Contracts Manager (Retrofit)

Novus Property Solutions; South Brent; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading property maintenance company in South Brent is seeking an experienced Contracts Manager to oversee site teams delivering retrofit works. This role involves managing project contracts, ensuring quality and safety standards are met, and engaging with clients effectively. The ideal candidate has extensive knowledge of social housing works, holds relevant certifications, and brings strong leadership skills. This position offers an attractive salary, benefits, and the chance to positively impact local communities.

Benefits

Attractive salary & benefits

27 days holidays & bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Company car or car allowance

Discounted healthcare scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing contracts within social housing.
• Strong understanding of retrofit and planned works.
• Full UK driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Manage the selection and formation of site personnel.
• Control individual contract progress within time frames and budget.
• Attend client meetings to review performance and planning.

Skills

Contracts management

Team leadership

Knowledge of PAS 2030 & 2035

Client communication

Problem-solving

Education

SMSTS certificate

First Aid certificate

Job description

Contracts Manager

Location: South Brent office, covering South West & South Central locations – Typically working Monday to Friday 39 hours

As a Contracts Manager for Novus, you’ll get to see the impact and improvements your role delivers to your customers and team every day – taking your job satisfaction to whole new levels. This varied and challenging role offers you the opportunity to work with and manage a skilled and professional team, a secure environment with long‑term contracts and the opportunity to grow and learn. With responsibility for successfully leading a small team of Site Managers delivering Retrofit works including solar panels, ventilation measures, insulation, windows, doors & roofing in a social housing setting. Ensuring contracts are completed to programme, with zero defects, within budget and with no risk to health & safety of the operation team, the client or the public. The successful candidate will be client facing and have extensive knowledge of retrofit & planned works within a social housing environment including working knowledge of PAS 2030 & 2035 and all related documentation.

Along with utilising your contracts management skills, you’ll also be looking for ways to add real social value to the communities and customers you work with. Supported by your peers, team and management to solve problems and trusted to make decisions to grow and develop relationships and revenue.

What’s in it for you?

• Attractive salary & benefits to suit you
• 27 days holidays & BH – option to buy or sell holidays
• Company pension scheme – up to 7.5 %
• Company car or car allowance
• Discounted healthcare scheme, high street & lifestyle discounts including Taste card, a day paid volunteering per year, length of service awards and more.

An outline of your responsibility as a Contracts Manager

• Manage the selection and formation of site personnel teams (inc. sub‑contractors) as determined by individual contracts.
• Manage site personnel, work activities and resources to meet the requirements of individual contracts.
• Control individual contract progress, focusing completion within time frames and budget.
• Ensure all necessary contract documentation / reports are accurate and produced on time.
• Attend monthly client meetings to review performance and future planning of works.
• Work under the Retrofit Manager to support preparation, processing and selection of estimates, bids and tenders and development of the procurement programme.
• Assist in the presentation of the contract brief to the client.

About You

As an experienced Contracts Manager you will have worked within a planned and retrofit works contract including both internal and external works, within a social housing environment. Ideally you will hold SMSTS, First Aid or an associated NVQ; if this has expired we will support you to renew – it’s the knowledge and skills that go with the qualification that’s essential to us. Knowledge of PAS 2030 & 2035 is essential to the role. The preferred candidate will be experienced, knowledgeable, a self‑starter who is focused on delivery and able to communicate well with the team to ensure everyday runs smoothly. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence to travel to sites daily and the role will require a DBS check.

A little bit about us

Novus Property Solutions is a dynamic, award‑winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 19 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a social and environmentally responsible family‑owned business with a 128‑year heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients. Our vision is to be the leader in building and maintenance solutions, delivered with compassion and care for the communities in which we operate.

At Novus Property Solutions we value people, and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand that many people may not meet all the criteria laid out in the advert, so we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every requirement. You may be just who we are looking for to join our award‑winning Property Maintenance company in this or another role.