Contracts Manager

Contracts Manager (Landscaping)

South East, Hybrid

+ Project Bonus + Company Car + Fuel + Overtime + Progression to Director + Training + Benefits

This is an outstanding opportunity for a Contracts Manager to join a well‑established, highly respected, and forward‑thinking specialist contractor delivering high‑end hard and soft landscaping projects for prestigious private clients. You will play a pivotal role in the continued growth and success of the business, with genuine responsibility, influence, and uncapped career progression opportunities.

Are you seeking a varied role with an industry‑leading landscaping contractor, delivering high‑end hard and soft landscaping projects? Do you bring project or contracts management experience from a landscaping or groundworks background?

This South East landscaping contractor is an industry‑leading specialist in sports pitch construction, delivering a wide range of professional sports and athletic facilities across the UK. Alongside its continued success within elite sporting environments, including football, cricket and rugby clubs, the business is now launching an exciting new workstream focused on prestigious, high‑end hard and soft landscaping projects for private clients, offering the successful candidate the opportunity to play a key role in shaping, developing and growing this new division.

In this role, you will lead high‑end hard and soft landscaping and civil engineering projects, managing site teams and subcontractors to ensure exceptional quality and timely delivery. You will build strong client and stakeholder relationships, control budgets, and ensure all work meets technical, safety and quality standards. Your time will be split between the office, home, and sites across the South of England, giving you a hands‑on role in shaping and growing the business's prestigious new workstream of private client projects.

The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role within sports pitch construction, landscaping or groundworks projects. You will be confident in leading high‑value projects, managing resources and teams, liaising with clients, and handling valuations and contract negotiations, ensuring projects are completed to the highest standards.

This is a great opportunity to shape high‑profile projects and fast‑track your career within a dynamic, forward‑thinking business.

• Lead multiple high‑end private projects, managing teams and subcontractors for seamless delivery.
• Maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships.
• Manage budgets and resources while ensuring compliance with technical, quality and safety standards.
• Split between office, home and sites across the South of England.

• Contracts or Project Management experience on relevant projects (commercial/hard/soft landscaping, or groundworks).
• Excellent organisational, communication and client‑facing skills.
• Willing to travel to sites across the South of England.
• Full UK driving licence.

Reference Number: BBBH(phone number removed)

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The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client.

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.