Senior Contract Manager – Nationwide Large-Scale Construction

Portakabin Ltd; Hampton Lovett; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension including life保险

Health & wellbeing services

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Benefits Program (Discounts,

Learning & development opportunities

Career progression

Volunteer day

Job summary

Portakabin Ltd offers a Contract Manager position to join our GB Healthcare team, delivering large and complex contracts across nationwide projects with regular travel.

The role is permanent, with an annual salary up to £67,000 and a on-target bonus of up to 10%. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, manage budgets and risks, and maintain strong customer relationships to ensure on‑time, on‑spec delivery.

Qualifications

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

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

Budgeting & cost control

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

Project management certification

Job description

Portakabin Ltd offers a Contract Manager position to join our GB Healthcare team, delivering large and complex contracts across nationwide projects with regular travel.

The role is permanent, with an annual salary up to £67,000 and a on-target bonus of up to 10%. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, manage budgets and risks, and maintain strong customer relationships to ensure on‑time, on‑spec delivery.