Contracts Manager

Overview

In this Contracts Manager role, you will oversee major water and civil engineering projects across the North West, ensuring on-time delivery, budget control, and high health, safety and quality standards. You will lead cross-site programme management, procurement, and commercial reporting, while developing strong client and subcontractor relationships. The position blends leadership of operational teams with rigorous risk, design, and contract administration. This is a chance to drive significant infrastructure delivery within a reputable civil engineering contractor.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, programming, and successful delivery of civil engineering and water projects across multiple sites
• Monitor costs, resources, forecasts, margins, and commercial performance, including monthly cost value reconciliations
• Manage procurement, subcontractor engagement, cost plans, risks, opportunities and commercial reporting
• Oversee tender handovers, pre-start meetings, project reviews, progress meetings and action/decision records
• Ensure design activities are resourced and delivered per project requirements
• Provide leadership across operational teams, including recruitment, reporting lines, training and progression
• Promote health, safety, environmental compliance and quality to align with requirements
• Build relationships with clients, subcontractors, communities and stakeholders to minimise disruption

Key requirements

• Extensive experience managing civil engineering or water projects
• Strong knowledge of contract conditions, CDM regulations, design and programme management, risk management and cost control
• Understanding of NEC contracts
• Experience with Microsoft Project and Primavera P6
• Experience supporting pre-qualification and tendering processes for multidisciplinary projects
• SMSTS and CSCS certification
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• strong communication
• NEC contracts
• CDM regulations
• design management

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