Director of Projects & Contracts – Commercial Flooring

Hawkes Resourcing Group; Hutton; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Hawkes Resourcing Group in Brentwood, Essex is seeking an experienced Head of Projects / Senior Contracts Manager for commercial flooring to lead delivery across London and the South East.

This senior hands-on role offers ownership of live projects, management of installation teams, and collaboration with clients and main contractors to drive performance, cost control, and timely handovers.

Salary £75,000–£95,000 DOE plus package; a clear path to director-level responsibility from day one.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering multiple commercial flooring projects.
• Strong knowledge of flooring installation, programming and labour planning.
• Experience managing flooring fitters and subcontract installation teams.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and lead teams across several live projects.

Responsibilities

• Taking overall ownership of a portfolio of live commercial flooring projects.
• Allocating workloads and supporting Project Managers and Contracts Managers.
• Planning installation programmes, labour requirements and resources across multiple sites.
• Sourcing, coordinating and managing flooring fitters and subcontract installation teams.
• Building installation capacity to support new project wins.
• Monitoring progress, quality, costs and delivery against agreed programmes.
• Attending client and site meetings and resolving operational issues promptly.
• Working closely with estimating and commercial teams to support effective handovers and cost control.
• Improving operational systems and processes as workloads increase.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Commercial flooring

Client liaison

Resource planning

Tools

Flooring installation teams

Estimating collaboration

Job description

Hawkes Resourcing Group in Brentwood, Essex is seeking an experienced Head of Projects / Senior Contracts Manager for commercial flooring to lead delivery across London and the South East.

This senior hands-on role offers ownership of live projects, management of installation teams, and collaboration with clients and main contractors to drive performance, cost control, and timely handovers.

Salary £75,000–£95,000 DOE plus package; a clear path to director-level responsibility from day one.