VOX Consultants
Special Projects Contract Manager
Location: South East London
Contract: 3-Month Ongoing Contract (Potential to Extend to 12 Months)
Rate: £450 per day Umbrella
Key Responsibilities
Contract & Project Management
- Manage safety-critical contracts delivering investigative works across a large residential portfolio.
- Oversee specialist surveys and inspections, including:
- Fire Risk Appraisals of External Walls (FRAEW)
- Spandrel panel investigations
- Render and façade assessments
- Fire Risk Assessments (FRA)
- Monitor contractor performance against agreed KPIs, milestones, and service standards.
- Ensure compliance with PAS 9980, building safety legislation, and internal governance requirements.
Procurement & Commercial Management
- Lead procurement exercises for new exploratory and investigative works contracts.
- Develop procurement documentation, specifications, scopes of work, and gateway approvals.
- Manage tender processes, evaluations, contract awards, and mobilisation activities.
- Maintain strong commercial oversight, ensuring value for money and effective contract delivery.
Performance & Financial Management
- Manage budgets associated with investigative and enabling works programmes.
- Monitor costs, forecasts, and financial performance.
- Identify and mitigate commercial and financial risks.
- Ensure transparency and accountability across all programme expenditure.
Legal Recovery & Risk Management
- Work alongside legal teams to identify and pursue claims relating to defective external wall systems.
- Support the preparation of contractual and technical evidence.
- Manage contractual disputes and support appropriate resolution processes.
Funding & Compliance
- Lead applications to the Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS) and other relevant funding streams.
- Coordinate technical submissions and supporting evidence.
- Ensure compliance with funding requirements, reporting obligations, and programme governance.
Essential Skills & Experience To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Significant contract management experience within construction, housing, property services, or building safety environments.
- Strong knowledge of external wall systems, cladding investigations, and fire safety regulations.
- Experience managing complex, high-risk projects and programmes.
- Proven procurement and contract mobilisation experience.
- Knowledge of remediation funding schemes, including the Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS) and Building Safety Fund.
- Strong commercial acumen and contract management expertise.
- Experience working with legal teams on contractual disputes, claims, or recovery actions.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and negotiation skills.
- Ability to operate effectively within a complex public sector or regulated environment.
Apply now to be part of a programme delivering meaningful improvements to resident safety and building compliance across a major housing portfolio.
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