Contracts Manager (Housebuilder) | £80,000 – £90,000 + package | Permanent | Oxfordshire

I have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Contracts Manager to join an award winning housebuilder on a permanent basis, based from their offices in Oxford and overseeing their projects within the region.

The company have been around for approximately 20 years, and during this time they have evolved into one of the leading housebuilders in the Country, with regional offices across the South East of England.

Their developments range from large family homes and luxury houses for growing families to city centre apartments. They are quality focused and are recognised as one of the leading, most trusted provider of quality homes throughout the UK.

They are an extremely busy business with a number of projects currently ongoing, and many more in the pipeline. They are looking for an experienced Contracts Manager that has a proven track record overseeing both private and public residential developments, from a main contracting background. The Contracts Manager will be managing approximately 8 projects concurrently, of various sizes, and will need to have an exceptional all round understanding of residential developments.

Role:

• To be a positive and inspirational leader who actively engages with his workforce to enhance the productivity of the project
• Leading various sites, with a fully integrated and dynamic relationship between design, construction and commercial activities.
• Demonstrate a positive ‘can-do’ attitude at all times whilst understanding the impact of decisions on all aspects of the project
• To fully understand design, procurement, planning, programming, progress reporting and construction
• To report openly and honestly at all times, acknowledging problems, analysing and providing solutions
• Supervising Project Managers, Site Managers, contractors and internal staff on a daily basis

Criteria:

• Strong track record of managing multiple residential schemes concurrently of various sizes and at different stages, delivered on time and to budget
• Main contracting / new build residential background