Senior Contract Manager: Large Modular Projects (Nationwide)

Portakabin; Dawley; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension with life cover

Health and wellbeing services

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Benefits Discounts

Learning & development opportunities

Career progression

Job summary

Portakabin seeks a Contract Manager to lead large modular projects across the GB Healthcare division. You will own planning, delivery and financial performance, managing risk and ensuring customer satisfaction on nationwide contracts.

You will oversee multi-disciplinary teams, maintain margins and cash flow, and provide regular stakeholder updates while supporting bid and pre-construction activities. A Company Car, private medical, and 25 days leave are included.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Project management qualification, or equivalent experience.
• Experience delivering large and complex construction or modular projects.
• Strong knowledge of financial control in project delivery, cost management, and negotiating terms.

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.
• 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.
• 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

Contract management

Project leadership

Financial control

Risk management

Education

Degree in relevant discipline

Project management qualification

Job description

Portakabin seeks a Contract Manager to lead large modular projects across the GB Healthcare division. You will own planning, delivery and financial performance, managing risk and ensuring customer satisfaction on nationwide contracts.

You will oversee multi-disciplinary teams, maintain margins and cash flow, and provide regular stakeholder updates while supporting bid and pre-construction activities. A Company Car, private medical, and 25 days leave are included.