Contract Manager in Dartford

FM Conway is seeking a Contract Manager to join our growing Street Lighting division, based in Dartford.

As our Contract Manager you will implement street lighting and electrical works, ensuring the highest level of health, safety and quality. You will be responsible for the running and management of your allocated contract and the further development of the street lighting business.

The duties of the Contract Manager role will include:

- Planning and programming works, including pre-contract site visits to determine project requirements

- Managing the relevant street lighting contracts team, motivating them, dealing with any performance issues and promoting the continual professional development of all key members of staff

- Ensuring tool box talks, safety alerts, daily briefings, safety inspections, customer satisfactions, supply chain and near miss reporting’s are completed as per company requirements

- Ensuring that all site works are executed in a time and cost-efficient manner whilst regularly liaising with clients, the general public, authorities and sub-contractors / suppliers; to include ensuring that the correct licences/ permits are in place and valid for the works being undertaken

- Making sure that plant and materials are ordered to support the works programme as well as ensuring all plant is fit for purpose and maintained to required standards

- Monitoring and maintaining records of plant, labour and materials and to assist in monthly internal commercial reporting and external contract performance reporting.

What skills and experience do you need?

We are looking for candidates with previous experience within a similar role. It is essential that you have worked in the street lighting industry within a commercially focused role. To be considered for this role you must have strong electrical knowledge, experience in programming, H&S site specific risk assessments and good IT skills. It would be beneficial if you had previously used Map 16. In addition, you will be an excellent communicator with high business ethics, in addition you will have the following qualifications/certifications:

- 210 G39 certification

- HEA/HERS Qualified Supervisor

- HEA/HERS Authorised Officer

- CSCS

- SMSTS

- Full UK driving licence

- Level 6 NVQ in Management

What benefits will you receive?

As our Contract Manager we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, life assurance, healthcare, a company van, opportunities for internal and external training and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. We will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines, and support from our in-house mental health first aiders.

A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Street Lighting Division

FM Conway is a family run business with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence . As a family business the heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.

Our Lighting division have over 60 years of experience working on high-profile projects in Central London. From design and installation through to refurbishment and maintenance we understand what it takes to deliver lighting systems that combine cost and energy efficiency as well as optimum performance. At FM Conway we offer comprehensive end-to-end support, helping customers with project inception and development, all the way through to implementation and project delivery. Some of our iconic Lighting projects include the Illuminated River project which saw the business install lighting on London, Southwark, Cannon Street Railway and Millennium Bridges. We have also worked on Westminster City Council Sturgeon Columns and SureCharge, our Electric Vehicle charging solutions. This is an exciting time to be joining the business as we are at the forefront of deploying new technologies, asset management and small cell technology practices into the lighting sector.

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