contracts manager.
central london

Company
Specialist Contractor, designing and delivering complex high profile projects in London, as a principle contractor. Work involves complex infrastructure and civil engineering, innovative temporary works solutions, piling, groundworks, sub and superstructure, cut and carve and deconstruction/demolition.

The Role
Leading teams to develop, plan and deliver the optimum methodology —ensuring projects are completed safely, on time, and within budget. With a strong focus on risk, opportunity and operational efficiency, maximising commercial return whilst developing and maintaining strong client relationships.

Supporting bids as required developing the tender methodology - engaging early with clients ensuring projects are designed in such a way that can be constructed as efficiently as possible.

About You

  • Extensive experience managing complex and technical engineering projects with a strong track record running multi-disciplinary teams within a self-delivery environment.

  • This could be your first step up from running a single project or a move to take on a larger more complex portfolio of work.

  • Conversant in a broad range of construction methodologies, practices and innovations in the complex infrastructure, civil engineering, temporary works, groundworks, basements, superstructures.

  • You proactively develop collaborative relationships with clients on and off site

  • Strong commercial acumen including forecasting, budgeting cost control and the ability to influence financial outcomes

  • Comfortable taking a strong visible lead.

  • You enjoy logistically complex engineering projects that stretch the thinking

  • An engineering background is desirable but not essential

  • At least 20 years experience in the industry

Why this role

  • Ability to engage early with clients working as a principle contractor which means you have real opportunity to influence the plan, method and engineering solution  

  • You may already be working for a specialist engineering contractor or maybe you’re working for a major infrastructure or building business and are keen for more visible influence and impact.

  • This business runs an integrated model. Each project is made up of a range of in-house activities managed under a single profit centre, supported by one team. This structure allows you to leverage in-house expertise maintaining greater control over quality, safety, innovation and productivity across projects.

  • Strong pipeline of work