Subcontracts Manager - Gas

Bilfinger
Warrington
1 week ago
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Subcontracts Manager - Gas

Location: Warrington

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

Bilfinger UK Ltd. currently has a permanent vacancy for a Subcontracts Manager to service our Gas division. You will be a part of an already established team running a portfolio of projects within the Gas division.

The Subcontracts Manager will work directly with our subcontractors remotely, on site and within our office to ensure that all work is completed to expected levels of quality, on time and to cost. You will monitor progress and their performance throughout the project, raising any concerns and mitigating any risks to deadlines/cost schedules. Regularly reviewing progress and approving risk management recommendations and ensuring the impact of risks is eliminated or significantly mitigated. You are also effective in change management, preventing deviation from the original scope and managing any change requests which may arise. Driving internal and external teams (including sub-contractor management) to complete tasks within the acceptance criteria.

Ensure Health & Safety requirements are flowed-down and managed in conjunction with the wider SHEQ team. Further develop and support the current supply chain strategy to ensure access to the strongest network of subcontractors.

You also have good commercial acumen, managing technical, cost, schedule and contract baselines.

• This position is based predominately in our office at Warrington, however, you will be required to travel to our Client sites on a regular basis.

Required Experience:

  • Proven track record in delivering projects with Sub Contractor / Supplier Network
  • Authored detailed Request for Quotations for contractual scope of supply on Automation / Automotive projects.
  • Establish and manage the cost, schedule, technical baselines, quality and performance of sub-contractors and suppliers.
  • Able to demonstrate experience in Subcontract Management on major Projects.
  • Strong technical experience in Automation and Controls
  • Able to demonstrate a sound understanding of business, finance and personnel management techniques and the commercial aspects of projects.
  • Able to communicate, negotiate and influence effectively.
  • You will require a full, clean UK driving license. Willing to travel to Client sites as and when required.
  • NEC Contractual awareness and implementation
    Bilfinger UK Ltd. currently has a permanent vacancy for a Subcontracts Manager to service our Gas division. You will be a part of an already established team running a portfolio of projects within the Gas division.


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General Management | Bilfinger UK Limited | Permanent | White-collar workers | Professional | Project Management

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