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Contracts Manager : Civils / Water Infrastructure
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About This Role
This Contracts Manager position offers an exceptional executive leadership opportunity to oversee multi-project civil engineering and water infrastructure portfolios across Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire. You will drive operational delivery, financial performance, safety leadership, and strategic client relationships across regional frameworks.
- Lead multidisciplinary project teams and senior operational staff, ensuring optimal resource allocation and workforce development.
- Manage project financial performance, reviewing Cost Value Reconciliations (CVRs), risk registers, and commercial forecasts monthly.
- Drive health, safety, environmental, and quality compliance, conducting Senior Management Inspections (SMIs) across active sites.
- Chair key client progress meetings, manage third-party stakeholders, and oversee pre-commencement and tender handover processes.
About You
You are an accomplished Contracts Manager or Operations Leader with extensive experience managing multi-site civil engineering schemes within regulated water environments. Your strategic operational oversight is backed by strong commercial acumen under NEC contract mechanisms.
- Hold an HNC, HND, or Degree in Civil Engineering alongside active SMSTS and CSCS credentials.
- Demonstrate extensive experience managing civil engineering and water infrastructure projects across multi-site frameworks.
- Possess deep working knowledge of NEC contracts (Early Warnings, Compensation Events), CDM regulations, and design management.
- Show strong capability in construction programming (MS Project, P6) and tender pre-qualification processes.
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About Us
Our client is an established, privately owned civil engineering contractor that prioritizes family values and direct delivery models. Recognized for exceptional workplace standards, they foster an inclusive environment welcoming talent from all backgrounds.
- Join a values-driven organization committed to maintaining an open, inclusive, and collaborative culture.
- Benefit from long-term job security supported by major regional infrastructure frameworks and multi-disciplinary contracts.
- Access senior executive leadership coaching, career mentoring, and continuous professional development.
- Work alongside experienced industry leaders in a supportive, team-oriented environment.
About Your Future
Taking on this senior executive role places you at the heart of regional business unit leadership with clear routes toward Operational Director positions.
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- Secure a permanent, full-time leadership role backed by an extensive regional infrastructure pipeline.
- Receive a competitive base salary of GBP90,000 plus executive car allowance or company vehicle options.
- Enjoy 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, additional loyalty days, and dedicated volunteering leave.
- Gain access to private medical cover, company pension schemes, life assurance, and continuous service awards.
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
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