Contracts Manager
My client has a fantastic opportunity for a Contracts Manager to join their team covering sites across the West Yorkshire region. My client is a main contractor delivering new build and refurbishment projects.
The Contract Manager will play a key role in ensuring construction projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards. They will be the main point of coordination between the client, project teams, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders, ensuring that every aspect of the contract is planned, managed, and delivered.
As a Contracts Manager you will be responsible for 3-4 live sites at any one time with Site Managers reporting into you. The sites are mainly in the health, food, Education and commercial sectors with projects ranging from £ 100,000 – £12m in value
Key Responsibilities
– Coach, motivate, and support the team to maintain a positive, accountable, and high?performing working environment.
– Communicate project requirements clearly and ensure documentation, plans, and expectations are fully understood by all stakeholders.
– Build strong, open, and reliable relationships with clients, end users, and partner organisations through consistent, two?way communication.
– Act as key account holder for allocated clients, addressing concerns promptly and ensuring needs, expectations, and feedback are understood and acted upon.
– Manage client relationships post?completion, retaining ownership of all defect management responsibilities and ensuring timely, pragmatic resolution.
– Communicate effectively with all stakeholders, including clients, consultants, subcontractors, and on?site teams.
– Provide clear direction to site management teams and maintain strong internal communication across project disciplines.
– Produce transparent, accurate reporting to senior leadership, offering clarity on progress, risks, and overall project performance.
– Set clear expectations for the supply chain in partnership with site management teams and ensure alignment with project objectives.
– Manage supply chain performance in line with company procedures, recognising high performance and addressing underperformance appropriately.
– Support site teams in maintaining a safe, welcoming, and respectful environment, ensuring all operatives and visitors treat the site appropriately.
– Confirm designs meet the project brief, operational and maintenance requirements, and the needs of all stakeholders, including end users.
– Support the preparation of high?quality bids and tenders, contributing operational insight into programmes, logistics, phasing, and pre?start documentation.
– Participate in bid reviews with commercial teams to ensure submissions are accurate, competitive, and well?coordinated.
Experience and qualifications
– Proven experience managing multiple construction projects simultaneously, including coordination of subcontractors.
– Strong leadership skills with experience leading teams.
– Experience working with public and private sector clients.
– Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise confidently with senior clients and subcontractors.
– Experience using programming tools and web?based document storage systems.
– Working knowledge of current Health & Safety practices.
– Good commercial awareness with the ability to use Excel to price small works up to £100k.
– Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.
– Proficient in Microsoft Project, with the ability to produce, update, and manage programmes.
– Proactive approach to delivering high?quality construction work.
– Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads effectively.
– Flexible approach to working hours
– Qualified to HNC level or above.
– Valid CITB 5?day SMSTS certificate
Salary and Package
– Competitive Salary, Dependent on Experience
– Annual Bonus opportunity
– 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), rising with length of service to 30 days
– Pension
– Staff discounts
– High Street & Retail discount schemes
– Bike 2 Work Scheme
– Parental Leave and Sickness Absence schemes
This is a superb opportunity to join an established but growing business working with opportunity for career progression. For more information on this role please contact Paul Wilkinson on (phone number removed) or via email on (url removed)