Contracts Manager (Retrofit) - Fixed Term Contract

Novus Property Solutions; Rickmansworth; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary & benefits package

27 Days Hols & BH – buy/sell holidays

Pension scheme – up to 7.5%

Company Car or Car Allowance

Healthcare discounts

Taste card & discounts

Volunteering day per year

Length of service awards

Job summary

Novus Property Solutions is seeking an experienced Contracts Manager for the Basingstoke area, overseeing retrofit works in social housing and related sites. You’ll lead a small team of site managers, ensure on-time, within-budget delivery, and maintain health & safety standards across projects.

You will work client‑facing, mobilise retrofit contracts, and manage documentation in line with PAS 2030/2035 requirements, with a view to delivering social value to communities.

Qualifications

• Experience in planned and retrofit works contracts within social housing.
• Knowledge of PAS 2030 & 2035 is essential.
• Full UK driving licence required; DBS check may be needed.
• SMSTS, First Aid or associated NVQ preferred or supported for renewal.

Responsibilities

• Manage site personnel and subcontractors to meet contract requirements.
• Control contract progress to complete on time and within budget.
• Ensure timely, accurate contract documentation and reports.
• Attend monthly client meetings to review performance and planning.
• Support estimates, bids, tenders and procurement programme development.
• Present contract briefs to the client and manage relationships.

Skills

Contract management

Team leadership

Client-facing communication

Budget control

Education

SMSTS

First Aid

NVQ

Job description

Location: Basingstoke office, covering Rickmansworth, Harrow, High Wycombe, Chelmsford and surrounding areas- Typically working Monday to Friday 39 hours.

Initially a Fixed Term Contract until March 2027.

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, whilst mobilising a new retrofit contract with an existing client, in a secure environment 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, loft insulation, windows and doors in a Social Housing setting. Ensuring contracts are completed to programme, with zero defects, within budget and with no risk to Health & Safety of their operation team, the client, or the public. The successful candidate will be client facing and have extensive knowledge of Retrofit & Planned Works within Social Housing environment Including working knowledge of PAS 2030 & 2035 and all related documentation to comply with SHDF.

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 Hols & BH – option to buy or sell holidays
• Company pension scheme – up to 7.5%
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• We also offer a; 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
• Working under the Retrofit Manager you will support on the preparation, processing and selection of estimates, bids and tenders and the 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 the experience of working within a planned and retrofit works contracts including both internal and external works, within a social housing environment. Ideally you will hold SMSTS, First Aid or associated NVQ, but if this has expired, we will support you to renew, it’s the knowledge and skills that goes with the qualification that’s essential to us. Knowledge of PAS 2030 & 2035 is essential to the role. Our preferred candidate will be experienced, knowledgeable, be 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 regularly. 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 rich 129-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 for many reasons that people very rarely meet all the criteria laid out in the job advert, so, we encourage you to apply for the role even if you do not meet all the criteria or hold all the qualifications. You may be just who we are looking for to join our award-winning Property Maintenance company in this, or another role.