Job Description:

Are you an experienced Contracts Manager with a strong residential site management background? Or are you a highly capable Site Manager ready to take the next step into contracts management?
We’re working with an established residential construction business delivering high-quality projects across the Thames Valley. This is a genuine long-term opportunity for a Contracts Manager to join a close-knit company, initially taking ownership of a significant new-build residential project before progressing into a wider management position.
 
The Opportunity
Your initial project will be a new-build three-bedroom house just outside Reading, with an anticipated programme of approximately seven months.
You will be expected to take full ownership of the site and manage its day-to-day delivery independently. Alongside running the project, you’ll work closely with senior management and gain further exposure to the commercial and operational aspects of contracts management.
The long-term plan is for the successful candidate to transition into a wider role, overseeing approximately seven or eight projects.
 
What You'll Be Doing
As a Contracts Manager, your responsibilities will initially include:

• Taking day-to-day responsibility for a new-build residential site.
• Managing the project through its anticipated seven-month programme.
• Coordinating site activities, trades and supply chain.
• Ensuring works progress safely, efficiently and to the required standard.
• Taking ownership of programme and project delivery.
• Working closely with senior management.
• Building strong relationships with the existing team and subcontractors.
• Learning the company's approach to contracts management.
• Progressing into responsibility for multiple concurrent projects.

 
About You
We're particularly interested in speaking with candidates who have:

• Strong previous experience as a residential Site Manager.
• Experience operating as a Contracts Manager, or clear ambition to progress into the role.
• The ability to independently manage a substantial new-build residential project.
• A strong understanding of construction processes and site delivery.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• The confidence to take ownership and make decisions on site.
• A dependable, hands-on approach.
• Ideally, a trade background, with carpentry experience particularly desirable.
• The ambition to develop into a long-term Contracts Manager overseeing multiple projects.

 
This role would suit an experienced Site Manager who has reached the point where they are ready to step into a broader Contracts Manager position, as well as an established professional looking for a long-term opportunity with a growing residential contractor.
 
What's On Offer

• £280 per day, depending on experience and competence.
• Initial 26-week temporary-to-permanent arrangement if desired.
• Genuine opportunity to move into a permanent position.
• Long-term responsibility for approximately seven or eight projects.
• Potential permanent salary and performance-related bonus structure.
• Projects concentrated across the Thames Valley.
• Opportunity to work closely with senior management and develop your career.
• A long-term position rather than a short-term contract.

 
If you're an experienced Contracts Manager or a strong residential Site Manager looking for the next step, we'd be keen to hear from you.
 
Apply today to discuss the opportunity in more detail.