary resources, such as budget, personnel, and materials Use project management tools to track key performance indicators (KPIs) and overall progress Evaluate the success of completed projects, identifying areas for improvement and lessons learned Adopt cost-saving measures and engage in negotiations with vendors to maximize budget efficiency Guide and lead project teams while ensuring effective communication and effective delegation of tasks Manage the documentation for retail projects, including fit-out guides, guidelines, AFL, and site constraints Provide regular updates to stakeholders regarding project progress and any modifications to the project plan Oversee adjustments to the project scope, schedule, and resources, ensuring that all modifications are properly documented and authorised Manage the planning and execution of new store openings or renovations, ensuring minimal impact on ongoing operations Confirm that all projects align with applicable retail regulations, meet health and safety standards, and adhere to company policies Coordinate and oversee the change control process for all aspects related to leasing tenancies, ensuring that all changes are addressed promptly and efficiently Develop and maintain a detailed project plan for delivering retail components, ensuring effective processes, governance, and systems are in place throughout the project lifecycle Compile and present progress reports on retail delivery to the Senior Facilities and Retail Delivery Manager regularly Confirm that all outstanding issues from the tenancy openings are resolved to facilitate smooth trade operations Ensure that all refurbishments and fit-outs comply with relevant building codes, safety regulations, and company policies Coordinate store relocations, manage maintenance schedules and ensure that all refurbishments and fit-outs are completed on schedule and within budget This is a long-term freelance position with an excellent rate is on offer for the successful candidate. For more information or to apply please call James Shorte - Associate Director or Thomas Robertshaw - Executive Resourcer on (phone number removed)

Permanent - Full Time We are looking to recruit an experienced Senior Retrofit Assessor to join our client's Peterborough team. About the Role You will be responsible for overseeing a range of PAS 2030/2035 on retrofit schemes made up of External Wall Insulation, Cavity Wall Insulation, Internal Wall Insulation, Windows, Loft Insulation, Air source heat pumps. We're looking for those who can be responsible for Retrofit assessments, air tightness testing, EPC, and modelling to aid in project delivery, with two direct reports. To be Decarbonisation Division' main point of contact, ensuring PAS compliance and quality assurance of external PAS consultants reviewing design specification. Working closely with Contracts Managers to oversee and supervise a range of contracts end to end, to final completion, including preparation of the PAS2030/35 Plan. To understand, implement and adhere to the company HSEQ processes and policies and ensuring team members adhere to the highest standards. About You Candidates will have proven experiencein a similar role. You must hold a valid full or automatic UK driving licence held for a minimum of 12 months as a company vehicle will be provided as you'llbe required to travel to sites around the area. Ideally you will hold a Level 4 in Construction or Management (or equivalent) or have demonstrate extensive experience in a similar / related role. You'll have knowledge of PAS 2030/2035 and ideally have some experience in social housing asset management (although not essential). Qualifications required: Level 5 Diploma in Risk Management (Desirable) CSCS Card - Black (or working towards) Retrofit Coordinator training or other similar sustainability/retrofit related qualification Retrofit Assessor qualification Air testing qualification Benefits Company Car / Allowance Profit Share Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme 26 Days Holiday plus Bank Holidays Enhanced Pension Plan Private Health Insurance or Westfield Healthcare Cash Plan (24hr GP, dental, optical, physio and more) Life Assurance & Accident Cover Share Save Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay Work Perks Discounts & Vouchers Buy Holiday Scheme Flexible Bank Holidays Cycle to Work Volunteering (2 days paid) Learning & Development Opportunities Extensive Wellbeing Support, including EAP Loyalty & Values Awards Funded Professional Subscription About Us Our client provides integrated asset management for housing associations and local authorities, focusing on improving the living conditions of residents and leaving a lasting legacy in the communities they serve. Services include, responsive repairs, void refurbishments, compliancy services and planned maintenance works. With over 1000 employees, they focus on a culture which puts people at the core of everything they do, encourages innovative thinking and always puts the customer first. Build your career with a leading property services company, where we recognise that diversity of thought and talented people are key to our success. Our client are proud to support the resettlement of armed forces personnel They shortlist and interview for roles throughout the duration of the advert. Therefore, we would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. We reserve the right to close any of our adverts prior to the stated closing date should we have a high volume of appropriate candidates. Please refer to full job description upon completing your application.

