Nationwide Contract Manager - Lead Complex Projects

Portakabin Ltd; Bishops Wood; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension with life cover

Health & wellbeing services

Cycle to Work

Employee discounts

Learning & development

Career progression

Volunteering day

Job summary

Portakabin Ltd is seeking a Contract Manager to join our GB Healthcare team, delivering large or complex projects nationwide with regular travel and overnight stays.

You will own end-to-end project delivery, ensuring safety, timeliness, budget and customer satisfaction while leading multi-disciplinary teams, managing risks, and applying robust financial controls. The role includes a company car, private medical scheme, and a generous leave/bank holiday package.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline.
• Project management qualification, or equivalent experience.
• Experience delivering large and complex construction or modular projects.
• Strong knowledge of project delivery methodologies and processes.
• Strong knowledge of financial control in project delivery, cost management, and negotiating final accounts.
• Experience leading and coordinating multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Experience managing third-party suppliers and contractors.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership for the successful project management and delivery of allocated large or complex contracts, ensuring completion safely, on time, to specification, to budget and to the satisfaction of the customer.
• Act as a subject matter expert in project delivery, sharing knowledge and expertise with colleagues to support best practice across the function.
• Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to achieve contract delivery objectives, ensuring clarity of roles, responsibilities and deliverables.
• Maintain or improve project margins and cash flow through effective planning, budget management, risk control and commercial decision-making.
• Produce regular reports and updates for stakeholders, providing analysis of progress against programme, costs and key milestones.
• Identify, manage and mitigate project risks, maintaining an up-to-date risk register and acting on opportunities to improve outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with contractual terms and conditions, managing variations and resolving contractual conflicts and disputes where required.
• Build strong customer relationships, acting as the main point of contact for allocated contracts.
• Support bid and pre-construction activity as required, contributing operational expertise.
• Provide coaching, support and, where applicable, line management for professionals within the contract team.

Skills

Project management

Financial control

Risk management

Team leadership

H&S knowledge

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

Project management qualification

Job description

Portakabin Ltd is seeking a Contract Manager to join our GB Healthcare team, delivering large or complex projects nationwide with regular travel and overnight stays.

You will own end-to-end project delivery, ensuring safety, timeliness, budget and customer satisfaction while leading multi-disciplinary teams, managing risks, and applying robust financial controls. The role includes a company car, private medical scheme, and a generous leave/bank holiday package.