Contract Manager

United Living; Brentwood; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure and property services company in the UK is seeking a Contracts Manager for their refurbishment team. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in managing residential projects and will be responsible for overseeing multiple sites, ensuring quality and safety standards are met. This role offers a competitive salary and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package

Opportunities for career progression

Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience with a refurbishment main contractor.
• Minimum 2 years as a Contracts Manager.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple refurbishment sites valued at £10-£15 million.
• Negotiate packages of work with subcontractors.

Skills

Leadership

Data Interrogation

Client Engagement

Health and Safety Awareness

Commercial Awareness

Education

NVQ

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Excel

Job description

United Living is a leading infrastructure, construction, and property services company in the UK. We help our customers and the communities they serve benefit from resilient infrastructure, affordable homes, and improved living spaces that are fit for the future. Our mission is to be the partner and employer of choice for designing, building, maintaining, and connecting communities and critical infrastructure, to create a more sustainable and inclusive society.

United Living Group is comprised of four complementary businesses, all dedicated to realising our vision of creating a connected, sustainable future:

Property Services – We revitalise homes and communities through the regeneration of living spaces, breathing new life into neighbourhoods. From delivering large programmes of work for social housing providers, to ensuring the highest building safety standards, we provide a range of services for public sector clients.

Infrastructure Services – Our team of infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical energy and water infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators. The work we do supports the requirement for effective solutions to address the UK’s decarbonisation goals, and our processes minimise environmental and carbon impacts, whilst ensuring the safe and reliable operation of assets.

New Homes - As experienced and specialist new build housing contractors, we create homes and regenerate areas with communities in mind. We work collaboratively with registered partners, local authorities, and private developers to provide high quality, energy efficient, and sustainable homes for people to live and grow.

Connected - We connect people through fixed-line and wireless telecom infrastructure, ensuring seamless communication and access to information for all. At United Living, we have one of the largest specialist in-house teams for project management, acquisition, design, construction, and maintenance in the UK.

Tasks

Here at United Living Property Services our refurbishment team is growing and we are on the lookout for a Contracts Manager to come and join us. We are looking for candidates that have experience of working within a main contractor on residential refurbishment projects. Our ideal candidate will already be a Contracts Manager, managing multiple sites up to the value of £10-£15million.

Our commercial and operational teams are integrated to ensure that we offer best value and service to our clients. Procurement will be a major part of the role, including negotiating packages of work with our subcontractors and supply chain partners.

Requirements

• SMSTS
• Asbestos Awareness
• First Aid at Work
• Relevant NVQ desirable

About You

• 5 Years’ experience working for a refurbishment main contractor
• Minimum 2 years working as a Contracts Manager
• Leadership experience
• Good data interrogation skills
• Valid driving licence
• Competent use in Microsoft Project and Microsoft Excel Trackers
• Excellent client engagement skills
• Excellent Health and Safety Awareness
• Commercially aware
• Excellent people skills and the ability to drive performance from your team of staff

Benefits

If you are a Senior Project Manager - Contracts Manager seeking a dynamic and diverse work environment, we're offering:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunities for career progression aligned with the company’s growth
• Immediate interview for qualified candidates

If you are ready to be part of our expanding team and contribute to our success, apply today for immediate consideration. Join us on this exciting journey of growth and innovation!

As a business United Living prefer to hire directly and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if we require support. We do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. If speculative CVs are sent, no fee will be applicable.