Contracts Manager (Part time) Ipswich, Suffolk 45,000 - 65,000 (Pro rata) + Company Car/Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits An exciting opportunity has arisen for a construction professional to join an established, family-run residential contractor on a part-time basis. This role offers the chance to work on a diverse range of residential projects in a role providing autonomy, flexible working hours, and a supportive team environment. Are you seeking an autonomous role with an established contractor? Are you looking for a part-time position with flexibility? Do you have experience in a client-facing construction role within the residential sector? This established building contractor delivers a broad range of residential projects, from the refurbishment of listed and historic buildings to new builds, extensions, and ongoing property maintenance. Project values typically range from a few thousand pounds up to 250,000, with some larger schemes reaching 1 million. With a stable pipeline of work and a strong base of repeat clients across the UK, particularly along the Suffolk coast, this role is ideal for a construction professional seeking an autonomous position with exposure to a diverse range of high-quality residential projects. In this role you will work alongside the existing Contracts Manager, taking responsibility for the day-to-day management of live sites across the Suffolk coast. Key duties include visiting sites and meeting clients, handling client negotiations, coordinating labour and material requirements, organising subcontractors, overseeing contract administration, preparing budgets, and supporting the smooth delivery of each project. The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar client-facing construction role within the residential sector. This is a part-time position that will amount to three days of work. The working hours and days are flexible to suit the successful candidate. The role is based near Ipswich, with a mix of office and site-based work. This is an excellent opportunity for a construction professional to join an established contractor on a part-time basis, offering a diverse range of projects, autonomy, flexible working hours, and a supportive team environment. The role is ideal for an established looking to reduce their workload and improve their work-life balance. The Role: Contract management Coordinating labour and materials Attend site visits Attend client and project meetings Preparing budgets The Person: Construction professional Residential experience UK Driver's licence Commutable distance to the office near Ipswich Reference Number: BBBH(phone number removed) To apply for this role or to be considered for further roles, please click "Apply Now" or contact David Freeman at Rise Technical Recruitment. Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles. The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

Head of Live and Work Space Hours: 35 hours (full-time), Mon to Fri 9am-5pm Location: On-site, Bow Arts office Salary: £40,000 Benefits: 25 days holiday entitlement, Cycle Loan Scheme, Tech Loan Scheme, Season Ticket Loan Scheme, Workplace Pension, Staff socials. Duration: Permanent Responsible to: The CEO Responsible for: Live & Work Space Team Leader, 4 x Studio Managers, Live & Work Space Administrator, Maintenance Officer About Bow Arts: Bow Arts stands as London's foremost provider of services for artists, offering some of the capital's most affordable work and living spaces to early-career creative professionals across 15 sites and spanning 7 London boroughs. We currently focus activity around three main 'Hubs': Bow Road in Tower Hamlets, Royal Albert Wharf (RAW) in Newham and the Lakeside Centre in Abbey Wood, Thamesmead. Our largest studio project is based in Camden and supports 245 artists in converted ex council residential spaces adjacent to the HS2 Site. Our Learning services partner with approximately 90 schools annually, enhancing social mobility, attainment, and access for over 10,000 young people every year. We offer training programs for artists and teachers, and we generate hundreds of professionally paid work opportunities for artists in schools each year. Our Arts and Events services manage our gallery, the Nunnery, which serves as a dynamic hub, supporting thousands of early-career artists through profiled prizes, open calls, residencies, and Creative Professional Development programs. Our Partnerships and Places team manages Bow Arts' hub sites, supporting local residents and tenants, working with our partners to initiate exciting opportunities across London to both access and produce art. Established 30 years ago, we pioneered an innovative charitable social enterprise model dedicated to growth, affordability, and accessibility in the arts. Today the Trust has grown into one of the countries most respected and unique service providers for the arts that invests 100% of its surplus back into the creative services it provides. We remain steadfast in our commitment to London's local communities and we are passionate and dedicated to nurturing the success of our artists while partnering with some of London's largest businesses. We