Contract Manager

Contract Manager – Highways Maintenance

Guilden Sutton, Cheshire
Up to £65,000 + Company Car + 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays + 4x Life Assurance + Contributory Pension

An established infrastructure and highways services business is looking to appoint an experienced Contract Manager to oversee reactive and winter maintenance operations on a major local authority highways maintenance contract in the Cheshire area.

This is an excellent opportunity for an operationally focused manager with highways or civil engineering experience to take ownership of a busy maintenance workstream covering reactive repairs, winter maintenance, drainage, street lighting and minor civils works.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Leading operational and site-based teams
• Managing reactive and winter maintenance activities
• Maintaining strong client relationships
• Ensuring contractual KPIs and response times are achieved
• Managing budgets, forecasting and commercial performance
• Coordinating labour, plant, subcontractors and materials
• Promoting high standards of Health & Safety
• Driving operational efficiency and continuous improvement

Applicants should have previous experience managing highways maintenance, infrastructure maintenance or civil engineering contracts and be comfortable operating within a fast-paced operational environment. Strong leadership, client management and commercial awareness are essential for the role.

Suitable backgrounds may include:

• Contract Manager
• Highways Contract Manager
• Operations Manager
• Highways Operations Manager
• Maintenance Manager
• Delivery Manager
• Framework Manager
• Infrastructure Manager

Candidates will ideally possess:

• Experience within highways maintenance or civil engineering
• Strong commercial and contractual awareness
• Knowledge of winter maintenance operations
• SMSTS, IOSH or similar safety qualification
• Relevant construction or civil engineering qualification
• Full UK Driving Licence

This is an urgent requirement and interviews will be arranged quickly for suitable applicants.