Contracts Manager

Laing O'Rourke's manufacturing and modular solutions are transforming traditional construction methodologies into a modern process of component-based assembly, providing product sets including precast concrete building components, and modular bridges for major highways and rail projects.

Explore Manufacturing is the most automated concrete products facility in Europe making our construction process faster, safer, and more efficient, improving quality and reducing waste, and contributing to a sustainable manufacturing-led future for construction.

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The Role

The Contracts Manager is a member of the Explore Manufacturing Leadership team. They lead the communication and alignment of Explore Manufacturing stakeholders throughout the project to ensure we deliver successful projects for our internal & external clients, providing a single senior point of contact for clients. Liaising with Explore Manufacturing technical and production to ensure progress and close out of key actions. Understand and communicate clients' value drivers, needs and specific project requirements. Champion DfMA, harness technology, and drive smarter construction methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Principal, Senior, Project & Assistant Project Coordinators, representing the Explore leadership team across several projects at once.
• Work with customers to identify potential future opportunities and feed into opportunities register via monthly sales and operational planning meetings.
• Work alongside other functions to ensure a compliant bid.
• Develop the manufacturing strategy during tender/bid stage.
• Oversee PCSA's and contract appointments.
• Manage communication effectively.
• Ensure good record keeping and run the change management process for Explore Manufacturing to meet compliance with contract terms.
• Ensure all safety, quality & programme requirements for each project are understood.
• Manage the contract to achieve financial targets and chair monthly contract reviews.
• Understand the CEMC delivery capability, capacities and lead in requirements & manage these to achieve all project milestones.
• Oversee all necessary reporting.
• Attend SLT project & CEMC meetings as required.
• Investigate escalated customer complaints/NCRs.

What do we look for?

• Degree Level qualification in Engineering, Construction Management or similar.
• Experience working within a Tier 1 contractor environment, or offsite manufacturing in a management role is highly desirable.
• Proven ability to manage and organise experienced teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability & desire to lead a team & deliver exceptional projects.

About us:

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East, and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people, and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long-term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

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