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Sector: Rail & Civil Engineering
Location: Swanley, South East England (Southern Region)
Lead Major Rail & Civil Engineering Projects in the South East
We're looking for an experienced Contracts Manager to take ownership of our Southern business unit, leading the successful delivery of a diverse portfolio of rail and civil engineering projects across the South East region.
This is an outstanding opportunity for a commercially astute and relationship-focused leader who thrives on building client partnerships, driving operational excellence, and delivering projects that make a lasting impact on critical infrastructure.
You'll play a key role in developing and strengthening strategic client relationships while leading the safe, efficient, and profitable delivery of projects across both long-term frameworks and competitively tendered works.
About The Business Unit
Our Southern business unit delivers a broad range of multidisciplinary civil engineering solutions across the rail and infrastructure sectors. Working with key clients through both framework agreements and standalone projects, we deliver complex works that improve and maintain critical transport and environmental infrastructure.
Typical Projects Include:
- Rail building and civils maintenance frameworks
- Environment Agency framework works
- Bridge reconstruction and replacement schemes
- Station refurbishments and upgrades
- Platform enhancements
- Embankment and earthworks projects
- Tunnel and structural repair works
- Associated civil engineering and infrastructure projects
The Role
As Contracts Manager, you will lead the operational delivery of multiple projects across the region, ensuring excellence in safety, quality, commercial performance, and client satisfaction.
You'll work closely with project teams, commercial colleagues, and clients to drive successful outcomes while maintaining strong financial performance and programme delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Build, develop, and maintain strong relationships with client representatives and key stakeholders across framework contracts.
- Lead the planning, coordination, and successful delivery of multiple projects and programmes.
- Take ownership of commercial performance, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
- Work collaboratively with commercial teams to manage compensation events, change control processes, and early warning notices.
- Monitor project progress, costs, forecasts, and resource requirements, taking proactive action where required.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks to protect operational and commercial outcomes.
- Lead monthly Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) reviews with project teams.
- Champion a positive safety culture and maintain accountability for all Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) matters.
- Support the growth and development of the Southern business unit through exceptional project delivery and client engagement.
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About You
We're keen to speak with experienced Contracts Managers who combine strong operational leadership with commercial awareness and a collaborative approach.
You'll Bring:
- Proven experience in a Contracts Manager role within rail and/or civil engineering.
- A strong understanding of project delivery, construction methodologies, contract administration, and commercial management.
- Experience managing framework contracts and multidisciplinary civil engineering projects.
- The ability to build trusted relationships with clients, supply chain partners, and internal stakeholders.
- Sound knowledge of NEC contracts and/or Network Rail bespoke forms of contract.
- Experience within civils maintenance frameworks.
- A degree, HNC, HND, or equivalent qualification in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
- Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
What's in It for You?
- Competitive salary, negotiable depending on experience
- Company car or car allowance
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service
- Up to 3 paid volunteer days annually
- Contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Private medical insurance
- Medicash Health Cash Plan and rewards programme
- Ongoing training, development, and professional qualifications support
- Clear career progression opportunities within a growing business
- A culture that values safety, inclusion, collaboration, and employee wellbeing
- Employee forums that ensure every voice is heard
Apply Now
If you're looking for a role where you can influence major infrastructure projects, build long-term client relationships, and play a key role in the growth of a successful rail and civil engineering business, we'd love to hear from you.
Join us and help deliver the infrastructure that keeps communities and industries connected.
The Company
Why AmcoGiffen?
You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.
AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.
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Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen
We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.
We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.
Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.
AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.
Health & Wellbeing
Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.
Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!
For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:
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