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Job Title: Contracts Engineer (Piling)

Salary/Rate: £30,000 - £35,000

Location: Nottingham

Job Type: Permanent

Industry/Specialist Area: Piling

Client Description:

Our client is proud to be one of the UK’s leading Civil Engineering, Infrastructure and Geotechnical Engineering contractors, and has earned an enviable reputation for quality, innovation and customer service. The business is represented throughout the country by a network of regional offices, each offering a full portfolio of project disciplines. This enables them to provide all their clients with the most efficient, reliable and value-engineering solution regardless of a project size or location.

Our client has all appropriate UK, European and International industry standards to ensure safety, procurement and working practices are adhered to. The dedicated staff are involved in a comprehensive ongoing training programme designed to ensure they are equipped to meet the changing needs of this exciting industry.

Job Description:

Due to continued growth our client is now looking to appoint a Contracts Engineer to operationally assist in the development and delivery of numerous contracts within the piling, geotechnical and ground engineering divisions.

This challenging and exciting opportunity requires an individual with a technical background and demonstrable experience within the piling / ground / geotechnical engineering sectors. An attractive basic salary plus extensive benefits package is on offer, along with career progression and security of work given the company has a clear and defined commitment to growth.

The Role

• To assist in operational delivery of all projects and contracts with a hands-on approach to the day-to-day activities of the division
• To assist in the development and implementation of project plans for contracts, ensuring that all goals are either achieved or bettered with an emphasis upon service delivery; and to effectively manage all activities with regard to operations, construction, staff, quality, health and safety and business planning
• Where necessary to act as a focal point for the client; steering and guiding contracts forward, including input into tenders and designs, ensuring full client liaison and development, coupled with moving the business ahead by increasing service levels and client focus
• Working with the commercial team to ensure effective cash flow management and producing accurate progress / project reports on time
• Assist in site / project review meetings with staff in developing a proactive focus upon quality, overheads, manpower, programming, organisation and delivery aspects
• Assist in further developing the supply chain and sub-contractor partnering process, where necessary, to improve upon existing terms if possible
• To ensure a high level of teamwork and cohesion between all levels of site staff
• To attend regular meetings with staff to discuss progress as well as providing site reports and to liaise with other Managers within the Group with regard to operating policy

The Person

• Possessing a proven track record in a contracts/site engineering role from within the piling / geotechnical / ground engineering sectors
• To ideally have assisted in the development, tendering and delivery of projects with a diplomatic and pragmatic approach but also with a hands-on attitude to clients, sub-contractors and people management
• To have had first-hand exposure to various technically complex / challenging contracts and therefore able to demonstrate a tenacious, lead from the front approach, and to have previous experience of working in a client focused environment
• To have experience of a variety of projects including multi discipline ground / land engineering techniques.
• Must possess an excellent understanding of all stages of the project contracting process, including design and estimating, coupled with the ability to manage and develop yourself both technically and commercially
• Good levels of experience at pre, in-situ and post contract stages

 

 

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