Projects & Contract Manager | Wallingford, Oxfordshire | Full Time | Up to £55,000 DOE + Health & Wellbeing Benefits + Company Vehicle + Career Development
Our client designs, creates and cares for beautiful bespoke gardens that reflect their customers’ lifestyles, homes and values. They specialise in delivering a highly personalised garden design and landscaping service, creating high-quality residential gardens that support wildlife, wellbeing and long-term enjoyment.
Working across South Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties, they combine design, construction and ongoing garden care to deliver exceptional outdoor spaces with a strong focus on craftsmanship, sustainability and client experience.
Due to continued growth, they are now looking to recruit an experienced Projects & Contract Manager to take ownership of multiple live landscaping projects, ensuring outstanding delivery, strong client communication and rigorous control of quality, programme and costs.
This is a newly created role and an excellent opportunity for either an established Contracts Manager / Project Manager or a strong Assistant Project Manager looking to step up into a broader operational leadership position, with genuine potential for future progression within the business.
What will your role look like?
- Managing up to four landscaping projects simultaneously, ensuring delivery on time, on budget and to specification
- Taking responsibility for projects from mobilisation and site preparation through to final handover
- Translating design intent into practical construction methodologies alongside the Projects Coordinator
- Overseeing site teams, Team Leaders, subcontractors, materials, plant and machinery
- Monitoring project costs, procurement, materials usage and resource allocation to maximise efficiency
- Creating and managing project programmes, adapting schedules to mitigate delays and maintain momentum
- Leading progress meetings and providing clear written and visual project updates
- Maintaining exceptional quality standards across all sites
- Reviewing technical drawings and identifying buildability issues proactively
- Ensuring compliance with Health & Safety legislation, CDM regulations and site protocols, including inductions, toolbox talks and site inspections
- Supporting, mentoring and developing Team Leaders and the Projects Coordinator
- Building strong relationships with clients, designers and directors, including managing challenging conversations professionally and diplomatically
- Producing weekly reports, project reviews, cash flow updates and forecasts
- Contributing to the development of project management systems and processes within the business
Are you the right person for the job?
- Formal project or contracts management experience within landscaping, construction, groundworks or a closely related sector is essential
- Structured project management training is required, such as APM PMQ, equivalent recognised qualification, industry-recognised in-house training, or demonstrable experience working within an established project management methodology
- Ideally 8-10+ years’ broader industry experience, with progression from hands-on or supervisory roles into project management
- Genuine practical understanding of landscaping or construction, including groundworks, drainage, labour coordination, subcontractors, materials and machinery
- Experience delivering and coordinating multiple live projects simultaneously
- Strong leadership, mentoring and people-management skills
- Excellent client-facing communication and stakeholder management ability
- Confident reading and interpreting technical drawings a
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