Monday - Friday 07:00 - 17:00 (1 Hour Unpaid Lunch) 50 hour contracted week
Principle Duties and Accountabilities:
Be responsible for a portfolio of high value wastewater contracts.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Ensure all conditions of the contract are being met and there is efficient and effective utilisation of labour, materials, plant and equipment within the allocated budgets
- Manage and monitor site activities and physical progress of work for site safety, quality and environmental responsibilities
- Ensure a highly skilled and disciplined workforce is maintained within a safe system of work
- Produce operational reports and attend monthly/quarterly/annual meetings to present contract performance overview
- Ensure compliance with all KPI's and SLA's
- Work collaboratively within a team and demonstrate teamwork through effective verbal and written communication
- Oversee the efficient running of the contract daily, liaising with other depots, and Head Office personnel
- Ensure Health & Safety and environmental compliance of operations, including the preparation of risk and method statements, and the inspection and maintenance of plant
- Ensure all paperwork is completed correctly by operatives and submitted on time via our tablet system
- Drive continuous improvement in contract development through close engagement with internal and external customers
- Proactively focusing on the needs of the client and the business
- To ensure the effective operation of MTS contracts and operations delivering full compliance for the Severn Trent Water contract
- Manage all relevant Health & Safety documentation for tasks performed by operatives under your supervision
- Ensure resources are available and allocated to successfully execute projects/programs
- Ensure work programs are monitored and managed effectively to ensure successful delivery
- Conduct an adequate number of site visits and inspections
- Support Operations team with incidents where required
- Liaise with sub-contractors through effective, proactive communication
- Manage, motivate, develop and lead members of the transport team/immediate sub-ordinates
- Manage resources efficiently and effectively to achieve the company's objectives
- Chair review/operational meetings on contracts
- Reporting to the Contract Director to ensure optimal service efficiency
Other Information:
What we offer for a Contracts Manager:
- Company pension
- Death in service cover
- 20 days annual leave, Enhancements with time served. Plus, bank holidays.
- Employee Assistance Programme / Health & wellbeing programme
- Support from a family run company that considers, your health, safety, and wellbeing as a number one priority
- Company events
- Free parking / On-site parking
- Referral programme
- MTS Uniform Provided
- Career progression and job security
- Flexibility
- State of the art technical equipment to carry out your daily tasks
- Company iPhone
- EU Skills Card (Green)
Qualifications / Competency for a Contracts Manager:
- Experience and understanding of legislation, processes, plant and staff capabilities across all work packages including Health & Safety and environmental regulations
- Demonstrate motivation, ambition and teamwork, with the essential skills to manage the contract of daily basis while delivering results and driving innovation
- A strong technical understanding of contract and commercial management from complex environments with demonstrable results in driving process improvements
- Maintain the Company's services to clients, including strategic planning, liaising with clients, resource allocation and all aspects of running a highly effective team to deliver the best results possible within deadlines
- Strong negotiation skills with the ability to influence and lead a team
- Ideally educational achievement to Degree level or equivalent
- Proven experience in a similar role
- Strategic, operational, technical and management skills
- Demonstrate integrity, loyalty, trust, and dedication to a highly organized and well-established family-owned business
Health & Safety for a Contracts Manager:
Section 7 of the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974) states the general duties of employees at work
It shall be the duty of every employee while at work to:
(a) To take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and of other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work; and
(b) as regards any duty or requirement imposed on their employer or any other person by or under any of the relevant statutory provisions, to co-operate with them so far as is necessary to enable that duty or requirement to be performed or complied with
- To understand and comply with the company health and safety policy
- To influence and promote a positive health, safety culture within the organisation and lead by example
- To report all health, safety and environmental incidents to the Line Manager/SHEQW department within 2 hours of it happening
- Ensure workplace and welfare housekeeping is maintained
- Comply with the company office risk assessment
- Comply with and use the company Integrated Management System (IMS)
- To ensure you are aware of the company fire and first aid arrangements, and emergency evacuation procedure for you and your staff
- Ensure regular monitoring is carried out to ensure compliance to legislative and company requirements