Contracts Manager

Web Recruit Ltd; Torquay; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housebuilding company in Torquay is seeking a Contracts Manager for a full-time role. You will oversee residential projects from land acquisition to completion, ensuring safety and quality standards. The ideal candidate has housebuilding managerial experience and strong leadership skills. Benefits include a competitive salary, bonus, and various employee schemes. This is a career-defining opportunity to make an impact in the community.

Benefits

Competitive salary plus bonus

Company car or car allowance

Life Assurance X3

6% employer pension contributions

Medicash health cashback scheme

25 days’ holiday + bank holidays

Private Healthcare option

Holiday purchase scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Early Friday finishes

Discount on purchase of a home

Qualifications

• Previous experience in the housebuilding industry in a managerial capacity.
• Experience managing subcontractor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead residential developments from land acquisition to completion.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely and on time.
• Manage and motivate site-based teams to achieve targets.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Safety advocacy

Job description

Contracts Manager

Torquay, Devon (with frequent travel to our sites across Devon and Somerset)

About us

With a rich history dating back to 1923, Cavanna Homes is the South West’s largest independent house builder. We are family-owned and construct beautiful new homes that customers love.

We are now looking for a Contracts Manager to join our team in Torquay on a full-time, permanent basis, working 37.5 hours per week.

What you’ll be doing

As the Contracts Manager, you will lead our residential developments from land acquisition through to completion, ensuring they are delivered safely, on time and to the highest standards.

Reporting to the Director of Construction, you will take ownership of programme, quality and cost performance across a portfolio of sites, providing strong, visible leadership to Site Managers, Assistant Site Managers, Forklift Drivers and Operatives.

Working closely with subcontractors and internal teams, you will champion consistent quality in construction, communication and collaboration, ensuring information flows smoothly across the business.

Additionally, you will:

• Manage and motivate site-based teams to achieve agreed targets and milestones
• Build effective relationships with subcontractors to support delivery and performance
• Monitor progress against budgets and programmes, addressing issues proactively
• Act as a visible advocate for quality, safety and best practice across all developments

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary plus bonus
• Electric or hybrid company car or car allowance
• Life Assurance X3
• 6% employer pension contributions
• Medicash health cashback scheme
• 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays, additional holidays awarded for length of service
• Access to salary sacrifice Private Healthcare for yourself and family
• Holiday purchase scheme – purchase up to an additional week of holiday
• Cycle to Work Scheme up to the value of £3,500
• Early Friday finishes
• Discount on purchase of a Cavanna Home

This is a career-defining opportunity for an experienced housebuilding professional with strong site leadership experience to join our respected, family-owned organisation.

You’ll step into a senior, trusted role where your expertise genuinely matters, giving you the autonomy to lead developments from start to finish.

In return, you’ll receive clear investment in your wellbeing, progression and work-life balance, with generous benefits and the chance to leave a lasting mark on homes and communities across the South West.

Who we are looking for

To join us as our Contracts Manager, you will need:

• Previous experience in the housebuilding industry in a managerial capacity
• Experience managing subcontractor relationships

  A little bit more about Cavanna

  Cavanna Homes is a family-owned business established in 1923. Our aim is to become the most admired regional house builder in the South West. We strive to achieve this through our product design, innovation and build quality whilst maintaining the trust and respect of our customers and the local communities around our developments. We aim to be a company whose employees, shareholders, customers, business partners and the community can be proud to be associated with.

  At Cavanna, everyone lives by ‘The Cavanna Way’. This is our set of values that defines who we are as a team and how we behave – ‘Customer Focused’, ‘Integrity’, ‘Socially Engaged’, ‘Reputable’, ‘Successful’ and ‘Safe’. If you believe these values match your own, then we’d love to hear from you.

  The closing date for this role is 30th January 2026.

  Other organisations may call this role Construction Project Manager, Project Manager, Residential Construction Manager, Site Manager, Construction Site Manager, or Construction Manager.

  Webrecruit and Cavanna Homes are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

  So, if you’re ready to shape the next chapter of your career as a Contracts Manager, please apply via the button shown.