Contracts Manager

Rise Technical Recruitment Limited; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established contractor in Greater Manchester is seeking an experienced Contracts Manager to oversee civil engineering projects. The role involves day-to-day management of site operations, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget, while maintaining quality. Candidates should have strong experience managing earthworks and site remediation, preferably in a self-delivering contractor environment. This position offers excellent opportunities for professional development and clear progression paths within the company.

Benefits

Bonus

Car or allowance

Training and development

Progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing earthworks, site remediation, or soil stabilisation.
• Background with a self-delivering contractor ideally.
• Self-starter with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Full day to day management of site operations.
• Delivering projects in line with programme, budgets and quality.
• Overseeing the team of Project Managers on your sites.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Site management

Job description

Overview

Contracts Manager - Civil Engineering Site Based Across Greater Manchester GBP80,000 - GBP85,000 + Bonus + Car or Allowance + Training + Progression This is a great opportunity to join a long-established contractor operating across civil engineering, demolition, and enabling works. The business has grown significantly over the last decade and continues to expand, creating genuine long-term opportunities for experienced Contracts Managers. Are you a Contracts Manager who can demonstrate strong experience managing a vairety of civils projects are looking for a new opportunity? Do you want to work for a contractor who self-delivers their projects, empowers their staff and offers long-term progression? This established yet growing contractor specialise in delivering civil engineering and demolition projects across the Greater Manchester area. They deliver projects across residential, commercial, civil engineering, and energy sectors, including large-scale earthworks, site remediation, soil stabilisation, and associated civil works. Where projects are valued up to GBP10 million and are all delivered in-house. As they are currently in a strong period of growth which is why they are looking to add to their team with this great opportunity.You'll be responsible for the day-to-day running of projects which tend to be between 3 to 6 depending on size of the projects, where you'll be managing the Project Managers on those sites and report directly to the board. You'll be ensuring works are delivered safely, on programme, and profitably. This includes managing labour, materials, and subcontractors, monitoring progress against programme, and maintaining high standards of quality and health & safety. Therefore, the ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience managing earthworks, site remediation and wider civils projects, ideally within a self-delivering contractor environment, and be confident running site-based operations independently. This is a business that actively promotes from within, with clear progression opportunities from Contracts Manager to Director, framework roles, or senior leadership positions in other teams as the company continues to grow.
The Role:

• Full day to day management of site operations
• Delivering projects in line with programme, budgets and quality
• Overseeing the team of Project Managers on your sites
• Fully based on sites across Greater Manchester
• Great opportunity for further technical and professional development

The Role

• Full day to day management of site operations
• Delivering projects in line with programme, budgets and quality
• Overseeing the team of Project Managers on your sites
• Fully based on sites across Greater Manchester
• Great opportunity for further technical and professional development

The Person

• Proven experience managing earthworks, site remediation or soil stabilisation
• Background with a self-delivering contractor ideally
• Self-starter with strong communication skills
• Based within Greater Manchester and happy to travel

Reference Number: BBH267339

To apply for this role or for to be considered for further roles, please click "Apply Now" or contact Reece Johnson at Rise Technical Recruitment. This vacancy is being advertised by Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd. The services of Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd are that of an Employment Agency. Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd regrets to inform that our client can only accept applications from engineering candidates who have a valid legal permit or right to work in the United Kingdom. Potential candidates who do not have this right or permit or are pending an application to obtain this right or permit should not apply as your details will not be processed.