Contracts Manager

AmcoGiffen; Theale; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company car or car allowance

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Training and professional development

Job summary

AmcoGiffen is seeking an experienced Contracts Manager to lead the Southern business unit, delivering a diverse portfolio of rail and civil engineering projects across the South East. You will own the commercial performance, safety, quality, and client satisfaction across multiple frameworks and tendered schemes.

You will build strong client relationships, lead project delivery, and collaborate with project teams, commercial colleagues, and stakeholders to ensure profitable outcomes and on-time

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Contracts Manager role within rail and/or civil engineering.
• Strong understanding of project delivery, construction methodologies, contract administration, and commercial management.
• Experience managing framework contracts and multidisciplinary civil engineering projects.
• Sound knowledge of NEC contracts and/or Network Rail bespoke forms of contract.

Responsibilities

• Build, develop, and maintain strong relationships with client representatives and key stakeholders across framework contracts.
• Lead the planning, coordination, and successful delivery of multiple projects and programmes.
• Take ownership of commercial performance, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Work with commercial teams to manage compensation events, change control processes, and early warning notices.
• Monitor project progress, costs, forecasts, and resource requirements, taking proactive action where required.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks to protect operational and commercial outcomes.

Skills

Contracts management

Rail & civil engineering

Leadership

Commercial awareness

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

Location: Swanley, South East England (Southern Region)

Sector: Rail & Civil Engineering

Lead Major Rail & Civil Engineering Projects in the South East

We're looking for an experienced Contracts Manager to take ownership of our Southern business unit, leading the successful delivery of a diverse portfolio of rail and civil engineering projects across the South East region.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a commercially astute and relationship‑focused leader who thrives on building client partnerships, driving operational excellence, and delivering projects that make a lasting impact on critical infrastructure.

You’ll play a key role in developing and strengthening strategic client relationships while leading the safe, efficient, and profitable delivery of projects across both long‑term frameworks and competitively tendered works.

About The Business Unit

Our Southern business unit delivers a broad range of multidisciplinary civil engineering solutions across the rail and infrastructure sectors. Working with key clients through both framework agreements and standalone projects, we deliver complex works that improve and maintain critical transport and environmental infrastructure.

Typical Projects Include

• Rail building and civils maintenance frameworks
• Environment Agency framework works
• Bridge reconstruction and replacement schemes
• Station refurbishments and upgrades
• Platform enhancements
• Embankment and earthworks projects
• Tunnel and structural repair works
• Associated civil engineering and infrastructure projects

The Role

As Contracts Manager, you will lead the operational delivery of multiple projects across the region, ensuring excellence in safety, quality, commercial performance, and client satisfaction.

You’ll work closely with project teams, commercial colleagues, and clients to drive successful outcomes while maintaining strong financial performance and programme delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, develop, and maintain strong relationships with client representatives and key stakeholders across framework contracts.
• Lead the planning, coordination, and successful delivery of multiple projects and programmes.
• Take ownership of commercial performance, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Work collaboratively with commercial teams to manage compensation events, change control processes, and early warning notices.
• Monitor project progress, costs, forecasts, and resource requirements, taking proactive action where required.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks to protect operational and commercial outcomes.
• Lead monthly Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) reviews with project teams.
• Champion a positive safety culture and maintain accountability for all Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) matters.
• Support the growth and development of the Southern business unit through exceptional project delivery and client engagement.

About You

We're keen to speak with experienced Contracts Managers who combine strong operational leadership with commercial awareness and a collaborative approach.

You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in a Contracts Manager role within rail and/or civil engineering.
• A strong understanding of project delivery, construction methodologies, contract administration, and commercial management.
• Experience managing framework contracts and multidisciplinary civil engineering projects.
• The ability to build trusted relationships with clients, supply chain partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Sound knowledge of NEC contracts and/or Network Rail bespoke forms of contract.
• Experience within civils maintenance frameworks.
• A degree, HNC, HND, or equivalent qualification in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem‑solving skills.

What’s in It for You

• Competitive salary, negotiable depending on experience
• Company car or car allowance
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service
• Up to 3 paid volunteer days annually
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Private medical insurance
• Medicash Health Cash Plan and rewards programme
• Ongoing training, development, and professional qualifications support
• Clear career progression opportunities within a growing business
• A culture that values safety, inclusion, collaboration, and employee wellbeing
• Employee forums that ensure every voice is heard

Equal Opportunities

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is proactively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non‑membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.