believe that affordability remains the best access into the arts. Bow Arts is organised into five key departments: Live & Work Space - managing studios and residential spaces. Learning - offering training and employment opportunities for artists in schools. Arts & Events - growing audiences and supporting emerging talent. Partnerships & Places - developing partnerships across London. Core Services - finance, governance, HR, systems and marketing. Our organisation is a fast-paced, friendly environment built on innovation, transparency, and openness, which has become the foundation of our reputation. Role Overview: The Head of Live & Work Space is a key role for Bow Arts. The property portfolio is the financial driver for the charity supporting all our charitable work alongside over 1,100 of our direct artist beneficiaries. You will be responsible for maintaining both revenue streams, as well as healthy safe places to live and work. The Trust currently manages 26 buildings across 15 sites predominantly in east and southeast London. We manage and refurbish all our properties ourselves. The portfolio is a mixed tenure, 25% currently owned with a further 25% in the pipeline, the remaining properties are leasehold from meanwhile rolling leases to 10 years. The properties range from Grade II listed buildings, classic redbrick to ex-local authority residential flats and through to mixed use new build properties. Our landlords are our partners, they include housing associations, local authorities, private landlords and developers, our work supports the delivery of their community improvement pledges. You will be expected to maintain excellent relationships with our partners and landlords. The department consists of 8 team members, a Head of Department (this role), a team leader, four studio managers, a team administrator and a maintenance officer. The team is responsible for the marketing and lettings of all our spaces and for the maintenance and health and safety of our buildings. Staff are the key point of contact for our artists, ensuring rents are paid, debts managed and people have access to all our other support services. You will need to be able to manage and communicate clear financial budgets and targets and you will assist in expanding our portfolio and offer. We are looking for an individual who is keen to grow with us and support the growth of the charity and our partnership interests. We are looking for someone with an affinity for the sector and with experience in managing the day-to-day activity and challenges of a diverse portfolio and a large number of tenants. Someone who is a clear communicator and capable of running a team and who is able to report at an executive level. Senior Team: Contribute to the business planning and be accountable for the delivery of Bow Art Trust's objectives, particularly in relation to development, investment, procurement and maintenance of the property portfolio. Regularly attend and contribute to Board meetings and deliver high quality reports and management information to the Senior Team, the Board and board sub committees as required. Finance & Reporting: Maintain good quality management information to support the financial and operational management of the Studios and property portfolio. Assemble and present high-quality reports on the performance of the property portfolio to the Senior Team and the Board as required. Produce Annual Departmental Budgets, Operational Plans and set yearly targets. Maintain monthly finance reports and quarterly Management Reports for the Chief Executive and Board, highlighting and finding solutions for key variances. Property: Take day to day responsibility for management of the Trust's property portfolio. Ensure that void spaces are kept to a minimum and that all spaces are marketed and let in the most time efficient manner. Be responsible for licenses, lease renewals, management agreements, rent reviews and property related indemnities and contracts. Be responsible for keeping debt to a minimum, recovery management and reporting. Oversee Fire, Health and Safety Risk Assessments and coordinate checks and servicing of all Fire and Health and Safety systems. Oversee and manage maintenance programmes and remedial works in a costed, affordable and timely fashion, monitoring and remediating variances. Manage and review contracts and contractors to ensure they are appropriate and offer best value. Provide professional support to staff on compliance matters. Be the responsible officer for dealing with emergency property maintenance and compliance matters. Oversee the project management and refurbishment of new buildings and manage budgets. Staffing: Line management, monitoring and evaluation of staff against an agreed appraisal system. Ensure that roles and accountabilities are clear and individual and team performance are regularly monitored and that underperformance is addressed in a timely fashion. Ensure all staff are supported through regular feedback, both informal and formal in line with appropriate policies and procedures, to achieve agreed outcomes. Other: Ensure compliance with Bow Arts policies and procedures, inc: Equality and Diversity, Financial