What is a Contracts Manager?
The role of a Contracts Manager is to manage contracts that relate to building projects. As part of this a Contracts Manager will study the legalities of the contract and negotiate the contracts with clients and suppliers. After the successful negotiation of a contract a Contracts Manager will draw up legal documents, which outlines terms of the service and the deliverables.
Key skills to be successful as a Contracts Manager will include:
Understanding legal documentation
Strong maths and IT
Business management
Good verbal communication
What are the typical daily duties for a Contracts Manager?
From employer to employer the job description of a Contracts Manager can vary, however typical duties and activities undertaken include:
Agreeing budgets and timescales with the clients
Preparing tenders and commercial bids to help bring in new business
Meet with clients to discuss requirements
Produce plans and estimate budgets and timescales
Discussing, drafting, reviewing and negotiating the terms of business contracts
Manage schedules and budgets for projects
Develop and present project proposals
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Plymouth is a port city that is located in the south west County of Devon. Plymouth’s estimated population as of 2019 is 262,100 making it the 30th most populous city in the UK. Plymouth has seen numerous large scale construction projects over the past couple of years and has multiple constructions projects in the pipeline, such as:
The Box
The Box is a construction project that will see a new windowless £40m history and arts centre. The Box is an ambitious museum and art gallery being partly new-built and partly refurbished inside the old Grade II listed museum and library in North Hill, and in a former church behind it.
Peirson House
This £10m construction project will see a stylish block of 76 flats for anyone wanting to live within a stone’s throw of the Hoe and city centre. Peirson House will be a six-storey tower, containing 39 two-bedroom apartments and 37 one-bedroom flats, each with a balcony, with outdoor communal space, undercover car parking and a landscaped entrance onto Notte Street.
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