Senior Contract Administrator

Milestone Infrastructure is currently looking to recruit a Senior Contract Administrator to work on our Hampshire Highways contract.  The role is based in Winchester but travel to all Depots will be required.

As the Senior Contract Administrator you will be part of our Operations Team who are responsible for delivering Highways Maintenance activities on behalf of our client, Hampshire County Council.

The Hampshire Highways contract delivers maintenance of over 8,529km of carriageway, 6,115km of footways and 1,800 structures.  We support our client's Stronger Roads Today campaign by repairing highways defects, carrying out resurfacing and surface treatments, winter maintenance and a range of cyclical activities such as gully emptying, grass cutting and tree pollarding. 

As part of Milestone Infrastructure, you would be joining an organisation with a great reputation which is built on designing, constructing and maintaining the UK's critical infrastructure.  At Milestone not only do we recognise our People as our greatest asset, we also generate Social Value and strive to have a positive impact on our local community. 

As the (Senior Contract Administrator) your duties & responsibilities will be:

• Line management responsibility for a small team of Depot Coordinators.
• Ensuring the team provide accurate data to meet all financial and commercial deadlines
• Ensure operative timesheets, leave and training is recorded in CPA
• Create a consistent Stock & Materials management process across all depots
• Support Contract KPIs by ensuring the right information is available
• Support the Procurement & Purchasing team by engaging in supplier feedback forums.
• Implement record keeping strategy to support Contract requirements and Depot Operations
• Manage the communication streams, notifications and SHEQ bulletins across all depots
• Ensure plant hire records are up to date and plant movements are managed effectively to reduce loss and damage claims.
• Ensure Depot test and inspection schedules are populated correctly and routine maintenance activities/inspections are booked to ensure depot compliance
• Support all Contract compliance activities such as BSI audits, KPI reviews and Performance Reviews

 Skills & Knowledge Requirements

• Understands the importance of managing data and reporting to strict deadlines
• Line management experience
• Strong IT Skills (Microsoft O365, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint etc)
• Experience with Causeway CPA or other finance system (SAP, Oracle etc)
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Experience of business management systems such as ISO9001, ISO14001 etc.
• Excellent people skills and ability to build relationships across teams and departments
• Developing stock and materials management processes
• Managing change

Additional Information

• Experience of working within Highways maintenance, Construction (or similar) environment preferred but not essential.
• Full, clean Driver's Licence required as you will be expected to visit all depots regularly.

At Milestone we embrace diversity, opening a rich potential for new ways of thinking and helping us to build successful and winning teams. We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process; and as a Disability Confident employer, if you require any adjustments that would assist you throughout your application, please contact us at [email protected] or inform the recruitment manager in the first instance and we will be pleased to offer support.

This is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Milestone. The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the Business.