Geotechnical Contracts Manager
Building a sustainable tomorrow
At BAM, we have an exciting opportunity within our Ground Engineering business unit for a Contracts Manager to lead our geotechnical operations across Scotland and northern England.
This key role will involve building and maintaining strong, customer-focused relationships, growing and leading a high-performing regional team, and ensuring the safe and successful delivery of projects employing a wide range of specialist geotechnical techniques including piling, ground anchors, rock and soil slope stabilisation and ground improvement.
If you're a strategic thinker with proven experience in leading geotechnical or infrastructure project delivery, and you're passionate about safety, collaboration, developing your team and driving results, we’d love to hear from you.
Your team
- Reporting to the UK Geotechnical Manager, you will be based from Kilsyth, Scotland with this dynamic role requiring frequent visits to clients and projects across Scotland and northern England, as well as visits to collaborate with colleagues in other regions across the UK.
- BAM operates a flexible working policy
Making Possible
- Promote and foster relationships with key customers across the region
- Accountable for the delivery of safely executed, profitable and high-quality geotechnical projects
- Keep the UK Geotechnical Manager informed of risks and opportunities, strategic options, and future work opportunities for all areas under your control
- Provide operational, strategic, contractual and technical leadership to bid preparation and project delivery
- Mentor project teams to assure successful project delivery, including timely delivery of realistic and robust programme and cost forecasts for monthly and quarterly financial reporting
- Establish and promote best practice in health, safety, sustainability, cost, time, buildability and appropriate quality matters
- Work with project delivery teams to adopt a consistent approach to cost management and control in liaison with commercial management staff, ensuring that resources are available to support implementation on projects under your control
- Take a leading role in work winning, liaising with customers and other stakeholders to promote our capabilities, ensuring the acquisition of opportunities and working with pre-construction teams in the preparation and review of designated tenders and prequalification submissions with particular reference to planning, methodology and design
- Review, in liaison with commercial management, any major subcontracts and supplier terms prior to placing orders to minimise exposure to risk and maximise opportunities for strong supply chain performance
- Participate in Strategic Workforce Planning and take responsibility for forecasting requirements and assigning people to projects, tenders and other activities under your control
- Consciously lead, manage and develop all people assigned to you ensuring high levels of engagement and work with the HR department and others, to manage the deployment of staff and personnel
What do you bring to the role?
- Ideally, a Chartered professional Engineer / Geologist, with current membership of a relevant professional institution
- Strong knowledge of geotechnical and engineering geological processes and design
- Substantial experience of managing projects, budgets and resources
- Substantial experience in major project delivery for a range of Clients in various construction market sectors
- Proven track record in managing customer relationships
- Able to clearly communicate strategy and operational plans to their regional team and ensure high levels of engagement within your team
- Committed and proactive approach to leading and developing others through line management, coaching and mentoring
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary
- A wide range of family-friendly policies
- Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
- 8 % matched pension contributions
- Private healthcare
- Life assurance
- 26 days holiday
- 2 wellbeing days
- 1 volunteering day
- Personal and professional development
About BAM
Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.
We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.
The application process
For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Zainab Rubbani, Recruiter, BAM UK & Ireland (Infrastructure), Email: zainab.rubbani@bam.com
BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.
