Duval Associates Ltd - Permanent Recruitment Specialists
Contract Manager
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Contract Manager — Waste, Environmental & Industrial Services
Capture the big contracts, brilliant incentives, and negotiable package!
£55,000 - £65,000 plus ace benefits
TAKING THAT STUUP UP? This is for you! OPPORTUNITY!
No red tape - quick decision making - entrepreneurial mindset - opportunity for growth
International company - SME UK vibes with loads of autonomy!
Location: North West - North Wales - Cheshire (open)
Package: Negotiable, with excellent benefits — genuinely open for the right person!
The role
This is a contracts role with real ownership. You'll take client contracts from first enquiry through to completion — planning them, pricing them, delivering them, and closing them out — with the autonomy to run your patch the way you see fit
We're not after a contracts administrator who processes paperwork. We want someone commercial who can sit across the table from a client, negotiate terms that work, keep a project on budget, and walk a site when it matters. You'll be the point of contact clients trust and the person who makes sure the job gets done properly, safely, and profitably
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What you'll be doing
- Owning client contracts end to end — enquiry, planning, delivery, invoicing, and financial closure
- Building project plans with realistic costings and timescales
- Preparing, negotiating, and managing contract terms
- Keeping schedules and financial performance on track, and handling the unexpected when it lands
- Attending site meetings and staying close to the work
- Acting as the main contact for clients, site teams, and project managers
- Coordinating subcontractors, technical, finance, and legal input to keep everyone pulling the same w
- Making sure everything meets the required quality, safety, and compliance standards
What you'll bring?
- Experience as a Contracts Manager or similar, ideally in waste management, environmental services, or industrial operations
- A solid grasp of contract law, commercial terms, and SLAs — and the confidence to negotiate
- Track record of managing budgets, cost control, and contract profitability
- Sound knowledge of health, safety, and environmental regulations
- Strong stakeholder management across clients, subcontractors, regulators, and internal terms
- The ability to juggle several contracts at once in a fast-moving environment
- Highly organized, proactive, and comfortable working on your own initiative
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Handy to have:
- Knowledge of hazardous waste regulations and permits
- Procurement and tendering experience
- Contract mobilization
PACKAGE - Opportunity!
- Negotiable package — we'll build the right deal for the right person
- Great benefits across the board
- Real autonomy — your contracts, your calls, your patch
- A business with an SME feel: less bureaucracy, more ownership, decisions made quickly
- The chance to shape how the role runs rather than inherit someone else's temp
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