Contract Manager

Build Recruitment Limited; Dudley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Build Recruitment Limited is seeking a Contracts Manager / Senior Site Manager to lead social housing and passive fire protection projects in the West Midlands. You will drive contract performance, manage budgets and ensure programmes and quality standards are achieved.

The role suits an experienced professional with strong commercial awareness, client-facing skills and a proven track record in housing contracts.

Qualifications

• Experience in social housing contracts, including planned maintenance, refurbishment, or fire safety works.
• Proven track record in contract management with commercial oversight.
• Strong budgeting, valuations, and cost control skills.
• Excellent client-facing abilities and stakeholder management.
• Experience leading site teams and subcontractors across multiple projects.
• Commercially focused, proactive problem-solver with ownership mindset.

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of social housing contracts ensuring programmes and budgets are met.
• Manage commercial performance including cost control, valuations and profitability.
• Build relationships with housing associations and clients, lead progress meetings.
• Monitor KPIs and risk, implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with site teams and subcontractors for efficient delivery.
• Identify opportunities to improve contract value and reduce costs.
• Maintain high health, safety and quality standards.

Skills

Social housing sector experience

Contract management

Budgeting & cost control

Client relationship management

Team leadership / management

Commercial mindset

Job description

Contracts Manager / Senior Site Manager - Social Housing & Passive Fire Protection

West Midlands £60,000-£65,000 Benefits

Are you an experienced Senior Site Manager ready to take the next step in your career, or an established Contracts Manager looking for a new challenge?

We're working with a specialist contractor operating within the passive fire protection and social housing sectors, delivering essential fire safety and property improvement works across residential housing.

With an established operation, existing contracts and a strong focus on quality, compliance and client relationships, the business is looking to strengthen its team with a commercially minded professional who can drive contract performance, protect profitability and build long-term relationships with housing association clients.

The Role

• Overseeing the successful delivery of social housing contracts, ensuring programmes, budgets and quality standards are achieved.
• Managing commercial performance, including cost control, variations, valuations, subcontractor costs and contract profitability.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with housing associations and other clients, leading progress meetings and managing expectations.
• Monitoring KPIs, programme performance and contractual obligations, identifying risks and implementing solutions.
• Working closely with site teams, subcontractors and operational colleagues to ensure efficient project delivery.
• Identifying opportunities to improve commercial performance, reduce costs and maximise contract value.
• Maintaining high standards of health and safety, quality and compliance across all works.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience within the social housing sector, ideally across planned maintenance, refurbishment, repairs or fire safety works.
• Experience as a Contracts Manager, or a Senior Site Manager ready to progress into a wider contract management role.
• Strong commercial awareness, including an understanding of budgets, valuations, variations, cost control and profitability.
• Excellent client-facing skills, with the confidence to manage housing association relationships, lead meetings and resolve issues professionally.
• Experience managing teams, subcontractors and competing priorities across multiple projects or contracts.
• A proactive, commercially focused approach, with the ability to take ownership of performance and drive results.