Senior Contract Manager Arboriculture in Rail Bristol

Bristol, Gloucestershire
UKund Control

Senior Contract Manager

Location: Western (London through to Penzance)

Salary: Competitive

Contract Type: Permanent

Main purpose of the role

The Senior Contract Manager has overall responsibility of the project lifecycle, with a key focus on client management and building client networks. Ensuring full compliance on sites, including health and safety, and environmental requirements. Strong understanding of managing finances and budgets, and promoting an innovative approach to project works. Managing a team of contract managers and planners to ensure high quality works are being completed and managing issues effectively.

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Stakeholder management: Building a client base, creating new client relationships whilst also growing existing relationships with clients to increase workflow for the business. Responsible for managing any complex client issues and complaints and ensuring communication needs are met between contract managers and clients.
2. Financial Management: Overall responsibility of finances on jobs, producing costings, analysing gaps and producing finance reports and budgets for directors monthly. Working closely with the Commercial Director to monitor cost flows and forecasting upcoming costs. Negotiating costs with suppliers and field teams to fit within budgets.
3. People management: Lead and manage a team of Contract Managers and Planning Managers to ensure projects are delegated fairly and being managed efficiently and within deadlines. Facilitating support for the contract managers and planners to ensure success in their roles and embed a collaborative workplace.
4. Talent management: Acting as a mentor for the team, supporting development and setting objectives to progress individuals in their role, improving team skillset. Actively developing succession planning for the team and supporting goals to be achieved.
5. Project management: Overseeing multiple projects ranging in scale, producing technical writing/methodology reports of projects to clients and division.
6. Compliance, health and safety: Overall responsibility of ensuring full compliance on all sites, monitoring the health and safety across the team, including red alerts, near misses, and hazards. Working closely with HSQE to maintain self and teams’ awareness in health and safety, creating positive interventions to improve site quality and safety, with a keen focus on environmental factors.
7. Business development: Acting as a link between Business Development and the team, working closely to price jobs on large contracts and manage business, supporting with tendering for work.
8. Resourcing: Overall responsibility for project allocation, utilising skillset and knowledge within the team, with consideration for team development. Managing workload for the team and adapting works where required to fit business needs. Support contract managers in sourcing field teams for project works, and where required, managing any subcontracting of work.
9. Asset management: Understanding the requirements of projects and sourcing equipment where required, responsible for putting together business cases for any new equipment requirements.
10. Decision making: Overall responsibility and sign off on all project works in the team, ensuring the management of each project is being managed well and within financial constraints.
11. Technologies: Working with our IT teams to improve technologies for the wider team, including automation of documents, data tracking, and system use to improve workplace efficiencies.
12. Reporting: Provide regular reporting to both directors and the wider team, monitoring project progress, finances, project reports, compliance, and health and safety.
13. Project scope: Overseeing regional projects in excess of £6m across the year.
14. Continual Process Improvement: Continual review of workflows, systematisation and process to ensure efficiency and development.
15. Management of support functions: Routine review and interaction of all support functions to ensure compliance and standards are adhered to.
16. Accreditations: Work with business leads to ensure all accreditations are continually met and to seek out new opportunities of revenue streams.

What we’re looking for:

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• 5+ years working within the rail industry or similar.
• 5+ years management experience within a similar industry.
• Industry knowledge of arboriculture and/or rail.
• Working with different stakeholders.
• Full UK driving licence – travel required.
• Experience working in a manual role within the industry or similar.
• Holds COSS and SMSTS qualification, however training will be provided.
• HSQE Qualifications such as NEBOSH, IOSH.

Desirable Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience working in a manual role within the industry or similar.
• Holds COSS and SMSTS qualification, however training will be provided.
• HSQE Qualifications such as NEBOSH, IOSH.

Why join us:

Career Development Focus: We’re committed to supporting your professional growth with clear career paths, training, and tailored development programs, including our GC Leadership Academy, job specific accreditations and higher education opportunities.

Exciting Growth Opportunities: Be part of a rapidly growing company with a dynamic team and expanding client base.

Collaborative Environment: Work in a supportive, engaging, and innovative culture where your contributions are valued.

Competitive Package: Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package, along with flexible working options, including:

• 23 days holiday, increasing with length of service + bank holidays.
• Yearly bonus scheme & Share options.
• Robust pension scheme.
• Medigold employee support, Free Flu Jabs, Online private GP Service.
• Free or subsidised national gym memberships.
• Employee Recognition Scheme.
• 2 personal choice volunteering days.

Ground Control

Ground Control is a UK-based grounds maintenance company powered by the latest technology. Since launching in 1973, Ground Control has grown rapidly and now provides full national coverage for our customers across the UK and Ireland.

We deliver a range of services, including grounds maintenance, winter gritting, landscape construction, design, arboriculture, electric vehicle charging point installation to more than 50,000 commercial properties across the UK.

If you are looking to invest in your future with a business that puts people at the centre of everything, click the apply now button below to speak to a member of our team.

Equal Opportunities Statement

At Ground Control, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to thrive. We believe that diversity drives innovation and success, and we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. We actively support and promote an inclusive culture, ensuring fair and equitable treatment throughout the recruitment process and beyond.