Junior Building Maintenance Contracts Manager (Ref: JBCM1026)

Job Description

As a Junior Building Maintenance Contracts Manager, you will be expected to ensure that works are delivered safely, on programme, within budget and to the required quality and contractual standards. In your job role you provide strong technical knowledge to ensure contracts are delivered in compliance with Employers Requirements, specifications and drawings and highest standards within budget.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Supporting the day-to-day management of maintenance and minor work contracts
• Reviewing work orders, specifications, drawings and contractual requirements
• Assisting with work programmes, sequencing and resource coordination
• Monitoring progress against programmes and contractual deadlines
• Coordingating multiple reactive and planned maintenance projects
• Attending client, progress and coordination meetings
• Preparing progress reports and updates for senior management
• Supporting contract compliance and KPI monitoring
• Preparing quotations, variations and financial reports
• Monitoring labour, material and subcontractor costs
• Identifying additional works, potential variations and commercial risks
• Reviewing subcontractor quotations and payment applications
• Monitoring subcontract performance, quality and programme
• Ensuring subcontractor documentation, RAMS, insurance and competency records are complete
• Supporting site inspections, audits, permits, isolations and temporary work requirements

Person Specification

Behaviours Expected

• Self-starter with a positive and professional attitude.
• Strong technical and commercial awareness.
• Organised and structured in planning personal and team workloads.
• Excellent attention to detail, particularly in quality and health & safety processes.
• Strong client focus, building lasting relationships through understanding client needs.
• Innovative and forward-thinking approach to projects.
• Courteous, respectful team player who recognises and supports team success.
• Honest, reliable and dependable with strong communication skills.

Criteria

Essential Criteria

• Experience in a building or construction role, with a proven background in managing projects from conception to completion
• Excellent time-management skills and the ability to work effectively under pressure
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Commercial awareness, including an understanding of cots and market trends.
• Good knowledge of health & safety, environmental and quality systems
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Self-starter with a positive and professional attitude.
• Strong technical and commercial awareness.
• A reliable, honest and accountable approach to work
• The ability to build positive relationships with clients, colleagues and subcontractors

Desirable

• Degree, HNC/HND in Building Engineering or equivalent
• Experience using specialist software such as Microsoft Project or Autodesk products

Understanding of temporary works

The Company Offers

• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Working alongside experts in their field
• Health cash plan including compensation for dentistry and optical well being
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Additional holiday increase with length of service
• Team building and activity days
• Monthly employee value-based recognition award – monetary gift
• Health, wellbeing and social calendar of events
• Long service awards
• Enhanced marriage leave
• Holiday sell back scheme
• Kingsbridge Membership Club

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of Irwin M&E’s continual growth. If you are ready to take your career to the next level and feel you have the ability to meet our criteria, then please send your CV with a covering letter supporting your application to Irwin.jobs@irwinm-e.com

We are a Responsible Body for Access NI. A disclosure check will be undertaken; however, a criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining this role. Our policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available on request.

Closing date for application is Friday 30th of October at 4pm

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