Contract Manager

Role Summary

As a Contracts Manager at BTU, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of multiple M&E / HVAC projects across the South East and London. Acting as the primary point of contact for clients and stakeholders, you will manage projects from mobilisation through to commissioning, handover, and final accounts, ensuring delivery to programme, budget, quality, and health & safety standards.

Typical contract value range is 50k 1.5m maximum contract values exceed 1.5m but are unlikely to exceed 3m.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple M&E projects simultaneously

• Act as the main point of contact for clients, consultants, site managers, contractors, and suppliers

• Meet with clients to fully understand Employer s Requirements, programme, and scope

• Coordinate employers requirements, drawings, estimates, and programmes into deliverable plans

• Contribute to workforce planning alongside the Senior Contracts Manager

• Brief internal teams, contractors, and suppliers on orders and technical submissions

• Lead project teams and work collaboratively with designers, specialist contractors, and H&S professionals

• Maintain strong client relationships and a high standard of customer service

• Manage contracts to strict programmes and agreed target margins

• Take responsibility for contract profit and loss

• Manage variations, change control, and commercial performance

• Prepare and submit interim and final accounts

Contract Management Duties

• Prepare contract mobilisation plans

• Manage the design process

• Develop Construction Phase Health & Safety Plans

• Develop Construction RAMS

• Produce and manage programmes of work

• Prepare and manage client technical submissions

• Manage drawing product

• Prepare contract mobilisation plans

• Manage the design process

• Develop Construction Phase Health & Safety Plans

• Develop Construction RAMS

• Produce and manage programmes of work

• Prepare and manage client technical submissions

• Manage drawing production and document control systems ion and document control systems

Qualifications & Experience

• Experienced HVAC / M&E professional

• Minimum 5 years industry experience in a similar role

• Proven track record managing M&E contracts from award to completion

• Strong knowledge of industry practices and CDM requirements

Preferred Skills & Attributes

• Able to work independently and represent the company at senior levels

• Competent IT user

• Articulate, confident, and professional communicator

• Strong time management and organisational skills

• Comfortable working in a demanding, deadline-driven environment

• Commercially aware with strong understanding of supply chains and specialist contractors

• Confident presenter, able to clearly communicate ideas and proposals to client