Contracts Manager
LOCATION: Bristol / Cardiff / Newport
£45,000 – £47,500 + £600 per month car allowance (or company car) + quarterly bonus + Benefits Package
COMPANY
Our client is a market leading restoration and reinstatement contractor who is looking for an experienced Contracts Manager to run its insurance repair work across the south coast.
The business is famous for repairing homes and small commercial properties after fire, flood, escape of water and storm damage, working for insurers and loss adjusters.
As a Contracts Manager you will take claims from first scope to completion, managing your own trades and subcontractors, protecting margin and keeping policyholders and loss adjusters informed.
If you're an insurance-repair Contracts Manager, Project Manager or Site Manager who wants the backing of a well-known market leading brand, then we would love to hear from you.
THE ROLE
- Responsible for running a live portfolio of residential and SME reinstatement jobs from survey to sign-off.
- Carry out survey and scope works, then build estimates on an insurance estimating platform (Symbility, Xactimate or similar).
- Oversee and manage directly employed trades and subcontractors, plus drying and restoration technicians.
- Make sure jobs are profitable checking estimates, sales values, variations and direct costs.
- Main point of contact for loss adjusters, insurers and policyholders throughout the claim.
- Planning jobs and managing resources including ordering materials so our jobs run to committed timelines and keep local stock at the right level
- Make sure Health & Safety and quality standards are tight including RAMS, site paperwork, audits and monthly toolbox talks.
- Lead, coach and develop your team, and help improve how the branch delivers
ABOUT YOU
- Ideally have previous experience as a Contracts Manager, Project Manager or Site Manager in insurance reinstatement or repair work.
- A proven track record of managing direct labour and subcontract trades across several live jobs at once.
- Previous experience handling claims from start to finish, including working with loss adjusters.
- Confident surveying, scoping and estimating.
- Ideally experienced with Symbility, Xactimate or a similar claims or estimating system.
- Commercially aware, as you will be responsible for each job’s margins.
- A strong understanding of Health & Safety requirements on occupied domestic sites.
- Full UK driving licence
BENEFITS
- Car allowance (£600 per month) or company car
- Quarterly bonus (non-guaranteed)
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Annual pay review
- Company pension
- Life insurance
- Medical cash plan
- Employee assistance programme
- Full induction and e-learning
- Annual flu vaccination and eye test
TO APPLY
If you like the sound of this incredible opportunity and would like to apply then please send your CV today to n.matthews@venture-recruitment.co.uk
ABOUT US
This role is being handled by Venture Recruitment, a specialist recruitment consultancy working across the Trade and Retail sectors throughout the UK.
We work with ambitious businesses and experienced professionals, connecting great people with opportunities where they can make a genuine difference.