About the Role
This role is for an experienced and commercially minded Senior Contracts Manager with a proven track record of delivering large-scale planned works and refurbishment projects within the property services sector. It's an excellent opportunity for a driven individual looking to play a key role in a growing business and contribute to the successful delivery of high-quality property services projects.
Responsibilities
- Manage multiple contracts, sites, and operational teams simultaneously.
- Motivate, develop, and drive high-performing teams.
- Engage in procurement, subcontractor management, and supply chain activities.
- Use performance data to inform decision-making.
- Manage client relationships and stakeholders.
- Ensure adherence to Health & Safety legislation and best practices.
- Maintain safe working environments.
- Influence, collaborate, and deliver results through others.
- Travel between sites as required.
Requirements
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience working for a refurbishment main contractor.
- Significant experience managing multiple contracts, sites, and operational teams simultaneously.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Excellent commercial awareness.
- Strong analytical and data interrogation skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, and project tracking/reporting systems.
- Outstanding client relationship and stakeholder management skills.
- A thorough understanding of Health & Safety legislation and best practices.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- A full UK driving licence.
- Willingness to travel between sites as required.
- Previous experience within social housing, planned maintenance, or property services (Desirable).
- Experience delivering refurbishment programmes on behalf of local authorities or housing associations (Desirable).
- Relevant construction qualifications and/or professional memberships (Desirable).
- DBS Check Required: Yes
Skills
- Leadership
- Commercial awareness
- Procurement
- Subcontractor management
- Supply chain engagement
- Analytical skills
- Data interrogation
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Excel
- Project tracking/reporting systems
- Client relationship management
- Stakeholder management
- Health & Safety legislation
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Influencing
- Collaboration
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary and benefits package
Benefits
- Opportunities for career progression
About the Company
- United Infrastructure is a dynamic and rapidly expanding business, focused on delivering critical infrastructure projects, across the utility and social infrastructure sectors.
- Our team of highly skilled and hardworking specialists deliver innovative solutions to the complex challenges our clients face.
- Our company is split into two business areas: Utility Infrastructure (design, build and maintain critical water, energy (gas), power and telecoms infrastructure) and Social Infrastructure (revitalise homes and communities through retrofit, refurbishment, and maintenance).
