Contract Manager - Nationwide, Large-Scale Projects

Portakabin Ltd; Great Witley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car

Pension & life insurance

Health & wellbeing services

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Benefits Program (Discounts)'

Learning & development opportunities

Career progression

Volunteer day

Job summary

Portakabin Ltd is seeking a Contract Manager to join the GB Healthcare team, operating nationwide. The role offers a permanent contract, a company car, and eligibility for private medical cover, with 25 days of annual leave plus holidays.

Salary up to £67,000 with a 10% on-target bonus. The role involves leading large or complex contracts across the country, requiring travel, stakeholder reporting, risk management and strong financial control.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Project management qualification, or equivalent experience.
• Experience of delivering large and complex construction or modular projects.
• Strong knowledge of financial control in project delivery, cost management and final accounts.
• Experience in leading and/or coordinating multi-disciplinary project teams.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership for the successful project management and delivery of allocated large or complex contracts, ensuring completion safely, on time, to specification, to budget and to the satisfaction of the customer.
• Act as a subject matter expert in project delivery, sharing knowledge and expertise with colleagues to support best practice across the function.
• Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to achieve contract delivery objectives, ensuring clarity of roles, responsibilities and deliverables.
• Maintain or improve project margins and cash flow through effective planning, budget management, risk control and commercial decision-making.
• Produce regular reports and updates for stakeholders, providing analysis of progress against programme, costs and key milestones.
• Identify, manage and mitigate project risks, maintaining an up-to-date risk register and acting on opportunities to improve outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with contractual terms and conditions, managing variations and resolving contractual conflicts and disputes where required.
• Build strong customer relationships, acting as the main point of contact for allocated contracts.
• Support bid and pre-construction activity as required, contributing operational expertise.
• Provide coaching, support and, where applicable, line management for professionals within the contract team.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Risk management

Stakeholder reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Portakabin Ltd is seeking a Contract Manager to join the GB Healthcare team, operating nationwide. The role offers a permanent contract, a company car, and eligibility for private medical cover, with 25 days of annual leave plus holidays.

Salary up to £67,000 with a 10% on-target bonus. The role involves leading large or complex contracts across the country, requiring travel, stakeholder reporting, risk management and strong financial control.