Contract Director

Morrison Utility Services Limited.; Pulborough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility services company in the UK seeks a Contract Director to manage high-value contracts while ensuring operational excellence and promoting safety. The role requires strong leadership in energy contracting, an understanding of complex project management, and a commitment to building inclusive teams. Benefits include a pension scheme, life assurance, and enhanced leave policies. Applicants are encouraged to apply swiftly to ensure consideration.

Benefits

Matched pension scheme

Private health care

Discretionary bonus scheme

25 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Proven senior leadership experience in energy contracting or large-scale infrastructure.
• Strong commercial and contractual leadership experience.
• Track record of managing major projects and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Manage high-value contracts for operational excellence.
• Drive health, safety, and wellbeing initiatives.
• Build and lead high-performing teams.

Skills

Senior leadership experience

Commercial leadership

Project management

People leadership skills

Understanding of safety and environmental standards

Inclusive culture building

Job description

UK - Projects based in East Anglia, London, South East and East Midlands.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Energy, we aren't just maintaining infrastructure – we're shaping the future of energy. As the UK accelerates toward a cleaner, sustainable future, we’re delivering complex, high‑voltage capital projects that make a real difference.

This is your opportunity to step into a pivotal leadership role where strategy meets impact. You'll guide teams, shape contracts, and drive performance that matters for our clients and communities.

What you’ll do

As Contract Director you will:

• Take charge of a portfolio of high‑value contracts, ensuring operational excellence and commercial success.
• Drive our “It Starts With Me” culture, putting health, safety, and wellbeing at the heart of everything.
• Build high‑performing teams, encourage collaboration, and cultivate a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Help shape business plans, spot new opportunities, and allocate resources to deliver maximum value.
• Build strong client relationships, meeting regulatory requirements while tackling complex challenges creatively.
• Maintain profitability and cashflow through sharp financial stewardship.
• Embrace innovation, efficiency and sustainability to deliver enduring success.

Qualifications and experience

• Proven senior leadership experience in energy contracting, large‑scale infrastructure or an equivalent field.
• Strong commercial and contractual leadership experience, with the ability to build and develop client relationships and grow a business.
• A track record of managing major projects and frameworks.
• Exceptional people leadership skills with the ability to influence at the highest level.
• Deep understanding of safety, health, wellbeing, environmental and quality standards.
• A passion for building inclusive, engaged, and high‑performing cultures.
• A growth mindset – thriving on winning work, building teams, and delivering results that matter.

Our values

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet.
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations.
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Why we’re looking for a Contract Director

We believe this isn't just another contract management position; it's a chance to lead with purpose, to shape the UK’s energy future. If you're ready to make an impact, inspire change and deliver results that matter, we want you on our team.

Sound like the role for you? Apply now and take the next step in your leadership journey.

Benefits

• Matched or contributory pension scheme.
• Online GP service, 24/7.
• Employee assistance programme.
• My Rewards portal – access to thousands of retail discounts.
• Life assurance.
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give‑as‑you‑earn schemes.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• Reward and recognition scheme.
• Company car and fuel card, or car allowance (EV and hybrid vehicles available).
• Private health care and cash plan for you and your family.
• Discretionary bonus scheme.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

Additional information

Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date – apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

Successful candidates may be subject to third‑party background checks and, for certain roles, drug and alcohol testing as part of the induction and onboarding process.

We pride ourselves on being one of the Top 100 UK companies active in recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks help create an environment where everyone belongs.

We recruit with these values in mind, ensuring your aspirations and ways of working align with ours.