Contract Manager

Ganymede; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading contractor is seeking a Contracts Manager for major infrastructure projects at Manchester Airport. This role involves overseeing high-value civil engineering projects, ensuring safety and client satisfaction, and managing a dedicated team. With a multi-year pipeline of work, this position offers significant career growth and impact in the aviation sector.

Benefits

Opportunities for growth

Recognition

Impact on major projects

Qualifications

• Experience in managing multiple concurrent civil projects.
• Proven track record of delivering results and managing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple concurrent projects in airfield infrastructure.
• Ensure health and safety standards across live sites.
• Build and nurture client relationships.

Skills

Leadership

Client Relationship Management

Health and Safety Standards

Job description

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Determined Talent Professional - UK & Florida - Engineering & Commercial - [phone]

Contracts Manager – Major Infrastructure - Long Project!

Location: Manchester Airport

Up to £90,000 plus package

Take your career to new heights by leading one of the UK’s most significant civil engineering frameworks within the aviation sector.

An industry-leading contractor has secured an exciting long-term framework delivering transformative airfield infrastructure works across three major UK airports. This pivotal role offers stability, complexity, and prestige—working on high-value, fast-paced projects where your leadership will make a lasting impact on some of the busiest transport hubs in the country.

The Opportunity

This is not your standard Contracts Manager role. With up to eight years of secured works ahead, you'll take charge of multiple concurrent projects (circa £5m each), including new taxiways, paving, and car parks—often delivered during night-time hours to ensure minimal disruption to operations.

Based primarily at Manchester Airport, you’ll lead a dedicated delivery team, including three experienced Project Managers, reporting directly to the Director. The client is forward-leaning, pragmatic, and expects agile delivery over prolonged pre-construction delays. You’ll need to be confident managing evolving requirements while safeguarding operational excellence and commercial outcomes.

What You'll Be Doing

• Providing visible leadership and accountability across live sites
• Ensuring rigorous health and safety standards in complex airside environments
• Building and nurturing a constructive client relationship—collaborative, not combative
• Supporting and mentoring a multi-site delivery team
• Driving commercial performance in collaboration with internal stakeholders
• Leading close-out strategies and exceeding customer expectations on every scheme
• Contributing to the growth of the business unit by spotting and pursuing future opportunities

About You

You're a commercially aware and operationally savvy leader who thrives on complexity and responsibility. Whether you come from a Tier 1 or Tier 2 background, your ability to manage multiple concurrent civils projects and deliver client satisfaction is proven. Aviation experience is welcome but not essential—candidates from highways or rail with strong client-facing experience are encouraged to apply.

You might be an established Contracts Manager or a high-performing Senior Project Manager ready to take the next step. What matters is your track record of delivering results, managing people with empathy and firmness, and making smart decisions under pressure.

Why Apply?

• Multi-year pipeline of prestigious, high-profile infrastructure projects
• A strategic role at the heart of a major aviation framework
• Opportunities for growth, recognition, and impact

This is more than a job—it’s a career-defining opportunity to lead critical works in one of the UK's most complex and rewarding infrastructure environments.

If this sounds like the next role for you then apply via the button on screen, or alternatively send a CV to Connor @ [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management, Project Management, and Engineering

• Industries

  Construction and Civil Engineering

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