Contracts Manager - Retaining Walls​/Groundworks

Position: Contracts Manager - Retaining Walls / Groundworks
Contracts Manager – Retaining Walls / Groundworks

Salary: £50,000 to £60,000 DOE + package, depending on experience

Location:

Cannock
Position:
Full-time, Permanent

Up Front Recruitment is working with an established specialist contractor delivering, retaining walls, erosion control and hydroseeding packages. The business is looking to appoint an experienced Contracts Manager to take responsibility for the successful delivery of multiple projects, working across clients, subcontractors, technical teams, operations and site personnel.

This is a senior position offering genuine ownership across the project lifecycle, from early scope interpretation and costing through to programming, delivery, commercial control and project close-out. The role would suit a commercially aware and operationally strong Contracts Manager who is comfortable managing several projects at different stages and coordinating multiple stakeholders.

About the Company

The business specialises in specialist groundworks and associated packages including retaining walls, erosion control and hydroseeding. Its delivery model requires close coordination between technical, estimating, sales, operations, logistics and site teams to ensure project requirements are understood correctly and works are properly planned before delivery.

The successful Contracts Manager will work closely with the Technical Director and Operations Manager, providing an important link between the company's office functions, clients, subcontractors and operational teams.

The position has a strong focus on planning and coordination, with responsibility for ensuring projects are properly programmed, resourced and commercially controlled while maintaining the required health & safety and quality standards.

Why Join Them

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a varied portfolio of concurrent projects, rather than being responsible for a single contract. The successful Contracts Manager will have involvement from early-stage scope and costing through to project completion, giving the role considerably broader exposure than a purely delivery-focused position.

You will also have regular involvement with senior management, clients and operational teams, with the opportunity to influence how projects are planned, delivered and reviewed. The role combines office-based project management with external client and site interaction, initially expected to be approximately 80% office-based and 20% external.

About the Role

As Contracts Manager, you will oversee multiple projects and packages, ensuring they are delivered safely, efficiently, on programme and within agreed budgets. You will coordinate project requirements, programmes, resources, costs, documentation and stakeholders while identifying commercial or operational risks at an early stage.

Key responsibilities will include:

* Managing multiple groundworks, retaining wall, erosion control and hydroseeding projects from planning through to completion.

* Leading weekly operations meetings, coordinating project start dates, staffing requirements, logistics and potential programme clashes.

* Acting as a key point of contact for clients, subcontractors, engineers and internal teams, ensuring project requirements and deliverables are clearly understood.

* Managing project programmes, costs and additional expenditure, identifying commercial risks and ensuring additional costs are captured.

* Working with technical, estimating and operations teams on early scope interpretation and costing before works commence.

* Ensuring project document control, QA processes and weekly site paperwork are maintained and completed.

* Leading project update and lessons-learned meetings, reporting project performance, successes and areas for…