Contracts Manager

Site/Contracts Manager

Shropshire, office based with regular site visits across a twenty mile radius of Market Drayton

The role

You will take ownership of multiple small to medium residential projects, including extensions, refurbishments, new build, and occasional Grade II listed works. The role is primarily office based with planned visits to live sites. You will plan ahead, keep programmes tight, coordinate trades and suppliers, and be the client facing lead who keeps quality, safety, and cost on track.

Key responsibilities

1. Plan and manage short and medium term programmes, issue weekly lookaheads, and keep milestones on track

2. Read drawings and specifications, interpret scope, and brief the team clearly

3. Prepare RAMS, carry out risk assessments, manage permits, and maintain HSE compliance

4. Order materials and plant in advance, manage supplier lead times, and control costs against budgets

5. Coordinate subcontractors and in house trades, schedule daily and weekly tasks, and inspect quality

6. Liaise with clients, conservation officers, architects, engineers, and ecologists where required

7. Maintain site records, progress photos, and reports, and manage change and variations with support from the QS

8. Support simple pricing and small works estimating when needed, and close out handover and defects

9. Visit multiple sites as required during the week, typically within twenty miles of Market Drayton

10. Lead face to face meetings and interviews when bringing new trades into the supply chain

Project environment

1. Residential clients and private sector work

2. Extensions, refurbishments, and small new build

3. Listed buildings with heritage constraints on some projects, including ecology considerations such as bat surveys, bat licences, and method statements appropriate to historic fabric

4. Live occupied settings that require careful planning, noise and dust control, and tidy working practices

Essentials

1. Proven track record as a Site Manager or Contracts Manager running multiple jobs concurrently

2. Strong planning and programming skills, confident with MS Project or similar

3. SMSTS and First Aid, CSCS card, temporary works awareness is beneficial

4. Excellent client communication and interpersonal skills, calm, proactive, and organised

5. Ability to prepare RAMS, manage permits, and uphold HSE standards

6. Full UK driving licence

7. Comfortable being mostly office based, with planned site visits across the local area

Nice to have

1. Experience on Grade I or Grade II listed buildings, or a genuine interest in heritage methods and materials, for example lime mortars and traditional joinery

2. Joinery or general building background that helps with sequencing and quality checks

3. Experience coordinating ecology inputs, for example bat surveys and method statements

4. Confidence supporting small works pricing and basic take offs alongside the QS

Package

1. Permanent salary guide fifty thousand to sixty thousand, dependent on experience

2. CIS engagement available if preferred, day rate by agreement

3. Use of a company van or truck can be provided for the right person, typically after a successful probation

4. Local projects, family run environment, clear progression for the right person

How to apply

Apply within your CV and a short note about your most relevant projects, especially any listed building work
You can also call (phone number removed) for a quick chat.

Face to face interviews are preferred and will be held near Market Drayton.
Start is as soon as the right person is identified