Contracts Manager - Capital Works

Principal Consultant - Asset Management, Property Services & Compliance

Location: Essex Salary: £65,000 - £70,000

We are seeking an experienced Contracts Manager to lead and oversee operational delivery across multiple work streams. The role involves managing teams and contractors, ensuring high quality service delivery, maintaining strong financial control, and meeting all contractual and performance requirements. The successful candidate will drive operational excellence, improve service outcomes, and ensure all works are completed safely, on time, and to the required standard.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide full managerial leadership across allocated work areas, including supervision of contractors and operational teams.
• Plan, schedule, and resource all works to ensure delivery within contractual timeframes.
• Ensure materials, information, and equipment are available to teams ahead of delivery deadlines.
• Conduct site inspections, investigations, and prepare reports with recommendations for improvement.
• Maintain high standards of work quality, safety, and customer service at all times.
• Take overall responsibility for financial performance, ensuring profitability targets are achieved annually.
• Monitor operational and financial metrics, identifying issues and taking corrective action where necessary.
• Ensure timely invoicing of completed works and maximise income opportunities.
• Support continuous improvement and income generation initiatives within designated service areas.
• Develop and implement Quality Management Procedures to achieve consistent service standards.
• Ensure all work is undertaken safely and in accordance with legislative requirements and best practice.
• Maintain strong industrial relations and promote a positive, safe, and compliant working environment.
• Manage out of hours works when required, including emergency service responses.
• Lead, mentor, and support staff to ensure performance, behaviour, and conduct meet organisational expectations.
• Carry out performance appraisals, return to work interviews, attendance monitoring, and formal disciplinary processes where necessary.
• Provide flexible cover across the contract as needed, including deputising up or down the line.
• Support staff development and encourage best practice across the team.
• Build strong working relationships with clients and client representatives to ensure high levels of service delivery.
• Attend meetings with internal teams, external partners, and resident groups, including occasional out of hours attendance.
• Ensure the service consistently meets contractual commitments and client expectations.

About You

• Proven experience in managing contracts within construction, maintenance, or related sectors.
• Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to manage teams and contractors effectively.
• Excellent organisational, planning, and problem solving abilities.
• Financially astute with strong commercial awareness.
• Committed to high quality service delivery and continuous improvement.

Senior Surveyor (Temporary)

Location: Essex (just off the M11) Salary: £450 per day (umbrella) Contract: 6 12 months

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Surveyor to lead and manage surveying projects from conception to completion. The successful candidate will ensure accurate, timely, and budget conscious delivery while maintaining compliance with industry and legal standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and execute a variety of surveying projects, overseeing all stages from planning to delivery.
• Conduct detailed land, boundary, topographical, and construction surveys using advanced equipment and software.
• Prepare accurate survey reports, drawings, and maps that meet client and regulatory requirements.
• Liaise with clients to understand project needs, provide expert advice, and deliver high quality outcomes.
• Supervise, mentor, and train junior surveyors, promoting best practices and professional development.
• Ensure all surveying activities comply with legal, safety, and quality standards.

Property Surveyor (Fixed hour)

Location: Essex Salary: £36.00 per hour

• Carry out pre inspections, building and stock condition surveys to identify defects and future investment requirements, preparing detailed reports, specifications and cost estimates.
• Ensure all planned, cyclical and responsive repair works are valid, provide value for money, and complete within budget, maintaining contract administration best practice.
• Conduct post inspections of completed works to ensure quality, compliance with the Schedule of Rates, and statutory compliance, driving performance to achieve KPI targets.
• Assist delivery of internal policies, procedures and agreements, continuously improving service to achieve value for money and resident satisfaction.
• Follow client Health and Safety policies and procedures, undertaking specific roles such as Fire Warden or First Aider as required.

Major Works Project Manager - Building Safety (Consultancy)

Location: South London Salary: £500 per day (Inside IR35)

• Manage the implementation and delivery of FRA actions from Type 4 risk assessments.
• Oversee contractor management for Building safety remedial projects on Major Works programmes.
• Manage a budget of £34 million and cover high rise, high risk buildings.
• Hold MCIOB or MRICS qualification and understand Building Safety Act, Golden Thread and Gateway Process.

Development Manager (Estates)

Location: Essex Salary: £500 £600 per day (umbrella) Contract: 3 6 months

• Manage design and development stages for major refurbishment and new build schemes to improve affordable housing supply.
• Collaborate with the Development Commissioning Officer on bidding opportunities for regeneration and housing investment schemes.
• Provide technical interpretation relative to building fabric, infrastructure, defects, significant repairs, replacements and upgrades to inform strategic investment decisions.
• Lead project delivery, ensuring quality, budget and timeline expectations are met.
• Act as estates lead officer, collaborating with internal teams and providing progress reports to the Asset Review Board.

Key Responsibilities (Development Manager)

• Work collaboratively with Development and Regeneration teams, Housing Services and Corporate Estates to deliver priority housing projects.
• Oversee planning, execution and completion of building and development projects, acting as an informed client to manage external consultants from RIBA Stages 1 6, with Housing team input at Stage 7.
• Assist with defining project scope and objectives alongside key partners and stakeholders, supporting feasibility and briefing stages.
• Build and maintain strong professional relationships with stakeholders, consultants, contractors and development partners.
• Ensure all projects comply with relevant legislation, health and safety requirements and best practice standards.
• Manage key housing investment schemes, maintaining day to day relationships with regeneration and affordable housing providers.
• Support the Assistant Director of Estates in service delivery, governance and achieving key objectives.
• Lead engagement with developers from project initiation through to project closure, ensuring successful outcomes.

Key Skills & Experience Required (Development Manager)

• Experience delivering large scale property, reinvestment and building compliance programmes.
• Strong understanding of planning and building control processes.
• Knowledge of CDM 2015 regulations and construction related issues including contract forms.
• Skilled negotiator with understanding of construction and contract law.
• Proven experience delivering construction, housing and regeneration projects.
• Strong financial awareness and ability to manage and report on budgets.