Small Works Divisional Manager

Foresight Search Ltd; Exeter; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Health/Life cover

Death in service

Job summary

Foresight Search Ltd is seeking an experienced Small Works Divisional Manager in Exeter to lead a portfolio of projects from £100k to £1.2m, spanning surveys, estimating and delivery to handover.

You will drive commercial performance, coordinate with clients and professionals, and mentor a team across trades and white‑collar staff. Excellent local project opportunities available.

Qualifications

• Experience leading small works construction projects (£100k–£1.2m).
• Strong commercial awareness across estimating, contracts and delivery.
• Leadership and mentoring of trades and staff.

Responsibilities

• Oversee small-scale projects from inception to completion (£100k–£1.2m).
• Coordinate with clients, architects, engineers and subcontractors.
• Monitor progress, budget and resources to meet deadlines and financial targets.

Job description

Title: Small Works Divisional Manager

Location: Exeter

Salary: to £75,000 + £5k car allowance + Health/Life cover + benfits

Sector: Small works, refurbishment & extensions, £100k - £1.2m

Start Date: ASAP

The Company:

Our client is a well established and secure Exeter based main contractor with an annual turnover of around £30m. The company specialise in a range of new build and refurbvishment projects between £1m - £12m (typically £3m-5m) and across Commercial, Local Authority, Education and Health sectors. The company has an excellent project pipeline and has a robust struture routed in tradtional values based around delivering quality.

Small Works Manager - The Role:

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced 'Small works' leader to join a fantastic main contractor. The role differs from a traditional Contracts Manager position, in that you will be responsible for overseeing the entire workstream of projects valued between £100k - £1.2m from initial survey/Estimating through to overseeing delivery through to hand over. You will be supported by business functions but must be strong all round across commercial, Estimating and Contracts Management. This is a senior role where you will be growing and leading this seperate business unit.

Small Works Manager - The Person

• Oversee and manage small-scale construction projects from inception to completion from £100k to £1.2m.
• Estimating, Surveying and Overseeing Delivery of projects
• Coordinate with clients, architects, engineers, and subcontractors to ensure project success
• Monitor project progress, budget, and resources to meet deadlines and financial targets
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and quality standards working with the group H&S Manager
• Provide leadership and mentorship to a team of skilled tradespeople and white collar staff
• Build a team, price the work and deliver great schemes from small extensions, to larger refurbishments

Small Works Manager - The Reward:

• Competitive salary to £75k + package
• c£5k Car allowance
• Company benefits package inluding Health Cover (can upgrade to family cover) and 4x Death in service cover
• Varied and interesting projects
• Continued local work within 1 hour of Exeter