Contracts Manager

Southwalessportsgrounds; Magor; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary based on experience

Discretionary annual bonus

22 days holiday + service rise

Company pension

Job summary

South Wales Sports Grounds are seeking an experienced Contracts Manager to oversee pre-contract, delivery and post-contract activities across projects in the South Wales region, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery and high quality throughout all stages.

The role requires substantial construction management experience, strong client relationships, and the ability to lead teams, liaise with stakeholders, review plans, and manage budgets across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Significant management experience in the construction industry.
• Experience in a similar Contracts Manager role with high quality delivery.
• Knowledge of contracts and IT (MS Office, MS Project).
• Ability to interpret and work with engineering drawings and site surveys.

Responsibilities

• Oversee pre-contract, contract delivery and post-contract activities across projects.
• Travel across the South Wales region to sites and liaise with clients and stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain relationships with customers, sub-contractors and supply chain.
• Ensure programmes, plans, method statements and risk assessments are robust and up to date.
• Manage budgets, teams of direct labour and subcontractors to deliver on time and to budget.

Skills

Contracts management

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

IT literacy (MS Office)

Site management

Budget management

Health & safety

Education

Black Managers Card

BTEC or NVQ4 in Site Management

HND or degree in construction/related field

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Engineering drawings

Job description

Contracts Manager

South Wales Sports Grounds are currently recruiting for an experienced Contracts Manager to join our team on a permanent basis, with an immediate start.

This is a great opportunity for a skilled and knowledgeable Contracts Manager looking to join a well‑established South Wales based Company, working on a range of long‑term projects. Everything we do is based around exceptional delivery and very strong customer relationships that are built on mutual trust, collaboration, and honest communication.

As a Contracts Manager within the team, you’ll have a critical role to play in turning our customers visions and ideas into reality, ensuring projects are delivered on time and on budget, and that the quality is intrinsic at every stage. The role will focus between pre‑contract, contract delivery and post‑contract activities across all ongoing and any new projects.

Your role as a Contracts Manager

• You must have considerable experience as a Contracts Manager, Operations Manager or Senior Site Manager within the construction industry and be comfortable managing multiple projects and multi‑level clients.
• Your role will require you to work across the South Wales Region and potentially surrounding Regions as required.
• Travel on a daily basis to sites to liaise with customers, employees, contractors and end‑user clients as necessary.
• Develop and maintain close relationships with all appropriate internal and external stakeholders, including customers, sub‑contractors, and supply chain.
• Manage contract delivery and develop strong customer relationships at a high level.
• To be able to communicate effectively and confidently with clients, residents, and colleagues at all levels.
• Ensure all programmes, plans, method statements and risk assessments are robust, up to date, understood and implemented.
• Produce Construction Phase Plans, in line with current legislation and regulations.
• Effectively manage a team of direct labour and subcontractors. You will need to support and guide the team to ensure all projects are brought in on‑time and to cost.
• Manage ongoing and new projects; providing and ensuring a plan of works are being followed to ensure projects are delivered on time, in budget and to KPI’s.
• Be aware of and ensure contract terms are understood and adhered to.
• Be able to identify and quote additional works effectively.
• Manage budgets and financial status with the commercial team.
• Be familiar with working to SOR’s and compiling works package costs.
• Compliance with company standards, policies, procedures, ISO accreditations and legislative requirements.
• Accountable for delivery and quality in line with customer and company expectations.

The Candidate

• Significant management experience in the construction industry
• Previous experience of successfully carrying out a similar role to a high quality
• General knowledge of contracts (minimum)
• General knowledge of IT (MS Office, MS project)
• Fully compliant with Engineering drawings
• Ability to set‑out site using engineering drawings
• Full use of dual grade lasers
• Key communication skills necessary to maintain client relationships
• Key skills in project planning and time management and effective communication to manage site‑based project personnel
• Experience in running and recording effective meetings with a range of key stakeholders, internal and external
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• The ability to communicate with and delegate to other members of the team at site and at project meetings
• A willingness to mentor other members of the construction management team
• The ability to be a key liaison point with client and design team before construction begins

Qualifications/Experience

Confident leadership, especially from a Health & Safety perspective. You will be expected to work to strict standards. Highly desirable to have worked in a Contracts Manager previous role. You will need the appropriate qualifications, certifications, experience, and competency for the role. It is expected that you will come from a civils, infrastructure, groundworks, or possibly more general construction background. Ideally, you will have a valid Black Managers Card along with BTEC or NVQ4 in Site Management, or HND or degree or equivalent.

Skills

A good understanding of all aspects of Groundworks is required. Exceptional organisation, supervisory and motivational skills to enable you to drive and inspire your team to the highest standards. A methodical and analytical thought process with strong communication skills enabling you to report clearly on production process and quality. These challenging roles offers a dynamic and driven individual to develop their skills and career. You will be highly motivated, possessing ability to multitask and be driven towards excellence. An honest and driven approach that offers the chance to work with some great and professional people. You should be confident in communication skills, organisation and time management and have the capability of prioritisation.

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will receive

• A competitive salary based on experience.
• Discretionary Annual Bonus
• 22 days holiday allowance (excluding statutory bank holidays) rising with length of service.
• Company Pension.
• Career progression
• A company van, fuel card, laptop and phone will also be issued