Regulations and lead on review and renewal of the Health and Safety policy. Maintain confidentiality agreements and conduct yourself in a professional manner during the course of your duties. Demonstrate a willingness to undertake training as required for the development of the post and enhancement of the company's skill base. Engage with staff and clients of Bow Arts in a positive and constructive manner and to attend such meetings as the post requires in order to fulfil its aims. Promote the aims and objectives of Bow Arts by acting as an ambassador for the organisation in a pro-active and informed manner. Undertake other duties consistent with the level of the post. Person Specification: Experience in prioritising busy workloads and meeting deadlines. Knowledge and experience of property and facilities management, with a particular focus on workspaces. Knowledge and experience of property refurbishment, tender processes and managing contractors. Knowledge and understanding of current Health and Safety Legislation, with particular regard to those factors applying to managed workspaces. Experience of line-managing a range of staff. Experience of developing and managing budgets. Experience of liaising with a range of organisations and individuals at many levels, including local authorities, developers, planners, funders. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively. IT literate. Motivated and organised.

Permanent - Full Time (40 hours per week) We are looking to recruit a Quantity Surveyor, who will be based from our existing partnership project office in Tottenham, North London. The role will initially cover works within the London area but our contract operates across the Homes Counties and through London and south down towards Crawley. About the Role As our Quantity Surveyor, you will manage the day-to-day commercial control, reporting and management of multiple projects from award up to final account. Within the role, you'll conduct site visits and carry out surveying duties; keeping your line manager appraised of the progress of all accounts, both client and sub-contract, through to finalisation. You'll have effective commercial control of all allocated projects, including the provision of timely and accurate documentation in accordance with the reporting timetable, in particular CVR's, forecasts, continuous improvement documents, cash flow forecast and the commercial register. In conjunction with the Procurement Team, you will ensure that the procurement of sub-trades and suppliers is undertaken in a timely and cost effective manner, and manage the timely production of the main/sub-contract final accounts, including re-measurement as necessary to ensure the best result, evaluation and agreement of all variations, extensions of time, loss and expense claims. About You We're looking for an experienced Quantity Surveyor who is degree qualified or has experience of working in a partnering and target cost type model in planned maintenance for social housing providers and/or local authorities. Ideally you will have experience of working on large estate refurbishment projects and experience of the Building Safety Act relative to blocks and HRB's would also preferable. Holding a level 4 qualification in Construction or Management (or equivalent or demonstrate extensive experience in a similar / related role), you will also hold a White CSCS Card or be working towards this. Due to nature of the role, you must hold a valid UK driving licence. Benefits Company Car / Allowance Profit Share Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme 26 Days Holiday plus Bank Holidays Enhanced Pension Plan Private Health Insurance or Westfield Healthcare Cash Plan (24hr GP, dental, optical, physio and more) Life Assurance & Accident Cover Share Save Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay Work Perks Discounts & Vouchers Buy & Sell Holiday Schemes Flexible Working & Flexible Bank Holidays Cycle to Work Volunteering (2 days paid) Learning & Development Opportunities Extensive Wellbeing Support, including EAP Loyalty & Values Awards Funded Professional Subscription About Us We provide integrated asset management for housing associations and local authorities, focusing on improving the living conditions of residents and leaving a lasting legacy in the communities we serve. Our services include, responsive repairs, void refurbishments, compliancy services and planned maintenance works. With over 1000 employees, we focus on a culture which puts people at the core of everything we do, encourages innovative thinking and always puts our customer first. Build your career with a leading property services company, where we recognise that diversity of thought and talented people are key to our success. proud to support the resettlement of armed forces personnel. Please refer to full job description upon completing your application. We shortlist and interview for our roles throughout the duration of the advert. Therefore, we would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. We reserve the right to close any of our adverts prior to the stated closing date should we have a high volume of appropriate candidates.