Contracts Manager

McCarthy Recruitment; Wigan; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Vehicle/Allowance

Benefits

Job summary

McCarthy Recruitment is seeking a Contracts Supervisor in Wigan to oversee multiple live projects within highways, roads and civil engineering. The role focuses on delivering projects safely, efficiently and to programme while supporting site teams and coordinating activities.

The ideal candidate will have strong organisational and communication skills, good commercial awareness and a proactive, hands-on management style. A UK driving licence and relevant tickets are desirable as workloads grow.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to manage multiple live projects.

Responsibilities

• Managing two to three projects simultaneously.
• Supporting and overseeing site supervisors.
• Maintaining programme performance and project delivery.
• Managing labour, plant and resources across contracts.
• Building strong relationships with clients and key stakeholders.
• Ensuring compliance with Health & Safety requirements.
• Monitoring project progress, quality and commercial performance.
• Attending site meetings and coordinating project activities.
• Supporting the continued growth of the contracts division.

Job description

Contracts Supervisor

Sector: Highways & Civil Engineering

Location: Wigan

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 + Company Vehicle/Allowance + Benefits

The Role

You will be responsible for overseeing multiple live projects, supporting site teams and ensuring contracts are delivered safely, efficiently and to programme.

Projects are typically focused on:

• Highways infrastructure
• Roads and sewers
• Section works for housing developments
• Drainage and groundworks packages
• Local authority highways schemes
• Public realm and civil engineering projects

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing two to three projects simultaneously.
• Supporting and overseeing site supervisors.
• Maintaining programme performance and project delivery.
• Managing labour, plant and resources across contracts.
• Building strong relationships with clients and key stakeholders.
• Ensuring compliance with Health & Safety requirements.
• Monitoring project progress, quality and commercial performance.
• Attending site meetings and coordinating project activities.
• Supporting the continued growth of the contracts division.

About You

We are particularly interested in speaking with:

• Site Supervisors looking to step into their first Contracts Management role.
• Contracts Supervisors seeking greater responsibility and career progression.
• Existing Contracts Managers operating within smaller civil engineering businesses.

You’ll ideally have experience within:

• Highways maintenance
• Infrastructure projects
• Roads and sewers
• Groundworks
• Housing infrastructure
• Local authority highways works

You should also possess:

• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Good commercial awareness.
• A proactive and hands‑on management style.
• Relevant industry qualifications and tickets.
• Full UK driving licence.

Why Apply?

This is a genuine opportunity to join a business at an exciting stage of growth. The successful candidate will have the chance to help shape the future of the division, develop their career and progress alongside the business as workload and responsibility continue to increase.

The Legal Bit:

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. By applying for this role, you are explicitly consenting for McCarthy Recruitment to hold and process your data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations. And your details will be added to our holding database. We process certain personal information about you for our legitimate business interests to identify and contact suitable candidates about positions that may be relevant to them. Details are set out in our privacy policy at privacy. If you wish to exercise your right to access, erase or restrict the processing of your data please contact us at the office and we will respond to your query