Contracts Manager Building

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa The-Recruiter Full time

**Summary of the role**:

- This Contracts Manager role reports to the Board of Directors
- Advises and liaises with Directors, Site Managers, Site Supervisors, Assistant Site Supervisors, Clients, Project Managers, Architects, Engineers, Suppliers, Sub Contractors, SHEQ team, Project Administrator.

**Purpose of this role**:
The planning, management, coordination and financial control of a construction project for which he/she is assigned to.

**Key Performance Areas**:

- Set up of tender budget and operation budget.
- Monthly cashflow projection and management of income versus expenses.
- Planning, organizing and maintaining project schedule for production.
- Managing and leading subordinates.
- Delegation to subordinates.
- Negotiation with client, suppliers and subcontractors.
- Conflict management.

**Responsibilities**
- Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
- Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
- Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
- Estimate the resources and participants required to achieve project goals.
- Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
- Where required, liaise with other department managers for the acquisition of additional resources from within the company.
- Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary, during project cycle.
- Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
- Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
- Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
- Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
- Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
- Track project milestones and deliverables.
- Develop and deliver cost reports, progress reports, requirements documentation, and presentations.
- Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
- Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
- Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
- Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.
- Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
- Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.

**Planning Required**
- Monthly MS Project update with contractors report.
- Weekly Trade Date Program update on Excel and to be communicated with sub-contractors.
- Cost Reports/ Budgets to Directors monthly. Tracking and improving of operation budget against tender budget.
- Weekly tracking of liabilities in line with cost report.
- Progress Certificates to client monthly.
- Progress Certificate for subcontractors monthly.
- Meetings with Site Staff daily, weekly.
- Meetings with Sub contractors - daily, weekly.

**Education required**:

- Diploma/Degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or Civil Engineering
- Construction Contracts JBCC & NEC
- OHS Act
- Construction Regulations



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