Contracts Manager

BGEN Ltd; Brighton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

Death in service benefit

Opportunity to purchase additional holidays

Employee assistance programme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Private health care

Overtime

Job summary

BGEN Ltd is looking for a leader in Brighton to guide project delivery in utility contracting. The role requires management experience, strong communication skills, and a passion for continuous improvement. Benefits include a company pension scheme, private health care, and 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays. This position is ideal for someone with engineering qualifications and a drive to foster client relationships and uphold safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Management experience in utility contracting or similar environments.
• Confident ambassador for company values and strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead safe and efficient project delivery as a client contact.
• Champion health, safety, environmental, and wellbeing standards.
• Build strong client relationships and ensure quality deliverables.
• Guide colleagues, support resource planning, and collaborate on technical bids.
• Maintain accurate programmes and nurture team development through appraisals.

Skills

Strong communication and negotiation skills

Management experience in utility contracting

Confident ambassador for company values

Commercial awareness

Supportive leadership and stakeholder influence

Passion for continuous improvement

Competent MS Office user

Understanding of MEICA, electrical systems

Engineering-related qualifications

Full UK driving licence

Education

Engineering-related qualifications

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and re imagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Water we help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will join BGEN - one of the UK's largest multidisciplinary design and build contractors with over 100 years of industry experience. We support clients in the water, power & energy, pharmaceutical, nuclear and food and beverage industries to deliver next generation, value-added engineering solutions.

What you'll be doing:

• You’ll lead safe, efficient, first‑time‑right project delivery while supporting both operational and back‑office teams and acting as a trusted client contact.
• You’ll champion excellent health, safety, environmental and wellbeing standards, track performance, and highlight risks and opportunities.
• You’ll build strong client relationships, uphold integrity, and ensure deliverables meet technical and quality expectations.
• You’ll guide colleagues across functions, support resource planning, and collaborate with directors on technical capability and bids.
• You’ll maintain accurate programmes, meet contractual obligations, and nurture team development through clear objectives and regular appraisals.

What you'll bring:

• Strong communication and negotiation skills, with a positive, collaborative approach
• Management experience in utility contracting or similar environments
• Confident ambassador for company values, goals and strategy
• Commercially aware, with the ability to manage this effectively
• Supportive leader who builds relationships and influences stakeholders
• Passion for continuous improvement and helping others grow
• Competent MS Office user
• Helpful understanding of MEICA, electrical systems, quality standards and NEC4
• Engineering‑related qualifications and project management knowledge
• Full UK driving licence

What in it for you?

• Company pension scheme
• Death in service benefit
• Opportunity to purchase additional holidays per year (up to 5 days for full time employees)
• My rewards- offering documents on high street and online shopping
• Employee assistance programme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

In addition this role offers:

• Private health care for you
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Overtime

About Us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

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.

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.