Contracts Manager
Location : Basingstoke office, covering sites around Hampshire/Berkshire and surrounding areas - Typically working Monday to Friday 39 hours
As a Contracts Manager for Novus, you will get to see the impact and improvements your role delivers to your customers and team every day, taking your job satisfaction to whole new levels. This varied and challenging role offers you the opportunity to work with and manage a skilled and professional team, in a secure environment with long-term contracts and the opportunity to grow and learn. You will be responsible for successfully leading a small team of Site Managers delivering Internal and External Planned works in Social Housing, ensuring contracts are completed to programme, with zero defects, within budget, and with no risk to Health & Safety of your operational team, the client, or the public.
Along with utilising your Contracts Management skills, you'll also be looking for ways to add real social value to the communities and customers you work with. Supported by your peers, team, and management to solve problems, you will be trusted to make decisions to grow and develop relationships and revenue. You will manage multiple contracts and site locations, with a varied week ranging from site visits to office-based administration that supports the running of successful contracts. The successful candidate will be client-facing and have knowledge of Planned refurbishments within a Social Housing environment, typically working on Kitchen and Bathroom replacements, Electrical works, and Roofing replacements.
What's in it for you?
Attractive salary & benefits to suit you
27 Days Hols & BH option to buy or sell holidays
Company pension scheme up to 7.5%
Company Car or Car Allowance
Discounted Healthcare Scheme, High street & lifestyle discounts including Taste card, a day paid volunteering per year, length of service awards, and more.
An outline of your responsibility as a Contracts Manager
Manage the selection and formation of site personnel teams (including sub-contractors) as determined by individual contracts.
Manage site personnel, work activities, and resources to meet the requirements of individual contracts.
Control individual contract progress, focusing on completion within time frames and budget.
Ensure all necessary contract documentation/reports are accurate and produced on time.
Attend monthly client meetings to review performance and future planning of works.
Working under the Operations Manager, support the preparation, processing, and selection of estimates, bids and tenders, and the development of the procurement programme.
Assist in the presentation of the contract brief to the client.
About You
As an experienced Contracts Manager, you will have experience working within a planned works contract internal works, within a social housing environment. Ideally, you will hold SMSTS, but if this has expired, we will support you to renew it; the knowledge and skills that go with the qualification are essential to us. Our preferred candidate will be experienced, knowledgeable, a self-starter focused on delivery, and able to communicate well with the team to ensure everything runs smoothly. You will need to hold a Full UK driving licence to travel to sites daily. This role is subject to a DBS check.
A little bit about us
Novus Property Solutions
is a dynamic, award-winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 20 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a socially and environmentally responsible family-owned business with a rich 126-year heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients. Our vision is to be the leader in building and maintenance solutions, delivered with compassion and care for the communities in which we operate. At Novus Property Solutions, we value people, and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand that for many reasons, people very rarely meet all the criteria laid out in the job advert, so we encourage you to apply for the role even if you do not meet all the criteria or hold all the qualifications. You may be just who we are looking for to join our award-winning Property Maintenance company in this or another role.
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is a dynamic, award-winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 20 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a socially and environmentally responsible family-owned business with a rich 126-year heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients. Our vision is to be the leader in building and maintenance solutions, delivered with compassion and care for the communities in which we operate. At Novus Property Solutions, we value people, and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand that for many reasons, people very rarely meet all the criteria laid out in the job advert, so we encourage you to apply for the role even if you do not meet all the criteria or hold all the qualifications. You may be just who we are looking for to join our award-winning Property Maintenance company in this or another role.
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