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Construction contract manager CV: example and template

This example is for contract managers at general contractors in building, road and rail construction, and for site managers and contract engineers who want to be responsible for a whole contract.

The board wants to know which contract you manage, its value and margin, how you handle variations, claims and subcontractors and how you keep to deadlines. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: construction contract manager

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Pawel Gajewski

Construction contract manager

Warsaw +48 123 456 789 pawel.gajewski@example.com

Professional profile

Construction contract manager with 15 years in infrastructure construction, responsible for 6 years for road contracts worth up to PLN 640 million. I head a contract team of 28 and manage the budget, variations and claims under FIDIC conditions and the relationship with the client. I closed my last contract with a margin 3.1 percentage points above budget.

Work experience

Construction contract manager

03.2020 - present

General contractor, road construction, Warsaw

  • A contract to build 22 km of expressway, worth PLN 640 million.
  • Heading a contract team of 28: works managers, engineers and cost control.
  • Variations and claims under FIDIC conditions, variations agreed for PLN 38 million.
  • Contract margin 3.1 percentage points above budget.
  • Contracts with 40 subcontractors, cash flow and reports for the board.

Site manager

05.2011 - 02.2020

Road construction company, Radom

  • Building bypasses and regional roads.
  • Running earthworks and paving works.
  • Acceptance with the contract engineer.

Education

Master's degree, civil engineering, roads and bridges

2005 - 2010

Warsaw University of Technology

Skills

  • Managing a construction contract
  • Contract budget and margin
  • Variations and claims
  • FIDIC conditions of contract
  • Subcontracts
  • Cash flow and reports

Qualifications

  • Building qualifications to manage works in the road speciality without restrictions
  • FIDIC conditions of contract training, 2019
  • Postgraduate studies in project management, 2017

Languages

  • English: C1

Additional information

  • Driving licence category B

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a construction contract manager CV

Professional summary

Write which contracts you manage, their value and type, the team you have and the conditions of contract you work under. Add the contract margin and the variations agreed. The board is looking for someone who will deliver the deadline, the quality and the financial result at the same time.

Site manager with 9 years of experience building regional roads. I run the works, acceptance and settlements with the contract engineer and stand in for the contract manager. I hold road qualifications and am looking for work as a construction contract manager.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the contract, its value, the team, variations, claims, subcontractors and the result. Show numbers: value, margin, deadlines. Add your relationship with the client and the contract engineer.

Weaker: Running the contract.

Better: A contract to build 22 km of expressway, worth PLN 640 million.

Weaker: Variations.

Better: Variations and claims under FIDIC conditions, variations agreed for PLN 38 million.

Weaker: Result.

Better: Contract margin 3.1 percentage points above budget.

Skills worth listing

List contract management, budget, variations, claims, conditions of contract and subcontractors. In your soft skills show negotiation, leadership and decisiveness.

Professional skills

  • Contract
  • Budget
  • Variations and claims
  • FIDIC
  • Subcontractors
  • Cash flow

Personal skills

  • Negotiation
  • Leadership
  • Decisiveness
  • Resilience under pressure
  • Communication

Qualifications

List your building qualifications, training in conditions of contract, for example FIDIC, and studies in project management. Large contracts often require experience on similar projects.

How to become a construction contract manager

Most people move up from site manager or deputy contract manager. On your CV show the value of the works and the team you are already responsible for.

Add your experience with settlements, variations and subcontractors. A contract manager is responsible for the result, not only the works.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

Road and rail construction looks for FIDIC conditions and large public clients, building construction for work with private investors and developers, and industry for turnkey contracts. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

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Questions and answers

What should a construction contract manager put on a CV?

Contracts, value, team, budget, variations, claims, subcontractors, the result, qualifications and languages.

How does a contract manager differ from a site manager?

The site manager runs the works on site, and the contract manager is responsible for the whole contract, the budget, the result and the relationship with the client.

Is knowledge of FIDIC needed?

On infrastructure contracts it usually is.

Which results are worth giving?

The contract margin, deadlines, variations agreed and the value of claims.

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